These are my slides from a talk I gave on how we utilized OKR for our Remote-only team at iridion. I share insights on how we needed to rethink existing processes and pick the right tools to make OKR work as our goal setting. If you want to learn more about how to implement OKR in your product environment, check out this in-depth article on how to combine OKR and Agile Product Management: https://herbigt.com/okr-product-management/ More details about the talk can be found at herbigt.com/speaking Sources: https://open.buffer.com/okrs-experiment/ https://piktochart.com/blog/apps-tools-remote-work/

1. Goals for the Distance
Making OKR work in a Remote-only
Environment
Tim Herbig
@herbigt

2. ● Product Leadership Roles at XING,
Gruner+Jahr & multiple startups
● Leading iridion since October 2017
● Co-Organizer Product Tank
Hamburg
● Author of ‘Lateral Leadership for
Product Managers’
Hi!

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Insights for Today

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Insights for Today

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Insights for Today

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Insights for Today

7. ~80 People

8. ~80 People
~14 People

9. “Agile Teams need to be co-located.”

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Working Remote doesn’t
mean exercising existing
processes through Slack.

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ProcessProductPeople

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ProcessProductPeople

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Pillars of Remote Work
Remote Work
Trust
Transparency
Autonomy

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Difference in Working Modes
Synchronous
Work
Asynchronous
Work

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Difference in Working Modes
Co-located
Teams
Synchronous
Work
Asynchronous
Work

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Difference in Working Modes
Co-located
Teams
Remote
Teams
Synchronous
Work
Asynchronous
Work

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Our Goal Setting Requirements

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Our Goal Setting Requirements
Let everyone participate in
the definition process

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Our Goal Setting Requirements
Let everyone participate in
the definition process
Create transparency at all
time & across locations

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Our Goal Setting Requirements
Let everyone participate in
the definition process
Create transparency at all
time & across locations
Allow anyone to make progress
on their own schedule

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Our Goal Setting Requirements
Let everyone participate in
the definition process
Create transparency at all
time & across locations
Allow anyone to make progress
on their own schedule
Connect committed outcomes to
agile product development cycles

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Rethinking Paradigms:
OKR Planning

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Rethinking Paradigms:
OKR Planning

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Rethinking Paradigms:
OKR Planning

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Rethinking Paradigms:
Weekly Commitment

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New Hires
Channeling Energy

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New Hires
Channeling Energy
/wo OKR

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New Hires
Channeling Energy
/w OKR
/wo OKR
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Other Remote OKR Examples

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Other Remote OKR Examples

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OKR Alternatives

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What we’ve learned

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What we’ve learned

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What we’ve learned

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What we’ve learned

37. Thank you!
tim@herbigt.com
herbigt.com
@herbigt
Slides: herbig.blog/okr-
slides
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