The OKR Podcast

AI Now or Never

Lisa Om of USDM Life Sciences shares where and how to start on the AI journey – and why you need to start now if you haven't. She talks about the rising importance of cla

You Can't Waste Time

Imagine everyone rating internal meetings as a 10 out of 10?  That's exactly what Pax8 has done using OKRs that clarify direction, the L10 meeting framework to structure

Modernizing Strategy Execution at Global Scale

In this episode, Milan Červenka, Product Line Lead of Strategic Management at MSD, shares what it takes to modernize strategy execution across a 130-year-old, 75,000-pers

Speed Wins Races

In this episode, Deidre sits down with AssetMark CEO Lou Maiuri to discuss the CEO as pace setter, setting ambitious goals, and adapting strategic priorities quickly in a

Strategy at the Speed of Change

In this episode recorded live at Accelerate 2025, AO Smith CEO Steve Shafer joins Deidre Paknad to discuss how leaders keep strategy moving when markets shift faster than

Success Patterns & Failure Modes

CEO and Co-founder Deidre Paknad and Sameera Moinpour, Global VP Customer Success & Services, give a debrief from WorkBoard's Fall Executive Advisory Board session with t

Evolution & Revolution

Recorded live at WorkBoard’s Accelerate 2025 conference, this episode covers how organizations have matured their approach to OKRs, strategy execution and the connection

CEO Point of View: Strategy Execution

Sam Wilson, CEO of 8x8, discusses strategy execution and why WorkBoard is essential to his success.  He shares how they thread long range strategy to current quarter stra

WorkBoard on WorkBoard: Our Operating Rhythm for Strategy Execution

Deidre Paknad, CEO of WorkBoard, shares how the company runs its business using its own platform. She outlines the full operating rhythm—from long-range strategy and quar

Purpose & Simplicity

Harry Blease from British telecom giant Virgin Media O2 started with the “why” of OKRs as the foundation for his implementation. He anchored on what leaders hoped to acco

Real X-Functional Alignment

Jaclyn Pedersen, Director of OKR Strategy and Alignment at GHX, lays out how she's improving alignment and execution in 2025, from strategy execution workshops with cross

Extreme Clarity

Bharath Oruganti, EVP at Q2 Inc, has a real drive for leadership excellence.  Changing his management model and cadence, he's eliminated any confusion about the strategic

Why Before How.

Deidre shares her thoughts on OKRs to kick off 2025 and get dialed in on the victories and advantages we want to create at our companies this year.  They're powerful driv

Elevating Performance & People Managers

Guest Alexis Kearns, Chief People Officer at GHX, shares her approach to OKRs and performance management, the hard conversations, team OKRs and effective managers, and th

Operational Excellence for CEOs

This episode features a fireside chat with Aprimo CEO Erik Huddleston about the importance of a structured operating model for driving strategic execution, recorded live

CEO Conversation on AI Opportunities & Friction

In this episode, Deidre Paknad sits down with Tina Murphy, CEO of GHX, to discuss the potential of genAI as a transformative force to accelerate GHX's mission of providin

Aiming High with OKRs at Boeing

Tiffany Christner, Chief of Staff - Cloud Platform and Engineering at Boeing discusses how WorkBoard, the OKR framework, and consistent operating rituals create a safe sp

The Power of Cadence

Deidre shares her own operating rhythm including defining strategic ambitions, orchestrating execution, setting the pace, and managing the awkward pauses that drive great

Performance vs. Performative Culture

As the VP of Execution and Transformation in the Office of the CEO at VMWare, Joel Neeb led the operating model transformation with stellar results. In this episode, Joel

Manager Effectiveness: Are Your Managers Equipped to Execute Strategy Today?

Your CEO wants a performance culture, but are your managers prepared to be effective in a super dynamic world? In this episode, WorkBoard CEO Deidre Paknad shares what’s