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I am using OKRs with a small team, and the results are being very good. Basically it´s a very clear communication tool. When used correctly, the team simply kno

I am using OKRs with a small team, and the results are being very good. Basically it´s a very clear communication tool. When used correctly, the team simply knows the measurable things company expect of them. OKR´s helps on "Mastery", one of the three pillars of the book "Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us". This book, "Measure What Matters", is my next reading. Thank you HN.

godelmachine 8y ago
Are you talking about "Mastery" by Robert Greene?
- edpichler 8y ago
  No, mastery of the "Drive" book. Basically, with measurable results, people tends to "mastery" a job.
sixhobbits 8y ago
I recently finished Drive and loved it,and I'm also working with a small team where we recently implemented OKRs. Now working through "Punished by Rewards", and also really enjoyed Andy Grove's "High Output Management" (in spite of the title) and the original "Flow" book, in spite of its esoteric style. Would love to hear what else you've read and enjoyed in this area.
- edpichler 8y ago
  Nice your books recommendation, thank you. It seems we are facing similar challenges. I will save them on my personal kanban to read them later. I recently finished Traction, that was very useful to me, I discovered I was so ignorant that I was blind about the marketing area of my product. Also, there is a interesting PDF, may you can found useful, if you need to avail other peoples work: https://www.dropbox.com/s/79v5vmprkz7dpb9/Nobody%20gets%20credit%20for%20what%20never%20happened.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/79v5vmprkz7dpb9/Nobody%20gets%20cr...
lefstathiou 8y ago
I’ve been spending a lot of time on this and really found the book Traction useful. Thesis is that every role has to have some clearly defined objective measurables that can indicate to the employee and manager success. I have not been able to apply it to our developers and engineers but it has been extremely effective in sales (sales development, management and sales ops). I know within two weeks if a candidate is on track, above or below and can predict growth quite easily and can immediately rehabilitate the situation.

godelmachine 8y ago

Are you talking about "Mastery" by Robert Greene?

edpichler 8y ago
No, mastery of the "Drive" book. Basically, with measurable results, people tends to "mastery" a job.

sixhobbits 8y ago

I recently finished Drive and loved it,and I'm also working with a small team where we recently implemented OKRs. Now working through "Punished by Rewards", and also really enjoyed Andy Grove's "High Output Management" (in spite of the title) and the original "Flow" book, in spite of its esoteric style. Would love to hear what else you've read and enjoyed in this area.

edpichler 8y ago
Nice your books recommendation, thank you. It seems we are facing similar challenges. I will save them on my personal kanban to read them later. I recently finished Traction, that was very useful to me, I discovered I was so ignorant that I was blind about the marketing area of my product. Also, there is a interesting PDF, may you can found useful, if you need to avail other peoples work: https://www.dropbox.com/s/79v5vmprkz7dpb9/Nobody%20gets%20credit%20for%20what%20never%20happened.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/79v5vmprkz7dpb9/Nobody%20gets%20cr...

lefstathiou 8y ago

I’ve been spending a lot of time on this and really found the book Traction useful. Thesis is that every role has to have some clearly defined objective measurables that can indicate to the employee and manager success. I have not been able to apply it to our developers and engineers but it has been extremely effective in sales (sales development, management and sales ops). I know within two weeks if a candidate is on track, above or below and can predict growth quite easily and can immediately rehabilitate the situation.