I help changemaker leaders, teams, and other Thinkydoers understand their strengths, increase their quantifiable impact, and become fulfilled in their careers (without masking or mind-reading). My "how?" Accessible, efficient approaches to strategy creation, alignment, and operationalizing for goal achievement, with a special focus on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The approaches I coach and teach today build on well-honed expertise leading adult learning, instructional design, marketing, creative strategy and strategic operations at some of the world’s largest enterprises, and in public sector and political roles. In my individual coaching work via Thinkydoers, I help people who are "wired differently" (or otherwise "not from Leadership Central Casting") build authentic, rewarding careers as the leaders of change our world needs today. When not working with Red Currant Collective, my "other life" is in professional motorcycle racing. 🏍️
Beta 2 of the Evolutionary OKRs Playbook: you're invited!
Hi, Reader!
At some point in the past, you expressed interest in beta reading my work-in-progress Evolutionary OKRs Playbook.
This version of the book has been through testing with a cohort of OKR drafters, and one early beta read round -- and I've reached the point where I can't even stand to look at it and my impulse is to scrap it and start over from scratch for the fourth time.
BUT instead of doing so, I'm going to call it "good enough for a start," and kick off another beta read.
Earlier today I told one of my course participants who requested a copy:
"The full beta is in design and pre-production right now, with a digital preview release (gulp) in the next few weeks!"
So now the draft you're about to receive access to will forever be known as the "Gulp Preview."
There is NO obligation to review the draft – but if you’d like to, I’d love your feedback (even if you only get partly through it).
I don't need copyedits at this stage -- I know there are errors and we'll catch them with a final edit.
I'm more curious about overall structural and substantive feedback, if you’re willing to make some notes / share your thoughts on any or all of these:
- Where do you get confused or lost?
- Where do you have unanswered questions (and what are they)?
- Where do you disagree, or have a different experience or view?
- Where did you start to get bored and feel like skipping ahead or stopping reading?
- Is there anything you find particularly interesting or helpful?
You can leave comments and make marks in the PDF I share with you via Adobe Cloud -- that draft is shared with a small cohort of test readers, so don’t be alarmed if you see notes from others in there too!
OR you can always email me back directly if that’s easier (or frankly, send your feedback any way you like -- I'm just really grateful that anyone may take the time to help me make this better).
Access will be open for at least two weeks (and probably longer, unless the number of reviewers in the file gets unmanageable, in which case I'll do another pass based on the early feedback and send out an updated link in a few weeks).
Thank you!
No-BS OKRs + Career Fulfillment for Rebelutionary Leaders and Thinkydoers
I help changemaker leaders, teams, and other Thinkydoers understand their strengths, increase their quantifiable impact, and become fulfilled in their careers (without masking or mind-reading). My "how?" Accessible, efficient approaches to strategy creation, alignment, and operationalizing for goal achievement, with a special focus on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The approaches I coach and teach today build on well-honed expertise leading adult learning, instructional design, marketing, creative strategy and strategic operations at some of the world’s largest enterprises, and in public sector and political roles. In my individual coaching work via Thinkydoers, I help people who are "wired differently" (or otherwise "not from Leadership Central Casting") build authentic, rewarding careers as the leaders of change our world needs today. When not working with Red Currant Collective, my "other life" is in professional motorcycle racing. 🏍️
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