In 2013, Google famously published a leading reference for establishing Objectives and Key Results as a way to align teams and set short-term goals. While some of the information is still relevant, it is time to take a fresh look at setting OKRs within your teams. This talk will help leaders abandon the dated, flawed approach to setting OKRs and enable organizational alignment in an exciting new way, suitable for 2019.
Whitney is a new generation of leader. As one of the few women of colour managing engineers and designers at payments technology company Braintree, she is a diligent study of innovative leadership methods.
Lydia Seidlitz focuses on skills for engineers to master in order to foster a business and product mind set.
Ben Murray believes there is only really one question you need to ask: is this task small enough?
Sahana Carlsen explores practical steps to influence stakeholders, be realistic about resourcing, and involve the entire team in making critical decisions on quality projects and technical debt.
In this short and fun talk (yes it’ll be fun!) - Avishag Sahar laments about the top blockers of PRs, but cheer up - because I’ll also provide insights into how to unblock them.