1ovmany The 4 biggest pitfalls that prevent OKRs from delivering business value OKRs & Value Delivery Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), when implemented successfully, should ultimately lead to an increase in business value delivery. But how do we know if we are truly delivering value? Well, that is part of the purpose of OKRs… OKRs provide a framework for measuring the outcomes we want to achieve as part of our strategy, and therefore allow us to track whether we are delivering that value. While OKRs don’t automatically create more value delivery, they should definitely make it transpa ..read more

1ovmany How Being a CEO Changed My Perspective of Data-Driven Practices Problem Context Coming from a background in Agile, my focus has primarily been around downstream data, regarding speed of delivery, flow and execution, never really too much so on the inputs that concern the strategy of what the business is trying to achieve and influence. But since me and my Co-Founder – Taner Kapucu – started our own business, we’ve developed a different kind of appreciation for how organisations process and interpret the vast amount of information at their fingertips. Companies we’ve worked with – are ..read more

1ovmany Overcoming Challenges to Operating at Pace in Organisations Challenges to Operating at Pace Operating at pace is crucial for organisations to stay competitive in today’s dynamic business landscape.  Through our experience with client engagements, as well as our own personal work, we’ve observed that businesses face a number of challenges that hinder their ability to make decisions swiftly and empower their employees.  In this article, we explore the bottlenecks and impediments that obstruct organisational agility, focusing on alignment and engagement challenges, functional s ..read more

1ovmany How we create an OKR Strategy Map to Align your Organisation What is an OKR Strategy Map? If you’re reading this insight, chances are you will already have a fairly good idea of what strategy mapping is and what it’s used for in an organisational context.  But to cover all bases, strategy mapping is a way of visualising the cause-and-effect connection between a business’ strategic objectives. Admittedly, we are not the first to use strategy mapping as a way of creating an OKR strategy map, however, we have had great success combining strategy mapping with a few other theoretical ..read more

1ovmany Using OKRs to Support Strategic Alignment in Financial Organisations Increasing Competition in the Financial Services Industry Strategic Alignment; the response Due to the rapidly increasing rate of Big Tech firms and FinTech companies entering the Financial Services Industry, there is a growing need to improve an organisations’ capability to compete. Many companies are struggling to challenge the more tech-focused institutions with their product-offering because of a lack of infrastructure and not having a clear, coherent strategy aligned to process and project performance. For this ..read more

1ovmany Meet our new Product & Propositions Director, Tom Whiteley 1ovmany has begun 2023 with some exciting professional development, and none more-so than our new Product & Propositions Director, Tom Whiteley. Tom brings a well refined level of industry experience to his role, including Agile Coach at Simply Business, Agile Delivery Lead at Comic Relief and Senior Product Manager at IG, to name a few. Aside from his impressive résumé, it was Tom’s unique and innovative way of thinking that made him a perfect fit with the mindset and culture building at 1ovmany. The man behind the r ..read more

1ovmany The benefits of OKR Coaching for a fully optimised transformation The fundamentals of coaching and OKR coaching  Before we get into what OKR coaching is, and its value to the organisation, it’s worth referencing the ‘common thread amongst different types of coaching’, that we discuss in more detail in our ‘Benefits of Coaching to the Organisation’ article. This refers to the two most significant outcomes of coaching in any capacity; progressive development and increased self awareness. When we discuss these desired outcomes of coaching from a business perspective, the tangible re ..read more

1ovmany The benefits of adopting a systems thinking approach in your business What is systems thinking? Systems thinking is an all-encompassing method of investigating the various components and relationships that may play a role in producing a potential result. Systems thinking is more of a frame of mind than a specific set of procedures; it entails understanding how individuals can collaborate in various settings by forming teams, and then using that knowledge to devise the most effective strategies for achieving any goal. It can be helpful in analysing a range of operational systems, inclu ..read more

1ovmany Examining Stretch Goals and How OKRs Can Help Set Them Team leaders, project managers, and senior managers should be aware of the importance of setting goals for employees.  It’s a great way of keeping your team motivated, engaged and helping to move them in the right direction. When we talk about setting goals, we often concentrate on them being realistic and attainable, which is important.  These are called smart goals, which stand for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely.  However, there are times when we all need a little more of a push—the oppor ..read more

1ovmany Examining the change management process and its benefits Change management process to combat stagnation In a business climate where things are continually changing, organisations don’t have the option of standing still. Businesses must adapt in a continually changing and eclectic marketplace in order to maintain a competitive advantage.  Failing to adjust your operations in light of a new competitor, technology, and the broader economic outlook can have severe consequences, including a reduction in profit or perhaps even systematic failure. As such, business leaders must take a p ..read more