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The Role of Leadership And finally, and really the root of the problem, is that in the vast majority of companies I see that are struggling to get any value out of OKRs, the role of leadership is largely missing in action. They literally think that the idea is to let teams identify a set of objectives, and then let them pursue those objectives, and we'll see where we are at the end of the quarter.
Empowered
Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
Framework 1: The Strategy Triangle
Use this to quickly assess any strategic decision:
**Where to Play:**
- Which markets?
- Which customers?
- Which channels?
**How to Win:**
- What's our unique value?
- What capabilities do we need?
- What's our moat?
**Why Now:**
- Why is this the right timing?
- What's changed in the market?
- What enables us now?
How to Nail Your Product Strategy Interview
Aakash Gupta
At Pearson, the life cycle has six phases instead of three, but the fundamental concepts are similar. Early-stage ideas are funded with small investments and are expected to return learning rather than financial results. In other words, teams are asked to validate their business ideas and not to return a profit. Once an idea has been validated, the product council will invest additional funds and will expect more-traditional returns.
Sense and Respond
Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden
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