Google Tech Hubs: OKRs and Product Management

Presentation on OKRs and Product Management given to Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hubs around North America

Transcript

1. Rick Klau Ken Norton @kennethn @rklau
2. NASDAQ: FMI NASDAQ: SALE Acquired by Google Acquired by Monsanto +240 more $1.5B under management growing by $300M a year
3. Unparalleled support. • Access to Google • Workshops & Community • Design • Recruiting • Marketing • Engineering • Product Management
4. Objectives & Key Results @rklau
5. © Google Ventures, 2014 “Cause when you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.” – Dawes, From a Window Seat Rick Klau – @rklau
6. What are OKRs? © Google Ventures, 2014 Rick Klau – @rklau
7. © Google Ventures, 2014 Public, measureable, & ambitious. OKRs are Rick Klau – @rklau
8. © Google Ventures, 2014 Task lists, perf review tools, or the “how.” Rick Klau – @rklau OKRs are not
9. What are we not doing. Rick Klau – @rklau © Google Ventures, 2014
10. And then what? Rick Klau – @rklau © Google Ventures, 2014
11. Failure is data. Rick Klau – @rklau © Google Ventures, 2014
12. © Google Ventures, 2014 OKRs give you superpowers. Rick Klau – @rklau
13. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014 Product Management @kennethn
14. What does a
 product manager do? Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
15. Product manager is both a skillset and a role. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
16. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
17. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
18. Design. Engineering. PM. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
19. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
20. Umbrella. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
21. Umbrella. Funnel. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
22. Bring the donuts. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
23. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
25. PM CEO Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
26. CEO PM Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
27. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
28. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
29. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014 What not to do.
30. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
31. Hired. The right product 
 for the job. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
32. Hired. The right product 
 for the job. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
33. Hired. The right product 
 for the job. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
34. Hired. The right product 
 for the job. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
35. Hired. The right product 
 for the job. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
36. © Google Ventures, 2014 Ken Norton – @kennethn
37. © Google Ventures, 2014 Measure. Ken Norton – @kennethn
38. © Google Ventures, 2014 Measure. Listen. Ken Norton – @kennethn
39. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
40. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
41. Focus on the user and all else will follow. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
42. Help your team (and company) ship the right product for your users. – Josh Elman Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
43. What makes a great product manager? Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
44. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
45. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
46. Photo: Xchen27 Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
47. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
48. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
49. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
50. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
51. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
52. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
53. Photo of Joana Carneiro/Berkeley Symphony Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
54. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
55. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
56. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
57. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
58. Smart, technical, 
 has spidey-sense,
 leads, communicates,
 & gets it done. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
59. Founder/CEO vs. Product Manager Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
60. “As a founding CEO, your goal is to free up 50% of your time by constantly firing yourself from whatever skill position you’re playing.” – Joe Kraus Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
61. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014 Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
62. When you don’t have time to hold the whole business in your head. ! When product lacks day-to-day stewardship. ! When the team demands it. Ken Norton – @kennethn © Google Ventures, 2014
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