Challenge

As part of the digital transformation that we are experiencing in the company where I work  “Insurance Company”, it has become critical to know if the changes we make at the  organizational level are really bringing the benefits of value capture. For this we have chosen to  use the methodology of OKRS (Objective and Key Results), more detail of this methodology can  be found in the book by John Doeerr and Larry Page "Measure what Matters". As an Agile Coach,  the problem I have identified is that it has become very difficult to teach leaders how to change  their measurement perspective towards OKRs, in this sense we need to instruct our leaders in  an easy way that allows them to understand how to correctly define OKRs. This is critical because  without correctly defined OKRs we will not have alignment with the objectives and results that  the company pursues.

Selection

The tool I have chosen to use to solve this problem is visualization, since making leaders  understand these new concepts with graphic and personalized examples will help them to  understand much better.

Application

To apply the visualization tool in teaching OKRs to business leaders, the first thing I did was  develop practical examples of everyday life converted with images that help spark the  imagination (the best understood example was about a car and how to get from point A to point  B as a target, and its different forms of measurement such as elapsed time, elapsed kilometers,  gasoline, speed, oil, etc.). As a second point, I asked the leaders to use graphs to determine the  objectives of their respective units. Once the objectives were plotted, they were asked to try to  graph the metrics (KRs) according to the selected objective. Finally, we convert all the graphics  made into text with the format corresponding to the OKRs. It was a complete success and the  workshop lasted 3 hours (normally it took us a whole day to be able to teach an OKRs workshop).

Insight

From my perspective, using visualization as a teaching method has defined a before and after, I  am convinced that it arouses the interest of the participants much more and creates a single  understanding of the subject, the best thing is that it allows simple explanation of very complex  topics that It could take hours if you just rely on theory. In addition to this, what seems incredible  to me is that you do not have to be a great draftsman to be able to develop this tool, it is enough  that you awaken your imagination and begin to sketch what you know theoretically to graphics  that can be from sticks, geometric figures, stick figures, etc.

Approach

I have realized that visualization can be complemented very well with the Storytelling technique,  in fact for my next sessions I have thought about being able to develop the graphic examples  with simple stories where the actor can be any collaborator of the company and the examples  would be the situations that we go through day by day in our work. In this way I consider that it  could further improve the development of cognitive abilities that we want in our leaders.


Challenge As part of the digital transformation that we are experiencing in the company where I work “ Insurance Company ” , it has become critical to know if the changes we make at the organizational level are really bringing the benefits of value capture . For this we have chosen to use the methodology of OKRS ( Objective and Key Results ) , more detail of this methodology can be found in the book by John Doeerr and Larry Page " Measure what Matters " . As an Agile Coach , the problem I have identified is that it has become very difficult to teach leaders how to change their measurement perspective towards OKRs , in this sense we need to instruct our leaders in an easy way that allows them to understand how to correctly define OKRs . This is critical because without correctly defined OKRs we will not have alignment with the objectives and results that the company pursues . Selection The tool I have chosen to use to solve this problem is visualization , since making leaders understand these new concepts with graphic and personalized examples will help them to understand much better . Application To apply the visualization tool in teaching OKRs to business leaders , the first thing I did was develop practical examples of everyday life converted with images that help spark the imagination ( the best understood example was about a car and how to get from point A to point B as a target , and its different forms of measurement such as elapsed time , elapsed kilometers , gasoline , speed , oil , etc . ) . As a second point , I asked the leaders to use graphs to determine the objectives of their respective units . Once the objectives were plotted , they were asked to try to graph the metrics ( KRs ) according to the selected objective . Finally , we convert all the graphics made into text with the format corresponding to the OKRs . It was a complete success and the workshop lasted 3 hours ( normally it took us a whole day to be able to teach an OKRs workshop ) . Insight From my perspective , using visualization as a teaching method has defined a before and after , I am convinced that it arouses the interest of the participants much more and creates a single understanding of the subject , the best thing is that it allows simple explanation of very complex topics that It could take hours if you just rely on theory . In addition to this , what seems incredible to me is that you do not have to be a great draftsman to be able to develop this tool , it is enough that you awaken your imagination and begin to sketch what you know theoretically to graphics that can be from sticks , geometric figures , stick figures , etc . Approach I have realized that visualization can be complemented very well with the Storytelling technique , in fact for my next sessions I have thought about being able to develop the graphic examples with simple stories where the actor can be any collaborator of the company and the examples would be the situations that we go through day by day in our work . In this way I consider that it could further improve the development of cognitive abilities that we want in our leaders .