I always thought OKR was a bit pointless. My first introduction to it was back in 2018 at Facebook. I already knew the projects I wanted to do that quarter. My manager reviewed the projects and said, “Can you frame the goals in an ‘OKR’ format?” I googled ‘OKR’, familiarised…

Annex: A curated collection of Wardley Maps — What is strategy? Why do you need it? How do you do it? And, how can you be more certain to succeed? The Art of Strategy provides timeless answers to these eternal questions. It is a modern reading of Sun Tzu’s Art of War using the lenses of strategists John…

How biology is linked to organisation and collaboration — In my daily life among my friends as well as in my professional life working with leadership. I often wonder why we tend to group and cluster into stable or semi-stable groups of specific sizes. We as humans are not born with teeth or claws, we simply lack the formidable…

We are always on the lookout for positive trends, especially from the for-profit space, to incorporate into nonprofit settings. Recently, we have heard a lot about great corporate cultures like those of Zappos and technology companies. When we dissect what makes these companies tick, the underpinning is always core values…

The saying goes: “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” I don’t think it’s accurate: if you want to do your best work, it’s going to take a lot of effort. The opposite, however, is absolutely true: if you do what you hate…

Youth Employment and the Future of Work in Bhutan and Beyond By Eunji Kang and Eunsoo Lee (Dark Matter Labs), Tshering Wangmo, Tshoki Zangmo and Bishnu Chettri (UNDP Bhutan) Originally published by UNDP Bhutan, this blog documents the collaboration between UNDP Bhutan and Dark Matter Labs in a 3-month project…

Speaking of grand challenges, such as sustainability, inequality, and diversity, we need designers that can connect people, companies, and systems with bigger causes — to solve the crises in our relationships with the ecosystems we live in, and with people’s internal emotions and values. Even as we mature in our…

In How systems mapping can help you build a better theory of change, we discussed the importance of differentiating between the theory of change approach and theory of change diagram. The former is a process that involves bringing together relevant stakeholders to think critically about how change happens in their…