Whitney O'Banner
Whitney is an engineering manager at Medium, an ad-free online platform for readers and writers. She has been a notable speaker at Lead Dev and Business of Software conferences on the topic of OKRs and their effectiveness as a goal-setting framework.
Before joining Medium, Whitney held engineering roles at Apple, Amazon, Visa, and Braintree. She has a BS in Computer Science from Spelman College and currently lives and works from her tiny home in Austin, TX.
Designing effective OKRs
When they work well, OKRs have the potential to be a powerful tool that can clarify vision at all levels of the business, all while providing autonomy for smaller functions to set their own goals and objectives.
Taking a fresh look at setting objectives and key results for your engineering team
In 2013, Google famously published a leading reference for establishing Objectives and Key Results as a way to align teams and set short-term goals.
