Living in a world surrounded by products of all shapes and sizes, I used to wonder what went on in the minds of people who built those.

Thankfully, the answer has not been evasive, as my career in business analysis and product management so far has taught me to be one of those people.

Over the past 25 years I have been fortunate to work with many great people at some amazing companies in three countries.  

However, by far my most favourite experiences have come with two small businesses I joined who both had a very specialized focus, supportive ownership and a clear why.  

At our recent PragmaOffsite we took the time to revisit our 12 month old OKRs. While these OKRs have served us well, we felt it was time to evolve them further, allowing them to reflect our next horizon; balancing the growth of Pragmateam (now across multiple clients, cities and countries), while also nurturing our culture.

September marked the 2 year anniversary of Pragmateam. It felt timely to reflect.

While I wouldn’t say every day over the last 2 years has been smooth sailing (we would be bored, unhappy and missing a lot of great lessons for life if it were), as company directors there are a few key principles Juliano and I have subconsciously adopted which I believe have assisted us to stay on course.

Pragmateam Goals, Objective and Key Results - setting goals to keep us focused and challenged.