Asynchronous Communication: How To Run Meetings
Stop wasting your time on team meetings. Asynchronous communication is one of the core principles why remote work is effective. A growing number of remote companies last year proved dozens…
How to Stay Focused for Product Teams
Teams often lose focus on top priorities for a multitude of reasons. At Focus, we believe that staying concentrated on what "matters" is one of the most important skills for…
5 OKR Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
While speaking at many management conferences, I see that a lot of people struggle with setting OKRs (objectives and key results). The most important part I want to point out…
Jedrzej Kaminski: About skills for PMs, technologies, A/B testing, meetings, and OKRs
This week, we interviewed Jedrzej Kaminski, a Product Manager at EyeEm. Jedrzej shared his expertise in A/B Testing and data analytics to discuss measuring success when conducting research. He also…
Founder’s story: Why did I create the OKR software?
As an entrepreneur or a manager, do you want to build an amazing team that achieves new heights in the business? Well, of course, you do… And I wanted the…
Meet Focus bot for Slack
We’re incredibly excited to announce that Focus has launched the bot for Slack. It’s a big step for us for helping teams to build high-performing culture through effective scrum meetings…
Scrum Master: How to run Scrum Meetings with a Team?
There is a focus on high-quality of product development in Scrum methodology. That’s why scrum meetings have high priority and run by a scrum master. The main goal of the…
8 Key Rules on How to run Better Scrum Meetings
Scrum standup is a daily meeting that helps product teams to be more effective and analyze their routines. The recommended length of the meeting is 15 minutes, however, it depends…
Great Scrum Master
The Great Scrum Master is a very practical book by Zuzana Sochova who is an expert in Agile and Certified Scrum Trainer with more than fifteen years of experience in the…
5 Essential Steps to Building an Amazing Team
Let’s start at the end: There’s a team that loves your company. They’ve already achieved outstanding results in the area your organization operates. They are full of energy and tell…