Christina Wodtke
Lecturer @ Stanford University
Stanford HCI lecturer and OKR expert. Author of Radical Focus.
βOKRs, covering product design, strategic decision-making, and practical product lessons.β
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | Lecturer (HCI, CS Department) | ~2016-present |
| Zynga | GM / Product Lead (Zynga.com platform) | ~2011-~2013 |
| Principal Product Manager (Events, Newsfeed) | ~2009-~2011 | |
| MySpace | Product Lead (Redesign) | ~2007-~2009 |
| Yahoo! | Design Lead | ~2003-~2007 |
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βThat sounds just fine, although I have to say in the tech industry, it's a little too easy to be clean. Maybe when I'm a emperor for life, that might be my title.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βI've seen so many companies do extremely well with it, and I would say that not all companies will be successful, period. Companies are really successful with it are companies that... I think I can sw...β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βYes, thank you for having me on, Lenny.β
Christina
Unorthodox PM wisdom: Automating user insights, unselling job candidates, logging every decision, more | Kevin Yien (Stripe, Square, Mutiny)
βWhat am I doing this week to get to the outcome I really want? Her outcome was to not worry about money and be joyful with what she was doing. And she got that just by every Monday saying, "What the f...β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βObjective. My bad. I didn't signal when I turned. No.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βNo. Simple things give you a lot more room to fiddle. And I feel like every time I see people make really complicated methodologies, they get way too caught up in the rules and they don't think about,...β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βKeep the meeting level at the right place. I'm sorry, I wandered off in a different direction. I get really nerdy around learning theory.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βAnd it's been translated into eight languages, which is pretty cool.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βWell, Chinese, because it sells like crazy because apparently some Chinese actress said she loved it and then it's been selling bigger there than anywhere else.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βMind blown. Once again, life is always more surprising than anything you can imagine.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βIf you say one tip, you're really holding me down. I would say-β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)
βI had a Minto binge for a little while, but I moved onto other stuff. I do.β
The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford)