Hey, welcome to 2023, the magic year!
- 23 is a happy number;
- 23 are Euclid’s definitions of geometry;
- 23 are the chromosomes that give birth to life;
- Twenty-three seconds is the time it takes blood to go around the entire body;
- 23.5 degrees is the inclination of the Earth
- Dec. 23, I delivered the second part of MAKE PROGRESS with OKRs
If you ask chatGPT or search YouTube you might find a lot more evidence that 23 is a badass number-Hollywood even made a movie about it, here’s the trailer-but of course these are all fun coincidences. Our brains are fascinated by it: it’s called apophenia, we like to put our thoughts in order in the comfort of recurring patterns-even if they are not true.
But back to reality. The only numbers that matter are the ones you can influence, and there is no better time to assess how the past year has gone, celebrate successes, and head expeditiously toward new goals than this one.
The 2022 of STRTGY
It has been a really busy year! Here are some numbers that represent this community and the impact it has generated.
Newsletter growth
The number of active newsletter subscribers has grown by 49% since 2021. A sign that more and more executives and professionals are finding the topics addressed interesting and, judging by the emails I receive, of the real need to manage organizations radically differently.
Top 3 most-read STRTGY Notes
- Everything is Merging – la nota più lunga di STRTGY nella quale si parla del merging di:
- Ethereum and the consequences of moving from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake;
- Figma with Adobe, of the strategy and KPIs that led to the stellar $20 billion valuation;
- of Patagonia with the nonprofit that will guide its development while simultaneously protecting the planet and raising the bar for all brands that do activism.
- How to sell the strategy to your team-the note published on the day of the STRTGY Meeting with Paolo Borzacchiello-the most attended event ever! – which also contains a template for a letter you can send to your team to promote the adoption of OKRs in your company.
- If the team does not exist, create it! – the interview with ProntoPro’s Matteo Carini in which he explained how the decision to create a team that did not exist-and that very few companies in the world still have-was successful in growing his company.
Events
In 2022 we held 11 live events with 11 different guests-almost one per month! – in which 1455 people participated!
Every time it is an incredible thrill to click on the “Admit all” button in Zoom and see our faces appear in the grid. All close together with amazing professionals capable of inspiring our work. What brings us together? The desire to learn from the best.
There are 16 hours of live content available for free-who knows how long-at this address strtgy.design/events.
The most viewed ever are:
- The Power of Words for Leaders with Paolo Borzacchiello. How to communicate well to achieve ambitious goals, motivating and influencing – positively – colleagues, clients and the people who listen to us.
- Innovation, product and team management. The Playbook by Daniele Francescon, co-founder of Serenis and NeN.
- Designing behaviors, not products with Federico Ferretti, Head of Design at Haier. The Future of Business at the intersection of Design, Technology and Insight, according to the leader of the Design Team of the world’s most valuable IoT ecosystem.
Share them with those who haven’t seen them yet! Click here to send a Whatsapp with all the links.
Impact
In 2022 I published about 85,000 words of which 96% printed only paper in Make Progress with OKRs. It is not a book on how OKRs work. But on how to make OKRs work in the enterprise. (Perhaps) The most pragmatic handbook for any leader who needs a system for managing growth and innovation without compromising their vision and their teams’ quality of life.
The Flacowski team and I are finalizing the corrections to get it on your desk as soon as possible!
This note-which is also the one with the highest open rate ever! – explains how the project came about, the stages, the reason for the delay in going to print, but also why you should secure copy and access original techniques and templates.
In 2022 we added 37 executives-to the pioneers of 2021-among the leaders who decided to make their organizations mission-driven. 218 hours of OKR coaching during which we wrote 103 goals that achieved an average progress of 70%.
But the news that makes me most proud is that 100% of them will continue to use OKRs to lead their companies in 2023!
What seemed impossible has been accomplished. Here is some of the feedback we received:
“For the first time, after many attempts, we have company-wide reference numbers, a shared mission and vision, and an equal approach for all teams. Things we needed and that will allow us to work more effectively, efficiently and in a coordinated way. Also interesting from a professional point of view, I learned a lot of new things.” – Constance Mosi, Head of Product, Treedom
“I think a type of activity like this is the key between a successful company and a mediocre one.” – Michelangelo Aquino, CTO, Growthackers.io
“A unique approach! Constant and valuable moments of confrontation. By asking the right questions without bias, we were able to design quantum leaps!” – Florenzo Marra, General Manager, BTO Research
“It is exactly what we needed” – Tiziana Ferrari, Director, EGI Foundation
And you, when do you want to start feeling progress?
Coming soon
This note is a simple warm-up. Consider it my personal invitation to actively contribute in 2023 to get the most out of this incredible – and unique – network of leaders of which you are a part.
Here are three effective ways to do this:
- Share this newsletter with members, partners, colleagues, friends
- Attend, relive and share LIVE events
- Promote your products or services to readers of these notes
In upcoming newsletters
- I will announce the first STRTGY Meeting of the year.
- The 10 most sensible decks from which to take inspiration
- my personal predictions on People, Products, Processes, Profits for 2023
In the meantime:
- follow STRTGY on Instagram
- add me to your contacts on LinkedIn
- joins The Drumbeat: the Telegram channel of STRTGY that will start upon reaching the first 100 subscribers
It will be a magical year,
ALWAYS MAKE PROGRESS⤴
