GIOF Annual Meeting • May 19–26, 2022
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Deepa NagarajanDeepa Nagarajan

Author, Founder of OKR League

OKR League

Strong bricks without mortar to hold them can’t build a castle. Just the way great goals without an effective implementation plan can’t bring success. Be it business or life, in every sphere the essence of this rule you will find. It is on this very foundation the entire Management Framework of Objectives and Key Results (OKR) model based on. And through this, OKR League, a flagship brand of Deepa Nagarajan LLP helps corporates build their castle of success.

Spread across nine varied industries, and located in over four different countries, Deepa Nagarajan LLP is a boutique Consulting business is founded by the business consulting veteran, Deepa Nagarajan who is an award-winning Strategy and OKR Consultant in India. With over 28 years of industry experience in business roles, she is the first one in the world to have designed OKR Modules for top B-schools, for the first time in history. Seeing the huge gap in understanding of OKRs and 90% failed implementations of the OKR framework in the Indian market, gave her the idea of helping businesses do OKRs right – from the word GO! Deepa is also a a best selling author on women leadership and has coached/mentored several start-ups and entrepreneurs across industries

With over 4010+ hours of OKR coaching-cum-consultation and having led over 6300+ hours of OKR Check-ins. Deepa Nagarajan takes the position of being one of the frontrunners in the industry being the first and only one to have done OKRs for state govts and govt bodies. She has completed 57 multi-stage OKR Implementations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies making OKR League, one of the Leading Organizational Design/process optimization service providers

Deepa Nagarajan has several awards to her credit: Strategy Consultant of the Year 2020, Business Consultant of the Year 2021, Woman Business Icon of the Year 2022, Dr. Abdul Kalam Lead India Award for Woman Empowerment, Phenomenal Woman by the World Congress for Women, 2019 and is also the No. 1 Bestselling Author for her book on Women Leadership called “Women on Board” in 2017.

Currently she is working on her second book, the first one from an Indian Author, on OKRs, to be launched soon, along with the first-of -its-kind Strategy Execution tool developed by the no. 1 OKR Consultant herself.

Takes part in

May, 19 12:00 PM CET
Stage 2
Startup Pitch Competition

Startup Pitch Competition: Financial Inclusion

Join to hear the Startup Pitch Competition finalists for the Financial Inclusion category


Speakers
Patrice Perkins Founder of Word Architect, Director at Startup Grind Capital Region NY, Analyst at In Focus Brands
Chisom Udeze Founder of Diversify, DEI Strategist
Ben Stokes Founding Partner of Chasing Rainbows
Deepa Nagarajan Author, Founder of OKR League
Dmytro Chernohod Head Organizer at GIOF
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May, 19 5:30 PM CET
Inclusivity Business Awards

Inclusivity Business Awards Final

Join us to meet the finalists of the GIOF 2022 Inclusivity Business Awards.


Juries
Glen Patterson Founder of WorkSchool
Ben Stokes Founding Partner of Chasing Rainbows
Deepa Nagarajan Author, Founder of OKR League
Anthony Zlaket Venture Capital Investor at UnityPoint Health Ventures
Dmytro Chernohod Head Organizer at GIOF
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May, 20 1:30 PM CET
Stage 2
Startup Pitch Competition

Startup Pitch Competition: Diversity and Equality

Join to hear the Startup Pitch Competition finalists for the Diversity and Equality category

Speakers
Patrice Perkins Founder of Word Architect, Director at Startup Grind Capital Region NY, Analyst at In Focus Brands
Maximilian Zaenker Regional Manager at jobs4refugees
Dmytro Chernohod Head Organizer at GIOF
Deepa Nagarajan Author, Founder of OKR League
UB Ciminieri CEO of InterviewIA
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May, 20 5:30 PM CET
Stage 1
Startup Pitch Competition

Startup Pitch Competition: Accessibility

Join to hear the Startup Pitch Competition finalists for the Accessibility category


Speakers
Patrice Perkins Founder of Word Architect, Director at Startup Grind Capital Region NY, Analyst at In Focus Brands
Glen Patterson Founder of WorkSchool
Deepa Nagarajan Author, Founder of OKR League
Dmytro Chernohod Head Organizer at GIOF
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