Gene Gendel
Managing Partner, Managing Part Close to 25 years of industry work. Close to 15 years of observing, in sadness, how terminology, such as OKRs (in particular), KPIs, ROI, BV, Velocity, etc. get misinterpreted and misused by companies. Alternative, more meaningful ways to set and manage OKRs, by improving organizational design.
Broadcasts 31 October 2025, 01:30 PM
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About this speaker
Gene Gendel is the co-founder of KSTS Consulting. Gene is a system thinker, organizational design consultant, adaptive & lean coach and trainer, and independent adviser to senior leadership. Gene is a widely recognized, world-class trainer/instructor, and is mainly focused on organizational design and product centricity, the experience for which he has gained, over the decades of deeply embedded coaching and consulting. Gene’s clients represent a wide industry spectrum. Almost 15 of 20+ years of his professional experience Gene has dedicated to working with companies of various sizes and lines of business, trying to help them improve internal dynamics, organizational structure and becoming a better place for people to work in. In his work, Gene uses various methods, tools and techniques to amplify learning of other people and to ensure that his followers gain autonomy after Gene “coaches himself out of the job”. Over the last decade, Gene’s big focus has been on large financial institutions and consulting companies that struggle with moving away, from traditional budgets and portfolio/program/project work decomposition, towards more adaptive/flexible budgeting and clearly defined products (product-centric, customer-focused development). Gene’s, highly in-demand, LeSS classes and product discovery & definition workshops, both private and public, are based on intuitive system modelling and rich eco-systemic perspective that includes intra-organizational dynamics and market realities.
Gene is one of very few people who has been honored the status of Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) – EMERITUS – something that is earned after 10 years of having CEC. Gene is also one of the co-creators and holders of Certified Team Coach (CTC).
Since 2015, Gene has built the largest, fastest growing and the most active global communities: Lean, Agile and Large-Scale Product Development and Product Management & Product Ownership., totaling close to 10,000 members, from around the world.
Gene is also a frequent presenter and panelist, publicly and privately, with a very diverse gamut of engaging topics.
