Episode 38 of “What is Innovation?” is here! Jared talks with Tyrone Lingley, Head of Partnerships at Ally.io, responsible for building and delivering long-term go-to-market technology, strategic, and channel partnerships, talks on tackling OKRs, and shared responsibility and accountability.
Tyrone Lingley, Head of Partnerships at Ally.io, is responsible for building and delivering long-term go-to-market technology, strategic, and channel partnerships, talks on tackling OKRs, and shared responsibility and accountability.
More about our guest:
Tyrone Lingley, senior SaaS partnership leader with 10+ years of experience building and leading high-performance partnership and marketing teams in the technology, e-commerce, and sports/entertainment industries. Responsible for creating business value through channel, technology, and strategic partnerships. Ty is also currently the Head of Partnerships at Ally.io, responsible for building and delivering our long-term go-to-market technology, strategic, and channel partnerships. Prior to joining Ally.io, I led high-performance partnership and marketing teams at Unbounce, SHOES.com, Bell Canada, the Rick Hansen Foundation, and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games (VANOC). A board member with the Cloud Software Association (CSA), where we strive to build the market for the distribution of cloud software. Our 2000+ members span the industry as SaaS vendors, platforms, API services, resellers, distributors, and investors. An advisor to various SaaS companies within the software-as-a-service space looking to build and grow their partnership programs.
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Episode Guide:
1:50 - What Is Innovation
3:54 - Experience in Ally.io
5:38 - OKR
6:38 - Importance of AMBITIOUS objectives
8:27 - Role of Humility
11:42 - Unpacking OKR
13:07 - Cascading results and shared goals
16:05 - OKRs: Creating Accountability
19:37 - Risk Assessment
20:34 - Risk equation: People-side or Leadership-side?
25:19 - OKR or KPI?
27:46 - Ty's life outside work
29:26 - Advice to innovators
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