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Aaron McKenna — Agile Consultant & Coach

Co-founder of McKenna Agile Consultants, Certified Scrum Professional, and experienced Agile transformation coach.

Aaron McKenna

Aaron McKenna

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant

✓ Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
✓ SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
✓ OKR Practitioner
✓ 20+ years Agile experience
About McKenna Agile

About Aaron

Aaron McKenna is the co-founder and principal consultant at McKenna Agile Consultants. With over 20 years of experience helping organisations adopt Agile, implement OKRs, and navigate large-scale transformations, Aaron brings a deeply practical, results-focused perspective to every engagement.

Aaron has worked with organisations across the UK, Europe, and North America — from fast-growing scale-ups to FTSE 100 enterprises — spanning sectors including technology, manufacturing, financial services, and the public sector.

As an SPC (SAFe Program Consultant) and Certified Scrum Professional, Aaron is one of the UK's most experienced practitioners of both Scrum and the Scaled Agile Framework. He is also a certified OKR practitioner and a founding member of the OKR Mentors community.

More recently, Aaron has become a leading voice in AI-First delivery — helping leadership teams understand how to harness AI not as a bolt-on tool, but as a fundamental shift in how work is structured, prioritised, and executed. He works hands-on with organisations to redesign delivery models, embed AI into OKR execution cycles, and build the internal capability needed to lead confidently in an AI-augmented world.

His writing focuses on the practical side of Agile, OKR, and AI-First adoption — the things that actually work in the real world, not just in theory.

Articles by Aaron

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Jan 2026

Powering Up 2026: Inside Our Denver OKR Squad Kick-Off

A first-hand account of facilitating OKR squad sessions in Denver — what worked, what we learned, and what it means for 2026.

Nov 2025

Applying Goodhart's Law in OKRs

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Here's how to apply this principle to write better OKRs.

Oct 2025

OKR Squads: How Mid-Sized UK Firms Turn Strategy Into a Show

Introducing the OKR Squad model — a practical approach to making strategy execution a shared, visible activity across your organisation.

Sep 2025

How OKRs and AI Are Shaping the Future of Strategy Execution

The combination of OKRs and AI is transforming how organisations plan, execute, and learn from their strategic initiatives.

Aug 2025

Navigating the OKR Landscape: Field-Tested Implementation Lessons

Hard-won lessons from implementing OKRs across dozens of organisations — what actually works and what doesn't.

Jul 2025

A Leader's Guide to Successful Agile Transformation

What leaders need to do differently to make Agile transformation succeed — from someone who has guided hundreds of them.

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