Lean product development is focused on just that — product. All the first hand experience I have with these ideas has been tested and proven on products or services. Recently, I had … Continue reading How to improve your process using product thinking
7 Tips for Giving the Best Presentation of Your Life
Posted on February 9, 2015.I give a lot of talks. I’d like to think I’m pretty good at it at this point. But it hasn’t always been this way. Sure, years of playing in … Continue reading 7 Tips for Giving the Best Presentation of Your Life
From CMO to CLO: Product is the New Marketing
Posted on January 6, 2015.Image source: http://marketingland.com/wp-content/ml-loads/2014/07/instagram-iphone-app-1920.jpgFrom CMO to CLO: Product is the New Marketing When a colleague or stakeholder brings up the word value, more often than not we jump to the literal … Continue reading From CMO to CLO: Product is the New Marketing
Hiring is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
Posted on November 13, 2014.Walking through my financial services client’s Austin offices 3 years ago you quickly got a sense of what the hiring strategy was for the group — fill the seats, quickly and cheaply. … Continue reading Hiring is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
There is no such thing as a killer feature
Posted on November 5, 2014.The other night we had reason to celebrate. Something we'd been waiting on for 2 years had finally come through. We'd worked hard and it paid off. My wife suggested … Continue reading There is no such thing as a killer feature
I have a fear of flying.
Posted on September 22, 2014.I have a fear of flying. If you know a little about what I spend my time doing these days you’d quickly realize that this is an anxiety I deal … Continue reading I have a fear of flying.
Do you really have executive buy-in?
Posted on September 3, 2014.Seven years ago I moved back to the East Coast and took a job at an agency. Before accepting my offer I asked my potentially new boss how much support … Continue reading Do you really have executive buy-in?
Getting High on Your Own Supply
Posted on July 15, 2014.Back in undergraduate school I had an artsy roommate who quickly dropped any intention of attending classes. Soon thereafter he picked up a line cook job at the local diner … Continue reading Getting High on Your Own Supply
Learn by Teaching
Posted on May 9, 2014.Over the past couple of years I've shifted away from designing products to designing classes. This wasn't a conscious transition but when I realized what was happening I was surprisingly … Continue reading Learn by Teaching
Designers — an untapped pool of Agile leadership
Posted on January 20, 2014.Implementing an agile product development process has many challenges. One that is not regularly addressed is who will lead each of the scrum teams. Many organizations default to the, seemingly … Continue reading Designers — an untapped pool of Agile leadership