3 startups share how they think about and execute customer research and the impact it's had on their business
Some products are mandated. They shouldn’t suck.
Posted on August 28, 2023.You’re going to work on projects that don’t make sense to you. This doesn’t mean your work should be of a lower quality. Here’s why.
Forget Agile. The goal is agility.
Posted on May 15, 2023.We are always going to make a plan. Inevitably parts of that plan are going to be wrong. What you do at that moment makes all the difference.
Product managers are navigators of uncertainty
Posted on April 17, 2023.Modern product managers are not in charge of the production line in the feature factory. They job is to navigate a product through the uncertainty of idea to production.
Case Study: How product management saved Fender guitars
Posted on March 13, 2023.There are no short cuts to product success. This case study shows how Fender guitars used solid product management work to discover and define a winning, modern product strategy.
Bias for action
Posted on February 13, 2023.Analysis paralysis is a team momentum killer. Biasing for action builds both learning and decision making chops. Here's how.
Why aren’t learning and experimentation corporate values?
Posted on January 30, 2023.Despite decades of advice and proof that building learning into our work improves results, organisations are still resistant. Why is that?
How long should we keep the team together?
Posted on July 4, 2022.It's hard work getting a team to gel and be productive together. Once achieved, how long should we keep that team together?
How to recession-proof your company
Posted on May 30, 2022.An agile organization learns and acts fast on what it's learning. The more agile an organization is the better chance it stands in a recession.
5 Things Product Management Isn’t
Posted on May 16, 2022.Product managers are in high demand while their job descriptions vary greatly. Here are 5 things that product managers should never be asked to do.