How to use product thinking to de-risk your agile implementation.
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.
Declaring Goal Bankruptcy
Posted on January 9, 2023.Start the year by erasing all of your goals and do this instead.
OKR Leadership: Stop telling people what to do
Posted on May 2, 2022.The biggest change a leader has to make if OKRs are to succeed is to stop telling their teams what to do.
OKR Leadership: Without trust for your teams OKRs fail
Posted on April 11, 2022.Leading teams with OKRs requires several changes to the way you manage. The first and most important is trusting the team you’ve hired to do their work. Here’s how to start.
OKR Anti-pattern: Sandbagging your key results
Posted on February 7, 2022.Teams that sandbag their OKRs set easily achievable goals. Here’s why this stifles innovation and what you can do about it.
Why does planning require a “season?”
Posted on November 15, 2021.We spend a tremendous amount of time planning next year's work. We don't need an entire season to do this. Here's a better way to plan work.
Planting Season vs Harvest Season
Posted on August 23, 2021.Businesses are cyclical. Thinking about when you're going to plant vs harvest ensures we've always got new ideas to try and grow.
Bottom-up? Or Top-down? What’s the best way to set OKRs?
Posted on July 12, 2021.Don’t assume that telling your teams what their OKR goals should be is the best approach. Here’s a better way.
Did Lean Startup fail at GE?
Posted on November 27, 2017.Josh Seiden & I have received tremendously positive feedback to the launch of Sense & Respond Press. Our newest venture, Sense & Respond Press, publishes short, beautiful, actionable books by … Continue reading Did Lean Startup fail at GE?