• 1 min read GTM Podcast with Mike Smart Mike Smart invited me to join his "GTM Disrupted" podcast to talk about the business of software and how product…
Customer Thinking • 6 min read AI-Washing We’re at the top of the AI/LMM/Chatbot hype cycle. Every biz publication is deliriously covering this. Stories…
Economics • 11 min read Moving from Services to Products I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies. (See this…
Leadership • 1 min read Online Product Leadership Essentials Course After decades of in-person classes, workshops and event keynotes, I'm offering a real-time remote course. This is a seminar-style "Product…
• 1 min read Product Aotearoa Conference (Auckland, NZ) I was thrilled to participate in Product Aotearoa's inaugural conference in Auckland on Sept 7-8. Big thanks to David Jeames,…
• 1 min read Canterbury (NZ) Tech Summit I was honored to be a keynote speaker for Canterbury Tech's annual Tech Summit in Christchurch, New Zealand. Talk was…
6 min read Value Engineering and Build vs. Rent I’ve been writing lately about product waste: building features or capabilities that aren’t used or don't add much…
Executives • 9 min read Mismatched Expectations: Product Information and Sales Teams Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and…
Organizations • 5 min read What Do We Owe Our Teams? Many of my discussions with product leaders (CPOs, VPs and others who manage teams of product folks) are about the…
Economics • 1 min read Rochester NY: ITX Product + Design Conference 2023 Where: Rochester, NY in person When: June 22/23 Event details here This conference celebrated the power of UX design,…
Innovation • 1 min read Podcast: How to Influence Executives For his Innovation Talks podcast, Paul Heller and I had a wide-ranging discussion about how product management influences innovation and…
Jobs • 4 min read Thoughts for In-The-Job-Market Product Leaders I’ve had a lot of discussion over the last few months with product leaders looking for their next opportunity.…