Innovation • 6 min read Business Cases Are Stories About Money Last week, I had three separate conversations with VPs of Product about business cases… initially framed as “do you have…
Leadership • 1 min read Podcast: Cross-Functional Soft Skills for Product Leaders I joined Richard Chen of Product Gym [https://productgym.io/] for a podcast about product management, soft skills, and understanding…
Innovation • 7 min read Nandini Jammi and Check My Ads I’ve been following Nandini Jammi’s truth-affirming work at Sleeping Giants for the last four years, which is suddenly…
Leadership • 3 min read Recognizing Longevity During my recent move, I was channeling Marie Kondo [https://konmari.com/] and cleaning out old office stuff when I…
Jobs • 6 min read Lying To Customers I have a narrow, somewhat puritanical view about product manager conversations with customers and prospects: we should never lie to…
Product Management • 2 min read Podcast: Savvy PMs Engage All Their Audiences Sean Flaherty & Paul Gebel produce the Product Momentum podcast [https://www.productmomentum.fm/]. They invited me to join this…
Jobs • 6 min read Delegation for Product Leaders A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching sessions: how much to delegate to…
Product Management • 1 min read Webinar: Covid19’s Impact On Your Product Strategy Topic: Covid19’s Impact On Your Product Strategy When: Tuesday 12 May Hosted by: Synerzip [https://www.synerzip.com/] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
Leadership • 1 min read Podcast: Product Leadership, Career Planning, and Getting Fired/Hired What: Product404’s podcast, hosted by Kent Keirsey Recorded: 14 April 2020 Length: 46 minutes _______________ Product404 [https://product404.org/] is…
Leadership • 4 min read Product In the Time of Cholera I have about a dozen coaching/mentoring calls each week with product leaders, and the tone of those calls has…
Agile • 1 min read How Agile + Product Management helps build the RIGHT things the RIGHT Way What: Enterprise Agile San Francisco Bay Area [https://www.meetup.com/Gateway-to-Agile-Bay-Area/] Meetup Topic: “Product Management Helps Us Build the…
• 1 min read “My Stories Aren’t Long Enough…” (Dublin/Virtual) Topic: “My Stories Aren’t Long Enough… Except When They Are Too Long” Hosted by ProductTank Dublin [https://www.meetup.…