Earning Our Keep
(this is an excerpt from my upcoming book on Money Stories)
As CPOs or product leaders, we often have conversations with CEOs about Return On Investment, which come in two wildly different contexts.…
Economics
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Podcast: The Real Cost of AI, Valuations, Bottlenecks and Business Cases
I joined Ben Maynard and Barbara Fazekas for a rapid-fire live podcast!
LISTEN HERE (18 minutes)
Lifting their description…
Another…
A Historical Take on the AI Boom
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." - possibly Mark Twain
Last week, as part of…
Are Your Executives Really Interested In The Craft Of Product Management? (discussion)
I joined Shardul Mehta for a live chat on 18 Sept, where we unpacked a core PM assumption: are our…
Finishing Our (Money) Sentences
For a long time, I've been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can't hear anything we…
What We Fight For
At a recent Product Weekend gathering of CPOs, we talked about product leadership values and what lifts our hearts. That…
Bottlenecks, AI, and Where Product Adds Value
I'm still somewhat of a skeptic about "replace our developers and product managers with AI" discussions…
"Business Cases are Stories about Money" (Video from Product at Heart)
I joined an International all-star group of speakers and workshop leaders for Product at Heart in Hamburg on Sept 11-13.…
Count The Digits
One technique that I teach in my product courses/workshops is something I call “count the digits.” It’s a…
Permission To Stay Focused
An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational…
We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever
In the heat of an enterprise deal moment, it’s easy to think very short-term about the long-term costs of…
Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies
We’re in the Silly Season: companies of all sizes are doing annual planning — intending to lock down 12 months…