I Believe in Interim CPO Roles, But Not in Fractional CPO Roles
I've been an interim CPO 15 times, more than almost anyone else, and have mentored scores of CPOs…
Executives
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Finishing Our (Money) Sentences
For a long time, I've been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can't hear anything we…
“Politics”
In most of my CPO coaching engagements, we eventually come around to the problem of “politics,” usually framed as frustration…
ROI: Seductive but of Limited Value in Product Planning
I’m part of many discussions where tech company execs try to apply Return on Investment (ROI) tools to make…
No Nonsense Leadership (Podcast)
Murray Robinson & Donna Spencer let me join their No Nonsense Leadership podcast for an extended discussion of corporate organizations,…
“When Will We Finish This Migration So R&D Teams Can Work On Innovation?”
There’s a funny bit of split thinking that I often run into, and which came up in a recent…
Customization Debt
There’s a pattern that I’ve seen at most B2B/enterprise software companies – and some B2C/mass consumer companies…
"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.…
Price Points Drive Organizational Behaviors
In a conversation with Supra’s Marc Baselga and Ben Erez (podcast here), we touched on a core thesis of…
CPO Burnout
Cold take: most of the CPOs I know are unhappy, frustrated, burnt out. (My selection bias: mostly B2B/enterprise, primarily…
Moving Up to Product Director
In a course I’m running on moving up the product management organizational ladder, we’ve spent time comparing/contrasting…
Leveraging Product Analytics to Boost Growth And Revenue
I joined the Heap.IO product team for a podcast on "Leveraging Product Analytics to Boost Growth and Revenue&…