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…
Leadership
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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…
Podcast: AI, Leadership, Career Ladders
Thrilled to share a wide-ranging recent conversation with Marc Baselga & Ben Erez on their Supra Insider podcast! We went…
What We Fight For
At a recent Product Weekend gathering of CPOs, we talked about product leadership values and what lifts our hearts. That…
“Politics”
In most of my CPO coaching engagements, we eventually come around to the problem of “politics,” usually framed as frustration…
“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…
Podcast: Joy in What We Do
I joined Sheev co-founder Ben Maynard at Lisbon's Productized Conference for a podcast episode about my keynote talk…
"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.…
CPO Burnout
Cold take: most of the CPOs I know are unhappy, frustrated, burnt out. (My selection bias: mostly B2B/enterprise, primarily…
Coalition-Building and Corporate Anthropology
As product managers, we’re trained to talk about benefits with customers/ prospects rather than features. How will this product…
Money Talks: Aligning Product Strategy + Business Goals
I was thrilled to join ITX's Product Momentum podcast for an episode called "Money Talks: Aligning Product…