CPO Burnout
Cold take: most of the CPOs I know are unhappy, frustrated, burnt out. (My selection bias: mostly B2B/enterprise, primarily…
Leadership
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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…
In Scope for My Role?
Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do…
Being Empathetic
In the middle of a CPO coaching session last week, I recalled the passing of Daniel Kahneman, the Nobelist who…
Permission To Stay Focused
An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational…
Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy
Expanding on a recent post (Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product,…
Online Course: Product Leadership Essentials
After decades of in-person classes, workshops, and event keynotes... I'm offering a live (real-time) remote course for CPOs,…
Podcast: Speaking the Language of C-Level Execs (Money)
Margarida Cosme Pereira, with Lisbon's Productized conference, invited me to join their podcast for a wide-ranging discussion including:…
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…
AI-Washing
We’re at the top of the AI/LMM/Chatbot hype cycle.
Every biz publication is deliriously covering this. Stories…
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…