Barbell-Shaped Product Roles
I had yet another call last week with an AI engineer/cofounder who has built some very interesting software but…
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Communicating the Value of Product Work
DON’T BRING A BACKLOG TO A GUNFIGHT!
Product managers talk about features. Executives…
Money Stories @ Productized (video)
Video of my 17 Oct 25 talk at PRODUCTIZED Lisbon: "business cases are stories about money"
I unpacked…
Product Mastery Podcast: Building Influence as a Product Leader
Dr. Chad McAllister brought me onto his long-running podcast to talk about top challenges for product leaders and their…
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…
Finishing Our (Money) Sentences
For a long time, I've been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can't hear anything…
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…
No Nonsense Leadership (Podcast)
Murray Robinson & Donna Spencer let me join their No Nonsense Leadership podcast for an extended discussion of corporate organizations,…
Reading the Room / Knowing Your Audience
I’ve written a lot about how we (as product folks) love to talk about how our teams build things:…
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…