Dog Whistles and the Myth of R&D Slack
There’s a dog whistle problem with critical phrases that Engineering VPs (and product managers) repeatedly speak but which often…
Organizations
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Notes from the Unicorn Hiring Front
I spent part of last week interviewing product management candidates on behalf
of a client far from Silicon Valley. This…
What Hiring Managers are Looking for in Product Management Candidates
A question that I get every week is “how do I get my first tech product
management job?” See old…
B2B SaaS Companies Need Behavioral Expertise
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgilbert](co-written with Scott Gilbert
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgilbert], long-time consulting partner and…
Managing the Unmanageable
I’ve had the great pleasure of reading an early copy of “Managing the
Unmanageable: Rules, Tools and Insights for…
Asking for input: PM Directors and VPs
I’ve been thinking for a long time about challenges in running a product
management group – that is, managing product…
4 Mistakes that Product Executives Should Avoid
I spent some time this week with an executive who’s taking on a VP Products
(VPP) role for the…
Strategically Clogged Backlogs
Among the urgent calls from software teams to me for interim product leadership
is a variety that I call “systemic…
Video: Agile Product Mgmt challenges
The second video (of five) in Tolpagorni's [https://www.tolpagorni.com/] product
leadership series: Magnus Billgren and Rich…
Painters, Portraits, Software Architects
I’ve been tuning an analogy about painters for the last few months, which has
become my litmus test for…
Measuring Product Managers (in Swedish or English)
I’m back from a week of product management workshops and seminars in Sweden,
including a Product Leadership event hosted…
What’s A Vice President of Product Management?
My last two posts were about getting into product management and the climb to Director. This third post asks how…