Dublin’s Software Pioneers
[http://www.dit.ie/]I had a chance to spend a week with some of Dublin’s
software thought leaders,…
Organizations
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Moving Up To Director
In the second of three posts about the product management hierarchy, we’ll focus
on technology product managers (PMs) who’…
Getting Your First Product Management Job
Looking over dozens of discussions, presentations and Quora threads from the
last few months, a frequent question has been “How…
Santa Clara MBA Lecture on Product Mgmt
Prof. Kumar Sarangee
[http://www.scu.edu/business/marketing/faculty/sarangee.cfm] of Santa Clara’s
Leavey School of Business…
Social Entrepreneurship
I got an early look at allthis [http://allthis.com/] – a community of people
using their talents, skills, and social…
Leadership, Trust and Pronouns
I’m struck by the words people choose, and by how their pronouns reflect their management style. In particular, I’…
A Journey of 1000 Miles is Still 1000 Miles Long
It’s easy to confuse actual progress with intentions to make progress.
Why point out the obvious? I’ve just…
Magical Thinking and the Zero-Sum Roadmap
Recent conversations at several clients highlight an often-repeated set of magical thinking: beliefs by internal clients that development resources are…
“What If Dev Doesn’t Think Product Mgmt Represents Customers?”
Recently, I put up a small assessment tool for product management teams. This tool is intended to generate discussion and…
Metrics and More Metrics
Continuing a discussion that was raised in a recent discussion between Tom Grant and Saeed Khan where they (we) made…
Product Management Assessment Tool
PM leaders, such as VPs or Director of Product Management, worry about the health of their teams and processes, not…
Third Annual Silicon Valley Product Camp
The third annual Silicon Valley Product Camp (aka P-Camp) was the largest
gathering of product managers ever! 550 product managers…