Prioritization Beyond Algorithms
The problem of prioritization comes up in many of my coaching discussions with
product leaders, and in almost every product…
Organizations
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Shoulder To Shoulder
I talk with CPOs/VPs of Product almost every day. And with CTOs/VPs of
Engineering every week. A frequent…
How Product Can (and Can’t) Speed Up Development
Half of the calls I get from CEOs include requests for Product Management to boost productivity in Maker teams (aka…
The Hungry Man Parable
I talk with lots of executives from the go-to-market side of the house who think that building serious software is…
I’ve abandoned “MVP”
After years of struggle, I’m advising all of my clients and product leader
coachees to stop using the term…
Hiring a Head of Product
Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 180 consulting
clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18…
Recognizing Longevity
During my recent move, I was channeling Marie Kondo [https://konmari.com/] and
cleaning out old office stuff when I…
Lying To Customers
I have a narrow, somewhat puritanical view about product manager conversations with customers and prospects: we should never lie to…
Delegation for Product Leaders
A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching
sessions: how much to delegate to…
Product In the Time of Cholera
I have about a dozen coaching/mentoring calls each week with product leaders, and the tone of those calls has…
Hiring Enterprise Sales Teams Ahead of Product/Market Fit
A pattern I’ve seen 4 or 5 times seems worth describing, since other folks may be experiencing it: a…
Starter KPIs for B2B/Enterprise
I’m often asked what KPIs B2B/enterprise product folks should use, or what OKRs
they should choose. This is…