My Stories Aren’t Long Enough… (Product Camp Cascadia)
What: ProductCamp Cascadia
When: March 5/6
ProductCamp is a peer-driven conference that brings together passionate Product
Managers and…
Product Management
180 posts
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…
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…
Business Cases Are Stories About Money
Last week, I had three separate conversations with VPs of Product about business cases… initially framed as “do you have…
Nandini Jammi and Check My Ads
I’ve been following Nandini Jammi’s truth-affirming work at Sleeping Giants for
the last four years, which is…
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…
Podcast: Savvy PMs Engage All Their Audiences
Sean Flaherty & Paul Gebel produce the Product Momentum podcast
[https://www.productmomentum.fm/]. They invited me to join this…
Delegation for Product Leaders
A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching
sessions: how much to delegate to…