public Leadership • 5 min read Permission To Stay Focused An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational…
public • 1 min read Podcast: Modern Job Hunt - From PM to Product Director I joined Ryan Fetterly's Modern Job Hunt podcast to talk about product management career paths, specifically moving from…
public company strategy • 6 min read Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy Expanding on a recent post (Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product,…
public Leadership • 1 min read Podcast: Speaking the Language of C-Level Execs (Money) Margarida Cosme Pereira, with Lisbon's Productized conference, invited me to join their podcast for a wide-ranging discussion including:…
public Economics • 9 min read We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever In the heat of an enterprise deal moment, it’s easy to think very short-term about the long-term costs of…
public company strategy • 6 min read Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies We’re in the Silly Season: companies of all sizes are doing annual planning — intending to lock down 12 months…
public • 1 min read GTM Podcast with Mike Smart Mike Smart invited me to join his "GTM Disrupted" podcast to talk about the business of software and…
public Customer Thinking • 6 min read AI-Washing We’re at the top of the AI/LMM/Chatbot hype cycle. Every biz publication is deliriously covering this. Stories…
public Economics • 11 min read Moving from Services to Products I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies. (See this…
public • 1 min read Product Aotearoa Conference (Auckland, NZ) I was thrilled to participate in Product Aotearoa's inaugural conference in Auckland on Sept 7-8. Big thanks to…
• 1 min read Canterbury (NZ) Tech Summit I was honored to be a keynote speaker for Canterbury Tech's annual Tech Summit in Christchurch, New Zealand.…
public 6 min read Value Engineering and Build vs. Rent I’ve been writing lately about product waste: building features or capabilities that aren’t used or don't…