“When Will We Finish This Migration So R&D Teams Can Work On Innovation?”
There’s a funny bit of split thinking that I often run into, and which came up in a recent…
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Customization Debt
There’s a pattern that I’ve seen at most B2B/enterprise software companies – and some B2C/mass consumer companies…
Podcast: Joy in What We Do
I joined Sheev co-founder Ben Maynard at Lisbon's Productized Conference for a podcast episode about my keynote talk…
"Business Cases are Stories about Money" (Video from Product@Heart)
I joined an International all-star group of speakers and workshop leaders for Product at Heart in Hamburg on Sept 11-13.…
CPO Burnout
Cold take: most of the CPOs I know are unhappy, frustrated, burnt out. (My selection bias: mostly B2B/enterprise, primarily…
Coalition-Building and Corporate Anthropology
As product managers, we’re trained to talk about benefits with customers/ prospects rather than features. How will this product…
Money Talks: Aligning Product Strategy + Business Goals
I was thrilled to join ITX's Product Momentum podcast for an episode called "Money Talks: Aligning Product…
In Scope for My Role?
Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do…
Being Empathetic
In the middle of a CPO coaching session last week, I recalled the passing of Daniel Kahneman, the Nobelist who…
Permission To Stay Focused
An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational…
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,…
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:…