Price Points Drive Organizational Behaviors
In a conversation with Supra’s Marc Baselga and Ben Erez (podcast here), we touched on a core thesis of…
Product Management
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My Next Word to Retire is 'Prioritization'
I’ve been studiously avoiding the term MVP (not the concept, but the acronym) since at least 2020, since it…
Plausible vs Correct (AI)
In our rush of AI optimism, I’m seeing some echoes of past over-reaches.
1. Personalizing/humanizing systems: using “he/…
Every System Has a Bottleneck
Software architects know that every system has a bottleneck.
Imagine an analytics app where the slowest step is uploading massive…
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…
Product or Feature?
Stepping out of leadership challenges for a moment, here’s a practical topic that some product managers struggle with: is…
Product Management of Complex B2B Products (Software + Hardware + Services)
In this webinar, we talked about the fundamental differences between software, hardware/physical products, and services product management.…
Getting Onto and Moving Up the Product Management Career Ladder
This remote talk on “Getting Onto and Moving Up the Product Management Career
Ladder” was hosted by SVPMA [https://svpma.…
Product Coaching and “Show, Don’t Tell”
I sometimes find product management teams composed entirely of first-timers,
where not a single person has any previous experience as…
We’re In A Product Candidate’s Job Market
Every CPO/VP Product I talk with is in a battle for product talent. It’s even
harder than normal…
Product Sprawl
There’s a pattern I sometimes see at software companies, particularly those targeting enterprises or on the long march moving…
Panel: What Does It Mean To Be An Excellent Product Leader?
As part of Productboard’s Product Excellence Summit
[https://www.productboard.com/product-excellence-summit/], I joined a panel
discussion with John…