Tips, tricks, and hacks that help you to be a better, more clever, Product Manager.
There's a strong trend in Product Management circles to insist that a good Product Manager must be strongly technical in addition to having strong marketing and communication skills. And while this approach is well-meaning, it often results in a … [Continue reading]
Several times in my career, I've joked to someone or another that my next job title will be "Senior Cat Herder" rather than "Senior Product Manager" -- and for good reason. Cats, for all of their cuddly cuteness, are independent problem solvers, … [Continue reading]
Trying to come up with a single, global definition of what “Product Management” is and what it incorporates, often seems like a massive exercise in folly. Wikipedia describes Product Management as “an organizational lifecycle function within a … [Continue reading]
There's a very famous quote that's used quite often when people are expressing their dislike of lawyers: "First, kill all the lawyers." This, they posit, is something that good old Bill Shakespeare himself advocated for, after all - and what better … [Continue reading]
This is the second time I've massacred a quote from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and while I personally have no love for the man, he's a font of applicable and interesting quotations on the subject of battle tactics, strategy, and … [Continue reading]
In a prior post, I talked about five things that clever PMs should never do -- traps that we often fall into as a result of our focus on getting things done and delivering value, while perhaps not being as mindful as we should about leading through … [Continue reading]
In the search for a Product Management role, many people become confused by the deceptively similar descriptions, expectations, and requirements that they find for Product Owner and Product Manager roles in various organizations. I'm sorry to say, … [Continue reading]