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Playing the headcount accordion
I am going to share 2 observations that will seem contradictory to each other - and that’s the point.
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Between ponies and unicorns - the personal talent stack
A couple of years ago, at the early onset of the AI era that is now in full swing, I came across an insightful and provocative post from Scott Belsky on…
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Weathering the storm
“They are still in the forming-storming phase”
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The mechanical advantage of PMs
What do the Flintstones and Product Managers have in common?
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Demystifying platform product management
This essay has been a few years in the making.
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Ridges, teeth & pins
... and PM hiring in a constrained job market
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On discovery, generosity & winning teams
For a while now, I have a ritual of writing down a handful of what I refer to as new year intentions over the holidays.
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To & fro, rise & fall
“Nothing in life is certain except death & taxes” - Ben Franklin
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Bending time, with ambition
In recent months, I have been thinking a lot about product velocity.
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Signs of a "winning" product leader
“What are the signs of a good CEO?”
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Coloring over the lines
As a parent of young children, there is a lot you can learn from their early forays into artistic endeavors.
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The sense behind "Product Sense"
An idiosyncrasy of working in Product Management is that you come across terminology that is used ubiquitously, but is widely open to interpretation.
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From the surface, to the core
The geology of user interviews
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Combating roadmap sprawl
A conventional wisdom and truism in product organizations is to seek to “do fewer things, better.” For a majority of product teams, it’s almost…
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I write monthly essays about product-building, systems-thinking and leading teams with integrity
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