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The Coming Traffic Apocalypse
AI Search summaries are already impairing the engine that funds large swaths of the internet. The cure might be worse than the ads
Jeffery Lebowski
Product Management
Agility
Transitioning to caled Agile is an experience. It does seem a little overly complex, and it has yet to live up to the promises.
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That time: Review Season
It is review season, and the Dude will once again do the heavy lift for his boss. It is the least rewarding part of working in corporate America. He just wishes that management would do their job.
Product Management
Sage Advice - Ask what “success” looks like
New opportunites arise all the time, but as you get older, you get wiser. Asking what success means when you are being pitched a role or responsibility shift can reduce heartburn
Product Management
The TALK
Late career product management is stressful. People want to know why you are still doing it. Something must be wrong to not want to advance.
leadership
Messed up Firings
Spend any significant length of time in Corporate America, and you will see some callous treatment of the workforce. Don't be shocked.
Product Management
Compensation Thoughts - from a life in Product Management
For one brief slice of his career, the Dude had a really awesome compensation plan. Unique in the product management world, it influenced behavior well
Product Management
The Facebook Whistle Blower - PM related thoughts
Scandal Plagued Facebook makes the Dude wonder if there are any product managers there with a conscience. Apparently there is/was only one.
Essentials
Product Manager Types: The Quiet Competent Sort
Product Manager Types: The quiet competent sort. They fly beneath the radar, building consensus, and delivering year after year. Celebrate them.
Product Management
Replicable Business Models
Disruption is the game, but having differentiable advantages are key to longevity. Be sure to have a suitable plan.
Essentials
Product Manager Types: The Bull in a China Shop
Continuing with the prodmgmt personas: The Bull in a China Shop. Not super common, but a bully nonetheless. Not many good options for coping, the situation is sad.
Essentials
Product Manager Types: The Dive Bomber
Product Manager Styles - the Dive Bomber. Waiting until the last moment, going their own way, trying to stand out, hogging the attention, bad all the way