Product Management
Purposeful Opacity
A business runs on data, data about orders, about customers, about who, what and where people are buying. But it is all to easy to gum up the works, albeit intentionally, or accidentally
Jeffery Lebowski
sales
Sales and Bad Business
Sales thinks they rule the roost, and in some ways they do, but Product Management knows how to do maths, and we can figure out what it will cost
lounge
Forensic Accounting
Not product management, but the Dude has experienced an investigation with a Forensic Accountant, and he suspects that Trump and the Trump Organization is gonna rue the day.
leadership
Executive Fluffing
NSFW warning. Imagine being a professional Executive Fluffer. They do exist, and lawdy, the Dude doesn't envy them.
Product Management
The Case of Parler
Parler, the conservative version of Twitter, offers an interesting study for product management. Bear with the Dude on this long read
Product Management
Problem Space - where Product Management lives
Product management is a problem space discipline. So why does the Dude see lots of job reqs for PdM's that read like solutions space?
Product Management
Toxicity - Work ethic
Workplace Toxicity - Self inflicted overwork to get a promotion is not how it works, and if you do this, you have no one to blame when you burnout.
management
OKRs - a management cop out?
OKR's are all the rage, but do they replace longer range strategic plans? The Dude thinks not. There is still a need for a 3-5 year horizon and goals that are not OKR friendly
Product Management
What a Product Manager should focus on
Ever been in a product management role that had a terrible leader? How about a great leader? What is the differentiator? Read on
Product Management
Sales… 'nuff said
Sales, especially in B2B, works their funnel, but often fails to truly grasp the customer's real need. This is why Product Management needs to help guide sales at times, and instill discipline
leadership
Stretch Projects
A peer leans into a stretch project, the Dude is to "advise", but then the Dude does most of the work.
lounge
Not this shit again…
The Dude mostly has a hate-hate more relationship with Biz Dev. This is an example of why.