Product Management
The Product Manager is NOT the Customer
A common trap that many product managers fall into is assuming that they know what the customer wants and needs in the product. Don't do this.
Jeffery Lebowski
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Product Management Conversations - role scope
Product management has historically been the landing spot for tasks un-done. While leadership recognized that this is less than ideal, they seem to implicitly be OK with it
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Tesla Musings
Tesla, the innovative electric car maker, has some nasty surprises in their business model, and may face pressure to flip to profitability to appease the financial markets. Regardless of the outcome, they have a solid place in history.
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Product Management WTF Moments
Product management, being core to the organization, and at the interstices of the functional groups is often the focal point for some serious whiskey-tango-foxtrot scenarios.
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Dashboards
Tools can be liberating, but product management should be wary to rely too heavily on business intelligence and reporting tools that mask the underlying data. Use, but use wisely.
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Toxic Product Management
Even with the massive body of product management knowledge, there remains pockets of toxic product managers, and they not only give the profession a bad name, they sow distrust in the organization
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Business Development Whiplash
The Business Development Manager is a role that is common, and commonly misunderstood, and misused. This inconsistency can drive a product manager to distraction
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The Future of Work part 2
The former construct of a career, where the worker and the employer, had a mutual bond, and implicit contract has stretched beyond the breaking point. The future is rushing at us, and how do we prepare for the new world order?
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The 'pros' of Working for a Large Company
Many Product Managers complain about life in big, well regimented corporations, where process can appear to drown you. However, there are some significant benefits that come with it
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No Rest for the Wicked
The new year looming, the Dude looks back, and to the future. The one constant is change, and the curse of being competent is being tagged for the difficult jobs
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Executive Fights
One expects that senior executives would be rational, controlled, and aloof. Alas, they are human, and they can (and often do) melt down. It is both entertaining, and horrifying at the same time.
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Warped Priorities
Product Management is a powerful position in an organization, but it isn't without limits. Processes are documented and adopted for reasons that might seem obscure, but are important to the functioning of an org. Don't fight them.