The Coming Traffic Apocalypse
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Replicable Business Models
Disruption is the game, but having differentiable advantages are key to longevity. Be sure to have a suitable plan.
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.
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
Essentials
Product Personas: The Starry Eyed Engineer
More engineers are making the transition to Product Management. What challenges do they face?
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Colleagues - a Trying Tale
Colleague chaos. No matter how clear you make the instructions, how well defined the template, how crisp the ask, someone is gonna fuck it up
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Split Leadership
A new Leader, a new (old) strategy, and a lot of churn, for what? To chase others, to try to beat them, but ineptness and past prejudices intrude
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Life as a Product Manager
Many people think product managers do all high-level business shit, but in reality, we spend a lot of time answering mundane questions
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New Bosses
The Dude gets a new boss, and while his direct experience lacks, he is very coachable, and the Dude is helping him be successful
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Bad Leadership, or, Is it time to leave?
It is like a broken record, where we are doomed to listen to the same grove over and over. New leader, shake things up, finds out that it ain't so simple, then doubles down and bad shit happens.
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An old Friend - Jira
The Dude thought he had gotten away from being a Jira monkey. How wrong he was.
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Consultants
Consultants provide valuable business expertise for hire. Just be clear why you are hiring them, and pay attention to their findings.
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The end is neigh - perhaps
The "Sharing" economy is anything but. That said, as more of the operators go public, the sticker shock to consumers will increase
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The big Unga-Bunga
Hmmm, an unexpected promotion, turns out to be a gigantic negative. Death by Unga Bunga.
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Sometimes, it works...
Some times the stars align, and a feature request just gets done. Time to buy a lottery ticket me thinks.
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It’s Happened Again…
Sales often wants to be the driver in choosing what is developed, but all too often, they bring duds to the table. That doesn't stop the duds from being built.