Product Management
Consultants
Consultants provide valuable business expertise for hire. Just be clear why you are hiring them, and pay attention to their findings.
management
Product Management is often not direct report management, yet, valuable lessons exist for management in the product management realm
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
management
Climbing the Corporate Ladder
If you are in corporate america, and want to climb the ladder, there is one sure way to incrementally climb upwards. Product Management isn't the best path forward.
management
Troubled Business Models meet the Pandemic
Lyft and Uber already had a rocky path to profitability, the COVID-19 pandemic is more than a monkey wrench in those plans. Survival isn't assured.
management
Executive class indeed - another concrete example
Management consultants (especially McKinsey) were instrumental to the hollowing out of the American middle class, leaving a widening chasm in the workforce, and little optimism
management
Executive Tours
Leadership changes bring new executives, new strategy, and boatloads of uncertainty. When the new leader shows up, the old ingratiates themselves, and frankly embarrass themselves. Don't fall in this trap
management
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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False Hopes
If you are counting on a re-org to remove or reassign a leader who isn't cutting the mustard, you are in for a major disappointment
Product Management
Product vs. Project Management
While we often grumble about the confusion between product marketing and product management, project management is just as often confused with product management, regardless of how different they are
management
Pissing Off Product Management - Senior Management
Product Management is a high stress job. Then there is the actions of other groups that get them jacked. Senior Management is not immune.
leadership
Team Size, does more members always mean better?
Anyone associated with technology projects knows that more assets/people doesn't always mean faster. Balancing team size and efficiency is an art.
leadership
Entrepreneurial by Decree
Entrepreneurial-ship is not something that can be dictated, especially when your corp structure is incompatible. Saying it, doesn't make it so.