Cheap! Cheap! The Perils of Low Cost Being Your ONLY AdvantageHow low can you go? Turns out, pretty low! But should you?Oct 11Oct 11
Buy! Buy! Buy! The Pros and Cons of Building Everything Yourself“But it’s fun to build stuff!” — Oh, my sweet summer child!May 18May 18
How Product Managers Should Handle Those Dreaded Sales-Led Feature RequestsBy the time it’s been escalated, it’s too late to fight the ideological battleDec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Accidentally Incompetent: Cycling Around the Four Stages of CompetenceI’ve recently been reading about the four stages of competence, reflecting on how you move between one and the other, and thinking about…Nov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023
Product Managers Aren’t Responsible for the Delivery of their ProductsThere has been a lot of talk recently about the role of product managers in companies, and the value that they bring to the table. Part of…Sep 15, 20238Sep 15, 20238
The Perils of Product Re-PlatformingThe Release Train at Re-Platform 9¾ (Years Until It’s Complete)Aug 19, 2023Aug 19, 2023
Why Product Management is HardThe Best of Product Managers, The Worst of Product Managers — a Tale of Two PitiesAug 2, 20233Aug 2, 20233
Why Product Managers Should NEVER Divide by Effort When PrioritisingI was recently chatting to a product leader about the perennial topic of product prioritisation. Prioritisation is, of course, one of the…Jun 16, 20232Jun 16, 20232
Three Mindsets that Can Cripple Product ManagersOne thing I touched on in a recent talk, and has come up a few times recently, is the concept of the mindsets that product managers and…Jun 9, 20231Jun 9, 20231
Who SHOULDN’T the Product Management Team Report To?A while ago, I ran a poll on Twitter as I’ve spoken to a few people unhappy with how product management is treated in their company and I…May 27, 20233May 27, 20233