Deciding where to place your bets in the Grand Poker Game of Product Management — Recently, I’ve been ruminating about product strategy and how to decide where to place big bets. So much of product management is about deciding how to make the biggest impact. When it comes to impact, people often get dragged into dot voting or numeric prioritisation frameworks to try to stack…

Part 1 of an inevitably infinite series — I love Product Twitter, where likeminded individuals can shoot the breeze about product management stuff and everyone lifts each other up. I’m definitely Z-list on there, but one thing I enjoy is converting my general British cynicism into passingly amusing artisanal memes. Sometimes people like them, so here’s a collection…

We’re usually all in the same boat, so why can’t we sail in it together? — I got my first computer, a ZX Spectrum 48K+, when I was 10. I had been desperate to get a computer since I’d seen my uncle’s ZX81 at about the age of 6. The best thing with computers in those days was that you were thrown straight in the deep…

That existential angst when PMs are asked what they do for a living — For a while on the podcast I used to ask the “BBQ question” of my guests… the basic format being along the lines of: You’re at a BBQ & are chatting to your sister’s new boyfriend, getting on famously. He’s an accountant or something. He asks you what you do…

After spending 19 years working for a big corporate, it feels kind of strange to have started 3 jobs in the last three and a half years. Whatever the pros and cons of working for anyone for a very long time, it’s fair to say that you know the company…

I ran an interesting poll on Twitter recently asking for product managers’ opinions of project managers, and whether they want to work with them. Project managers get a bit of a rough ride in product management circles and much of the classic literature, but what did people really think? I…

What you need to think about if you’re crossing the leadership chasm — Ah product leadership, the promised land. When you get there, you’ve made it! Everyone will listen to you! You’ll be leading with influence and authority! You’ll finally be the CEO of Product that you always dreamed of. That’s how it all works, right? Well, I hate to break it to…

Make sure your episode sounds good by getting the basics right — A while back, someone asked me about my podcast audio editing process, so here’s a summary of my approach. I often get comments about how good the podcast sounds, so hopefully this is helpful! I use Zencastr to record — this gives me separated tracks in high quality mp3 (wav…

This is a roll up of a Twitter thread that I’ve pulled together for posterity and to share on other platforms. 1 year ago I pressed Publish on Podbean for the first time. 77 episodes and 20K downloads later, phew! I’ve met so many great people, had so many great…