7 free events for PMs in March. All practical, no fluff.
Here's what's coming up:
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Mar 2 ยท Ed Biden
Most teams either test everything (and slow to a crawl) or test nothing (and guess).
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Zoom in on the map with the operation name on it. Operation Epic Fury. Because of courseโฆ
Clippy says: Look's like you're trying to start a global thermonuclear war. Would you like me to decide when to launch?
My absolute must-listen!
And she did Austin Powers
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
The lunar new year has started - the year of the fire horse
Sixty years ago, Jennie Lee's vision created The Open University ๐ Welcoming all backgrounds, millions have started life-changing journeys. #OUfamily #TheOpenUniversity #OU60 ๐
๐ Template: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-prod...
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Great ideas emerge from:
โข Diverse perspectives in the room
โข Inspiring reference points
โข Collective insights
โข Sketching and visualising solutions
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๐ง The mindset shifts that separate PMs from Product Leaders
๐งฉ The common traps new leaders fall into
๐ฏ How to prepare before you make the jump
๐ The Product Leadership Wheel โ her framework to find your footing
152 PMs are already in.
See you there!
#product #productmanagement
4/4
Most product development fails because teams spend months building features nobody want.
5 pillars I rely on to de-risk product decisions:
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โข Building products is expensive
โข PMs exist to maximise return on that investment
โข Not every feature needs the same validation
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Autonomy without alignment isnโt trust.
Itโs leadership abdicating responsibility
"Product-led" works when product is strategic, not isolated.
#product #productmanagement
9/9
For most companies, going "product-led" is a complete disaster, and they soon revert to a feature factory.
It's a predictable pattern:
โข Product teams cheer.
โข Leadership steps back.
โข Accountability quietly disappears.
โข Thenโฆ it all blows up.
WHAT COMPANIES THINK THEY ARE DOING
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Ok with such passionate advocates, who is the author please?
If this does not make you smile see a doctor
Three kinds of juggling...
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-407-th...
How user segmentation, rather than personas, helps you get design buy-in uxdesign.cc/how-user-seg...
Seconded. Oftentimes when I sit down to write after researching and interviewing, I donโt know what exactly I am going to write. The process of writing of discovery. Itโs learning which parts go together and which donโt. Itโs finding the underlying narrative. Relegating it to a machine wonโt do that
Innovation is not magic; itโs technique medium.com/p/9b3c81a41877
On dedication and love for the invisible work. www.doc.cc/syntax/craft
Am I going to wake up at 5am to watch the final of a sport I donโt know anything about? Yes I am. #winterolympics #milanocortina
Admiring the Olympics #crosscountry women. They are #tough.
There are a ton of great presentation tips in this talk. Matt Abrahams focuses on both what you present and how you present it. Solid advice for new and seasoned presenters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsr4yrSAIAQ&ab_channel=StanfordGraduateSchoolofBusiness
This article on Minimum Viable Ethnography by Erica Hall is such a treasure. She explains how simple revelatory ethnographic research can be. I highly recommend you give her approach a try.
Read Erikaโs Article:
https://medium.com/mule-design/minimum-viable-ethnography-a047e9358df0
fellas, is it a good sign when the Queen has to join the army reserves?
The justices claim their papers belong to them, not the government or the public, and generally arrange to have them locked away until long after their deaths. The court releases no visitor logs to reveal who meets with the justices.
like this is absurd, get over yourselves
I was a White House staffer. When having a lunch with anyone who worked at law firm, corp, embassy, *newspaper* I had to document that I'd paid exactly my share of the bill. ("No free lunch" policy.)
At some formal event dinners, had to calculate fair-market cost of my serving, and reimburse it
