I first heard of the Influencer Project on David Meerman Scott’s blog. Billed as “the shortest marketing conference ever“, the goal was to get 60 presenters and give them each [ … ]
Category: Saeed
The Change Cycle – How people accept change over time
I’ve written previously about change being a process. At the recent ProductCamp Toronto, I spoke about this a bit more and introduced what I call The Change Cycle. (click to [ … ]
Open Question: How and When do you define usability requirements?
Open question to everyone. Most of the requirements Product Managers create are functional requirements. i.e. indicating what the product or service must do or provide. i.e. the what. But in [ … ]
My interview with Chris Cummings
Hi, just a quick note to check out an interview I did with Chris Cummings on his blog Product Management meets Pop Culture. 7 Questions with Saeed Khan And for [ … ]
Why I hate that Henry Ford (faster horses) quote!
There’s a quotation attributed to Henry Ford that is repeated (far too often I must say) in conversations about innovation and new product development. It’s not the “any colour as [ … ]
Top 7 posts from the past year
The blog turned 3 earlier this month. As a belated present, here are a few of the most popular posts from the past year. A couple are personal favourites of [ … ]
Rules and Laws Product Managers Should Understand (part 2)
Continuing from Part 1, here are more Rules and Laws to help Product Managers in their jobs. Thackara’s Laws John Thackara can best be described as a thinker, designer and [ … ]
Rules and Laws Product Managers Should Understand (part 1)
First, let me say this post was inspired by a tweet from the CrankyPM asking the following question. (click to enlarge) Now, I’m pretty certain she was looking for answers [ … ]
ProductCamp Toronto 2010 roundup
It’s been about 10 days since we help ProductCamp Toronto Spring 2010. Despite being a bright sunny and unusually warm day here in Toronto, a large crowd gathered downtown to [ … ]
It’s ProductCamp Season!
From only 3 events a couple of years ago — Silicon Valley, Austin, Toronto — the number of ProductCamps has grown steadily. In fact, there are 3 events in the [ … ]