I came across this recent HBR blog post “Why Command-and-Control Leadership Is Here to Stay“. A professor in organizational behavior is advocating command and control leadership backed by no real [ … ]
Month: October 2014
Mind the Product Conference – London – This Friday
If there’s one place I’d love to be this Friday (aside from home with my family!), it would be in London attending the Mind the Product Conference. Click the link [ … ]
Product Demos are like First Dates – Here’s Why
How often do you see a product demo and think, “OK, this is 20 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back.” The fact is, most product demos, particularly [ … ]
Roadmap Planning – Bottom Up View
By Rivi Aspler A product roadmap can be easily compared to an ambitious architectural plan. Very much like a new type of building, the product roadmap should draw a vision [ … ]
Weekend inspiration – a great artist can come from anywhere
I just watched the movie Ratatouille on TV. Yes, I know. I am 5 years behind the release date. It ended with a reading from one of the characters in [ … ]
ADMIN: And we’re up and running again….
Just a quick update for those of you who may have visited the site and seen a “Woops” notice on pages and posts. That is WordPress’ version of “Error 404 [ … ]
A Product Management Flow Chart
By Rivi Aspler Getting a new product manager on board, I realized recently that there are so many tasks to handle that one can easily get lost. On one hand, [ … ]
Computers aren’t always the answer
by Steve Johnson I was in Toronto on Saturday (August 4) for the Toronto Product Camp and noticed this when I checked out: What a delightfully low-tech solution. Happy? Or [ … ]
Product Management in Pictures – Differentiation
By Saeed Khan It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these Product Management in Pictures posts. I’m going to start trying to put these out more frequently. Here’s [ … ]
Thoughts on Gestalt Product Strategy
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak on the topic of Gestalt Product Strategy at the Global Product Management Blog Talk Radio channel. Cindy Solomon and Lydia Sugarman [ … ]