Over the years, I’ve watched the social interaction of individuals and teams and how they succeed and where they struggle. Whether you’re a product manager, product marketing manager or you [ … ]
Category: Leadership
Guest Post: A Product Manager’s Authority is Earned, Not Granted
NOTE: The following is a guest post from Ilya Bagrak. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. – – – – – When [ … ]
The Importance of Differentiated Product Management Roles
by Saeed Khan Last week I wrote a post entitled How to Create an Effective Product Management Organization. I mentioned that, like other departments such as sales, differentiated roles are [ … ]
It’s not Madness, It’s Product Leadership
It’s that time of year for college basketball junkies in the US. Affectionately known as March Madness, basketball fans of all types jump into office pools, bracketology and find time to see [ … ]
Ask OnPM – How to deal with acquired products
by Saeed Khan Hi, we’re starting a new feature today: Ask OnPM. In short, if there’s a question you would like us to answer, ask us via our contact form [ … ]
How to Create an Effective Product Management Organization
by Saeed Khan Last week, I had the pleasure to host one of the BrainMates Product Management talks on Twitter. These are a series of weekly 1 hour open discussions [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Product Managers – Do the Opposite!
I caught a rerun of the TV show Seinfeld earlier this week. It’s been a while since I saw an episode. It was as bizarre and funny as ever. And [ … ]
Why Disruption is Driving the Need for Elegant Products
by Saeed Khan Last week I wrote a post called The Need for Elegance in Product Design. In it I said that calling something elegant is high praise, and although [ … ]
Leadership principles acquired from Kindergarten
by Jim Holland This is a follow-up to an earlier guest post Leadership Lessons from a Kindergarten Class. In that post, I introduced my firsthand observations while working with my [ … ]
How to dominate your competition – learn from Apple
by Saeed Khan Did you notice what Apple did this past week? Yes, they announced the iPad 2, but it’s worth taking a look at the details of the announcement [ … ]