Forrester analyst Tom Grant is conducting research on the topic of Thought Leadership. But for this research, he’s taking a much more open, collaborative, and as Tom indicates, an agile [ … ]
Category: Research
The Ugly of Product Management
Finally (sorry for the delay) here is part 3 of the results from my survey. Part 1 — the Good , and Part 2 – The Bad — were published [ … ]
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 [ … ]
The Importance of Perspective
Steve Johnson has a video on his site that shows a wonderful optical illusion. I’ve embedded it here for your viewing convenience. This video is a great example of how [ … ]
Product Management Metrics (part 2a)
My conference call on PM Metrics with Tom Grant went quite well yesterday. It was a round table discussion with good points made by several participants. While we did talk [ … ]
Canada’s Innovation Gap (part 3)
NOTE: This is a bit of a long post, but it is also long overdue. In it, I present some needed steps to address the innovation issue in Canada. So, [ … ]
Questions for Product Managers
It started with an interview on Red Canary, talking to Product Management leaders in Toronto, including Alan Armstrong, Stephen Pollack, Lee Garrison and Roy Pereira. Interestingly enough, I know all [ … ]