by Prabhakar Gopalan Tweet this: @PGopalan: Innovation and execution are not mutually exclusive http://wp.me/pXBON-2D1 #prodmgt #career Last week I got an email from a friend that his firm was going through an innovation crisis. [ … ]
When Product Management Goes to Seed
It’s gardening season where I live. The vegetables are in place and early crops like lettuce, spinach and radishes have been harvested and enjoyed. Earlier this week, I was walking [ … ]
Guest Post: Why Social Media is not working for you: A Wake-up call
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Amrita Mathur. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. — Often businesses get overwhelmed by [ … ]
Thoughts on Measuring Product Leadership
There’s a saying with woodworkers and carpenters, “Measure twice and cut once.” For those who haven’t cut lumber before, it’s a simple principle. When cutting a piece of wood for [ … ]
Why and How to Hold a Mid-Year Product Review
by Saeed Khan I recently wrote a series of articles on metrics to help track product success. The base article can be found here – A Model and Metrics for [ … ]
Guest Post: Making Solid Decisions in the Absence of All the Information
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Christine Midwood. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. Recently, I’ve been mentoring an engineer [ … ]
Happy (just barely belated) 4th Birthday to us!
by Saeed Khan Yes, it’s was our birthday yesterday (June 1). So we kept the tradition going by forgetting the date. 🙂 I’ll keep this short and sweet, but what [ … ]
Why Aha! Turns into Oh Crap! in Product Management
How often have you heard the following remark? “I stepped out of the shower this morning and…” or “I was walking out of Starbuck’s when I got this killer idea…” [ … ]
Rethink your performance plan
by Prabhakar Gopalan Tweet this: @PGopalan: Rethink your performance plan http://wp.me/pXBON-2y6 #prodmgt #career Two plans for 1 measure The prevailing managerial approach in corporations to promote, measure and reward employee growth primarily consists [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Do This or Die!
Given it’s Memorial Day in the US, here’s a small trip down memory lane. I originally posted it a couple of years ago, it’s definitely worth repeating While the manifesto [ … ]