Fri.Nov 25, 2016

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Say NO the right way–and other innovation insights for product managers Nov 25, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. How product managers creatively say NO without being confrontational. In this interview with Erin Essex, she shares why product managers can’t always say yes to requests and how to respond with “no” in ways that educate stakeholders on the product’s objectives.

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Taking Your Product Across Cultures by Lisa Long

Mind the Product

The commercial world is littered with the wreckage of international expansion plans gone awry, whether it’s the $2 billion that US discount retailer Target misguidedly spent thinking Americans and Canadians are the same, Tesco’s failure to understand US shopping habits with its Fresh & Easy brand or the failure of the HP digital magazine Pivot to accommodate French and German editions in a layout that was grounded in English.