The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In response to the crash that killed the racing legend Dale Earnhardt back in 2001, the NASCAR product managers have developed the fifth-generation “car of the future” with an eye toward safety. It became an engineering arms race between the different teams. It was called “the flying brick,” in part for its generic appearance.

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

The speed at which the economic landscape shifts has been increasing since the industrial revolution and the emergence of consumer technology. From the point of view of technology, manufacturing, and/or the ability to deliver a service, what is possible? How can we be more profitable?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

Scrum and the agile manifesto were created in a time where we used to still package and ship software physically. The principles which sit behind the manifesto were largely created by engineers and vastly aimed at fixing organisational dysfunction and making their lives better. a new role which I guess it was?—?but

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In reality, none of the reasons that promote this practice have any scientific basis, in the sense that no one has ever bothered to conduct a study to determine whether speculative work is a valid system for evaluating a candidate. Personally, I think that the motivation are simply psychological and social.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When it comes to designing digital systems, there is always a risk of forgetting there will be humans involved and, as a result, making things more robotic than realistic. Here are five quick takeaways: Conversational design as a concept is about looking at human conversation as a model for all interactions with digital systems.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Bob has honed these key skills from his life working in everything from automotive, weapons systems, food, private equity, homebuilding, construction software, and more. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? I’m an engineer. Transcript.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2018

I was at an agency for a while and then moved to the Bay Area in 2001. From there I went to LinkedIn, where I became their first Head of Design, helped add user research, and built out their design discipline. I learned about how hardware and software work together. Then I moved over to Google and ran their Apps team.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. We are putting our customers first, taking the time to discover unmet needs, and developing solutions that address those needs. Putting Discovery Practices Into Context: The Opportunity Solution Tree [21:32]. OKRs and Design Sprints [12:12]. Windows ME.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? from Business of Software Conference. So I’m going to create a whole presentation about cakes and agile and explain to people how you can figure out what types of systems might work for your company.

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