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Why Product Management Is Not The Same As Oprah’s Favorite Things

The Product Guy

Because I’m not Oprah and Product Management is a dialogue, not a show. These are the three mistakes I learned when trying to run my product like an episode of Oprah’s Favorite Things: 1. The Oprah’s Favorite Things method lead to a lot of Product Manager bad habits. More About The Product Mentor.

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500: Evolving trends in product management: What every PM and VP Needs to Know – with Tony Ulwick

Product Innovation Educators

Outcome-Driven Innovation – for Product Managers Watch on YouTube [link] TLDR Tony Ulwick, creator of Jobs-to-Be-Done, introduces Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI), a revolutionary approach to product management. For example, one company solved 14 unmet needs in just three hours after going through this process.

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430: How changes in marketing are influencing products – with Ali Plonchak 

Product Innovation Educators

How product and marketing teams can work together Today we are talking about the interdependence of product and marketing and how marketing trends have changed. Since 2006 at Crossmedia, she has helped clients navigate the changing marketing landscape. To help us, Ali Plonchak is with us. Ali is the COO of Crossmedia.

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5 Machine Learning Lessons for Product Managers

Mind the Product

What does it mean for us as product managers? We all use AI or machine learning (ML)-driven products almost every day, and the number of these products will be growing exponentially over the next couple of years. What does it mean for us as product managers? Source: Todd Wickersty, [link].

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507: Navigating the second product problem – with Greg Coticchia

Product Innovation Educators

To survive, your company must sell multiple products Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I’m interviewing Greg Coticchia, an experienced CEO and product management expert. The discussion focuses on the challenges and strategies involved in expanding from a single product to multiple products.

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6 Product Managers Who Became CEOs-and How!

The Product Coalition

While some may say that a Product Manager is ‘the CEO of the product’, that’s not entirely true. As a Product Manager, you have very little authority. While the buck stops with you when it comes to product decision making, the overall health of the company doesn’t rest on your shoulders.

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Where Does Product Management Fit?

Product Management Unpacked

Recently a CEO asked me if the marketing department should include product management and marketing communications. His concern was that internet/digital marketing had become so complex and such a huge task that having the responsibility of both marketing communications and product management would be difficult.