People-First Product Leadership

AUGUST 13, 2023

Caveat being, I’m a product manager not a doctor. Subscribe now I’ve been thinking a lot about failure as I’m speaking at the Product-Led Summit on 20 September in Oakland (yes, the site and banner below mention San Francisco. Which is likely why I favor rapid experimentation over big bang, perfectionism.

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BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Product Managers have the enviable job of taking a product from its roots as an idea and steering its lifecycle through launch and beyond. Often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of a product, these specialists must possess a wide variety of skills and competencies to propel a product to success.

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Mind the Product

MAY 8, 2017

Fast forward to 1963, when researchers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were studying the microwaves emanating from the Milky Way galaxy. Part of my role as a product manager is to evaluate the potential of new products and features. I wonder if this level of engagement exists regardless of the feature you’re testing.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

You have developed your product sparked by brilliant ideas and are ready to go-live. The customer finding it could damage your reputation. Negative online feedback is just a finger’s swipe away. It’s nice to have your customers testing the application. You can have a variety of devices for testing.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 3, 2017

which is how our role as a product manager is perceived. If I were to join another company today as a product manager, what would they think about me before I even walk into the room? This speaks to two main tenets of my product philosophy: 1) Building outcome-based aka “growth” teams and 2) Valuing emotional intelligence.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

How Product Managers and Innovators Can Validate a Product Concept for a Target Market. Creating a successful product requires a diverse set of skills and one of them is properly validating a product concept. It’s a reality check of the business opportunity, customer, the customer problem, and your proposed solution.

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BrainStation Product Management

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Product Managers are often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of products – in other words, the people who steer a product’s lifecycle from ideation to launch and beyond. A product management certificate is worth it, and many Product Managers (or aspiring Product Managers) are enrolling in certification programs.

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Gainsight

JULY 19, 2019

. — Torben Rick (@torbenrick) September 18, 2017. Change as seen from a product management operations lens. Change management is one of the core responsibilities of an operations function in business, whether it be IT Operations, Sales Operations, or in my personal case, Product Operations. No pressure, right?! “PX,

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BrainStation Product Management

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Product Managers are often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of products – in other words, the people who steer a product’s lifecycle from ideation to launch and beyond. A product management certificate is worth it, and many Product Managers (or aspiring Product Managers) are enrolling in certification programs.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On average, about 40% of the products launched by organisations are failing to meet their intended objectives. Some quotes put this higher – up to 80 or even 95% – but 40% is what empirical evidence indicates and, even if this is an underestimate, that just makes product failure an even bigger issue for organisations.

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The Five Most Common Mistakes in Product Development. New products fail all the time. On average, about 40% of the products launched by organisations fail to meet their intended objectives. Even if this is an underestimate, that makes product failure an even bigger issue for organisations. By JANA PAULECH.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2017

It’s a quick, inexpensive way to test the market. Furthermore, why do we continue to use processes that are biased to predict the undeniable success of our idea and seek to validate our hypothesis rather than test to invalidate it? The market may change, customer needs fluctuate and ideas evolve. One Option is not a Real Option.

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