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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. You last chatted with us way back in 2018, when you shared your insights on engineering and infrastructure management.

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When 2 Become 1: The Roles of Product Manager and Product Owner

bpma ProductHub

By Jennifer Gridley – As we approach Valentine’s Day, some may be enjoying The Spice Girls’ 1996 hit for its romantic message. On January 23rd, Pragmatic Marketing hosted a webinar entitled “Six Ways Product Management’s Role Will Change in 2018.” And we’re not alone. In case you missed it, a full replay is available here.

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Working Remotely as a Product Manager: It’s about trust.

Product Management Unpacked

According to a Gartner report “How to Cultivate Effective ‘Remote Work’ Programs Refreshed 14 May 2019, Published 16 January 2018,” three of the four key challenges are: Mutual lack of trust undermines good remote work intentions. In this post, I focus on the first one: trust. How do you build trust in the workplace?

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

If anything, this was the decade they collectively became leaders not just of the technology industry, but of industry itself – Apple overtook ExxonMobil as the world’s most valuable company by market cap in August 2011 (that month again), and then became the first trillion-dollar company by market cap in 2018. And then there’s messaging.

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How Executives can Empower Great Design

Modus Create

In 2018, McKinsey published their Business Value of Design report summarizing how organizations with higher Design Index scores saw a correlation with higher revenue growth and, for the top quartile, higher returns to shareholders. About 90% of companies in their 2018 research aren’t fully realizing the full potential of their design teams.

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Turning Stress into Success: How Product Managers Can Overcome Workplace Challenges

People-First Product Leadership

” In a 2018 study at the University of Pennsylvania , Professor Damon Centola conducted experiments with online communities to determine the threshold for cultural change. Margaret Mead famously said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

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The future of customer acquisition with HubSpot’s Meghan Keaney Anderson

Intercom, Inc.

Source: HubSpot Research, State of Inbound 2018. With the advent of word of mouth marketing, she along with the HubSpot leadership team is steering the company to do things differently. Source: HubSpot Research, State of Inbound 2018. And yet, bafflingly, 66% of companies aren’t asking their willing(!)