Product Talk

JULY 9, 2025

In the first article, we covered how to decide if your organization is ready for change. And today, we’re going to look at the same topic, but from a leadership and stakeholder standpoint. I run these monthly product leadership discussions , and I think they’re all about missing strategic context. It’s vision.

Product Research

The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

Basecamp exemplifies this approach by openly encouraging debate and dissent to refine their vision. In the next article, well challenge two more rules holding you back: that listening to customers and obsessing over data will always point you in the right direction. What rules do you need to break to finally unlock innovation?

Data Visualization

The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2025

PMs are often celebrated for their vision, decisiveness, and ability to ship. In our newest Patreon-exclusive Roadmap to Mastery article , we explore: The types of questions that unlock clarity across customers, teams, and stakeholders. Whats Inside the Full Article? How asking What are we really trying to solve?

Strategy

BrainMates

MAY 26, 2025

Sharing your findings with cross-functional teams, especially marketing, sales, and leadership, is key to driving alignment and action. Let competitor insights sharpen your thinking, not narrow your vision. annual reports) Observable data : Derived from observation and synthesis (e.g. Step 6: Keep It Current Markets evolve quickly.

Data Visualization

Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore the essential strategies that product managers in established tech companies can use to enhance product-market fit and drive sustainable growth. Product managers must ensure that the product vision aligns with the company’s broader goals.

User Testing

People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Share People-First Leadership 2. You can replace “product sense” with “product vision” When an organization implements a go-to-market and organizational change like the one described in the question, the strategy stack needs an update. Stay tuned for insights that can shape your approach to product leadership.

Product Research

Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

This article shares exciting product manager roles focused on retention and churn and showcases standout candidates in the field. In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience turning ambiguous problems into clear and actionable deliverables, aligning internal and external leaders on a shared, ambitious vision.

Research Software

BrainMates

JULY 2, 2025

In this article, we will explore the foundations of effective cross-functional collaboration, the common pitfalls to avoid, and how the right software can help your team execute more effectively. This is where strong leadership and the right tools can make all the difference. However, great collaboration does not happen by accident.

Product Research

Business of Software Conference

JULY 24, 2025

Ask Your Leadership Team: “What level of confidence do you have that we are actually focused on the right things as an organization?” Where it’s Going: Connect the change to the long-term vision and what success will look like in the future. Are they tired, overworked, disillusioned, or worried?

User Testing

UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

Introduction: The Abstraction Affair Hopefully, my TL;DR has convinced you that reading this article would be as delightful as the latest scandal at the Bridgertons ball. We often discuss strategy, vision, and long-term goals, feeling like were making progress. A vision statement can inspire, but it doesnt require anyone toact.

Customer Experience

Gainsight

APRIL 16, 2025

Theres something that happens when you sit in a post-sale leadership seat long enough. That customer journey includes onboarding emails, help center articles, Academy courses, support tickets, in-app tooltips, CSM check-ins, community threads, and product updates. You start thinking in functions. In roadmaps. In metrics. Head to Pulse!

Customer Experience

Sequent Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

The purpose of this article is to explore four fundamental areas that will help you become more influential and, by extension, a more effective leader. Each area builds upon the others, creating a comprehensive framework for leadership through influence. Basics of Influence What is Influence?

Technical Advisors

Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2025

This article shares exciting mobile product manager roles and showcases standout candidates in the field. Youll blend the strategic mindset of a growth product manager with the creative vision of a UX designer – driving repeat engagement, gamification, and social participation. How can Artem benefit your company?

Analytic Tools

airfocus

JUNE 25, 2025

Instead, it’s about the artful combination of enduring values (the keel) and adaptive strategy (the sail), all guided by leadership (the rudder) that knows when and how to tack. The rudder: Leadership and executive decision-making – guiding and steering the organization. It used to drive me crazy,” he admits.

Feedback Software

Business of Software Conference

AUGUST 1, 2025

This article draws on excerpts from Amir Salihefendic ‘s talk, “ Asynchronous Communication Means Better Work “, at Business of Software Conference. Define what your culture promotes and discourages explicitly. What are your thoughts on shifting to an asynchronous-first approach in your organization?

Feedback Software

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In an article published in “The Cruise Industry News Quarterly,” McNeece said the following: “There is a problem trying to figure out what people want by canvassing them. That’s where the true value of product leadership lies-not just in listening but in leading.

User Testing

Userpilot

MAY 27, 2025

This article shares exciting product manager roles focused on Product-Led Growth (PLG) and showcases standout candidates in the field. Requirements Top-notch product management: 10+ years of Product Management experience, including impactful leadership roles on major products. Image] Who would be the best fit for this job?

Analytic Tools

UX Planet

JUNE 13, 2025

The chicken or the egg I’ve recently stumbled upon an article in the Service Design journal Touchpoint by Samin Razagh, where she pointed out the key difference in methodology and processes, despite a shared goal, between product managers and in-house service designers (which might apply even more to product designers). 22–27 (4) Russell L.

User Testing

UX Planet

JUNE 30, 2025

Within this article, we analyze how AI’s adoption in 2024 impacted key areas of digital CX, highlighting global trends as well as specific insights from major markets like the US and UK. institutions given their scale and technological leadership. Even regional and mid-sized banks have started deploying AI for automation and analytics.

Data Visualization

Business Acumen Institute

MARCH 23, 2023

Yet, considering my early tastes in business leadership, it was obvious that, while the school of hard knocks hadn’t necessarily been kind to me, at least it had been talkative, and I had somehow managed to take a pretty good set of notes. It’s a way to establish trust with your teammates and inspires others to work toward a shared vision.

Vision

Business of Software Conference

JUNE 30, 2025

Vision: What does the world look like when you achieve your mission? A big vision attracts more people who want to see it happen. These stories show your resilience, leadership, and capabilities, helping your audience believe they can achieve similar success or overcome challenges with your help.

Differentiation

Business Acumen Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Written by Steven Haines, CEO of Business Acumen Institute In this article, I’ll share practical strategies to build influence, even without direct authority by focusing on strategic relationships and trust-building, you can strengthen your ties in your organization and become a credible resource who can rely on others when needed.

Product Research

Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. An inspiring vision creates a meaningful purpose for everyone involved in making the product a success including the stakeholders and development team members. If the vision resonates with you, then this will help you do a great job, especially when the going gets tough. The vision pulls you.”.

Vision

Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

A Brief Guide to this Article. This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. Vision Captures Product Idea or Business Objective. Additionally, such a vision is hardly inspiring.

Vision

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

a clear and compelling vision. from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. As Marty Cagan states in Inspired : “When done well , the product vision is one of our most effective recruiting tools, and it serves to motivate the people on your teams to come to work every day.”

Vision

Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

Three Types of Leadership. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. While I’d like to encourage you to involve development team members and key stakeholders in the visioning, strategising, and roadmapping work, you should lead these activities with the aim to maximise the value your product creates. Lead the Product.

Leadership

Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Organise the Team around a Product As the name suggests, a product team is focused on a product. This individual leads the product team, not by being the boss but by exercising emergent leadership. This sounds simple enough. Let’s take a look at them.

Reporting Tools

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This month, we’re focusing on all things Product Leadership. Before we start diving into the ins and outs of leadership in Product Management, it’s important to ask and to understand what we mean by Product Leadership. they’re in a Product leadership role. Keep an eye out for events, podcasts, blogs, and more!

Leadership

The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Your vision of the future should bring clarity to your roadmap. It aligns business decisions with strategic vision. Effective roadmaps translate leadership’s vision into a guided conversation with stakeholders. The steps outlined in this article will help your product team to frame the conversation.

Vision

Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Tying it back to our “pyramid” or “tree”, it looks like this: I have to thank Rich Mironov for these ideas, which come from a couple of great articles of his. Is this thing you’re asking with our mission, vision, value proposition? Does it contribute to our current goals at all? Does it require a large effort?

Customer Experience

Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What Is a Product Portfolio Strategy and Why Does It Matter? Their visions, target groups, needs, standout features , and business goals must comply with the overall portfolio strategy. [1] It achieves this by setting overarching goals for the entire portfolio.

Weak Development Team

Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] The Head of Product Role in a Nutshell A head of product manages a group of product people —individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product managers or product owners. First, develop the individual product people.

Feedback Software

Mind the Product

APRIL 5, 2022

Vision, Value, and Validation are three inseparable parts of Advanced Product Ownership Analysis. In this article, we'll discuss the 3Vs concept. [.] Read more » The post Vision, value, and valuation in advanced product ownership appeared first on Mind the Product.

Vision

Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. To analyse your current product management skills, I recommend using the following three subsets: Tactical skills, strategic skills, and leadership skills, as the following picture shows.

Roadmap

Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. The vision is the objective, and the product strategy is expressed by the key results.

Product Management

Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. These are the “players” whose input you need to make the right product decisions and progress the product, as I explain in the article Getting Stakeholder Engagement Right. Use a product vision ; a product strategy with user needs and business goals; and a product roadmap with product goals (aka.

Product Research

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?” Moving into product leadership moves you away from the day-to-day hands-on tools and into a primarily coaching role.

Leadership