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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

Ask Teresa: Does the engineer in a product trio need to be the tech lead? In the past, I’ve sometimes used language like “design lead” or “tech lead” to refer to the design and engineering members of the trio. So let’s take a closer look at what I mean by the term “tech lead” and how you can apply this to your own team.

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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Drawing from his 20+ years of technology experience and extensive research, Nishant shared insights about how these activities vary across different organizational contexts – from startups to enterprises, B2B to B2C, and Agile to Waterfall environments.

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The Innovation Ambition Matrix

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Overview of the Matrix The Innovation Ambition Matrix, which was developed by Bansi Nagji and Geoff Tuff, considers the newness of the product on its horizontal axis and the newness of the market on the vertical axis. Using an incubator can help you with this.

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520: The future of AI in product management – with Mike Todasco

Product Innovation Educators

Useful links: Connect with Mike on LinkedIn Read Mike’s articles on Medium Subscribe to Mike’s Newsletter, AI Conversations Learn more about the James Silberrad Brown Center for Artificial Intelligence at San Diego State University SDSU Innovation Quote The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

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Expecting Resistance: Handling Stakeholder & Leader Concerns During Product Operating Model Pilot

Product Talk

In the first article, we covered how to decide if your organization is ready for change. Hope Gurion: In that scenario, I’m going to presume that that is not a product tech design functional leader, that that might be somebody operating in another part of the company with strategic context. Now, it could be either.

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Product Managers Misunderstood: We Don’t ‘Rule’ Silicon Valley—We Navigate Its Complexities

The Product Guy

I’ve never felt compelled to write a rebuttal before, but Amanda Hoover’s recent article, “ Product managers rule Silicon Valley. As someone who has spent decades in this field, I’ve seen firsthand how product managers are often misunderstood and misrepresented—and this article perpetuates many of those misconceptions.

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527: The truth behind “CEO of the Product” – with Francesca Cortesi

Product Innovation Educators

Early in her career, Francesca encountered this phrase alongside the common description of product management as sitting at the intersection of business, user experience, and technology. As we’ll explore in this article, effective product management requires a unique blend of skills that goes beyond traditional leadership models.