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Managing Problematic Investor Ideas

Mind the Product

At a time when so much of today’s B2B ecosystem is built around software products, I believe it has become incumbent on the people responsible for designing, developing, and building these products to take back leadership of how our companies are run, and lead us all back to a culture of responsible growth. Here I’ll discuss how.

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

Product Management Unpacked

Stereotypes about what kind of work can or cannot be done remotely lead to unrealistic expectations and underperforming programs. The job of a product manager has many elements, but at its core is a responsibility to build relationships, especially with development, engineering, sales and sales leadership, as well as executive management.

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What does psychological safety mean, anyway?

Atlassian

Psychologically safe work environments allow team members to feel that they can safely take calculated risks without fear of repercussions. On the journey to success, how your team members feel about their work environment may be just as important as the skills they bring to the table. In Leadership. 5-Second summary.

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Becoming a Product Leader: Leading Product Success in the First 100 Days

Product Management Unpacked

This is where you need to establish yourself, your leadership style and your presence. In my experience, start with core constituents – your immediate team, leaders of development/engineering, sales, followed by top customers. Strengths/Weaknesses). Under times of duress, a leader must act decisively and effectively.

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Product Backlog Defense

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: Product Backlog Defense Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. Often, it is a sign of a lack of trust in the team’s capability.

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Product Management Tips for Data Science Projects

Mironov Consulting

We’ve known forever that we (product managers) must include our developers and designers in the earliest stages of problem definition and solution ideation. Piping in real users’ voices and challenges motivates the whole team. Less appreciation of commercial software development pressures. We versus They.

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Planning for 2019; Product Management Podcasts; Upcoming Events You Can Find Me At

Good Product Manager

On the Product Love podcast , host Eric Boduch and I had a wide-ranging discussion including how product management leaders need to support the product managers on their team, the most important traits of product managers, and some simple practical ways to be “customer-focused.” ” Upcoming Product Management Events.

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