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Consulting Tip #6: Use Your Intellectual Property to Build Political Capital

Johanna Rothman

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. First, that makes no sense in a collaborative team. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. I'm not linking to the report, because the advice is so bad.)

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The GIST Framework by Itamar Gilad

Mind the Product

In this talk from #MTP Engage Manchester consultant Itamar Gilad takes us through his GIST (goals, ideas, steps, tasks) framework. He’s now a consultant, speaker and writer. Negative – where launches are so bad they get rolled back. Steps, that develop the ideas and test them. Three Types of Launch. Enter GIST.

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Power Up: Three Ways to Increase Your Product Leadership Power

Roman Pichler

It’s all too tempting to fall back onto less skilful habits and become impatient, tense and stressed, say something we regret afterwards, or pass on the pressure to the development team. Additionally, keep an eye on market developments, new trends and technologies, and the competition. Nothing beats meeting real users.

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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. 5-Second summary. What is psychological safety?

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Managing Change – Joe Leech on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

A UK-based consultant, Joe Leech has built a reputation for managing change (for both users and stakeholders) and as the guy to call when a product launch has gone wrong. Troubleshooting a poor product launch. and at conferences across the US and Europe. Troubleshooting a poor product launch. Just call him Mr Joe.

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The Black Mirror Test – Roisi Proven on The Product Experience [Rebroadcast]

Mind the Product

We’re running this episode again to remind everyone to take a moment, engage your team, and think through both how the decisions you make now can help and how they can be misused – and then take action to mitigate the latter. Ethical frameworks for product development. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Decisions, Debt, and Other Dilemmas by Janna Bastow

Mind the Product

” Janna still finds she asks, and is asked about, the same thing whether she’s consulting, training, mentoring, or as a CEO. While we might think of all debt as bad, Janna says this isn’t the case. Get team members to perform a series of tasks on each. ”, and “have you tried turning off and on again?”