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Featured Product Management Consultant: Ryan Cantwell

280 Group

On this month’s featured interview from our Consultant Interviews Series , we have Ryan Cantwell candidly talking about the path that lead him to start a Product Management career and the importance of including role clarity in Product organizations. Sign up for a consulting engagement with 280 Group.

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How to Hire an Engineering Consultant

The Product Coalition

In today’s competitive business environment, technology is increasingly shaping the strategies that companies develop to try to outdo their competition. One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users.

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Consulting Tip 5: How to Think About Business Models to Avoid Commodity Work & Commodity Fees

Johanna Rothman

When consultants ask these questions, the consultants assume they are showing their unique value. They're showing how they only offer commodity, and too often, inadequate, consulting. Worse, these consultants give all consultants a bad name. I explain how in Successful Independent Consulting.)

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To Influence Product Development, Spend More Time in the Problem Space

280 Group

According to 280 Group’s Principal Consultant and Trainer, Ken Feehan , the best Product Managers have spent a lot of time in “the problem space” before moving to “the solution space.” “ The goal of staying in the problem space is to influence and inspire developers to create a product that customers want ,” he said. “It

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Building Products Your Customers Love with Empathy and Human Insights

Speaker: Lija Hogan, Customer Experience Consultant at UserTesting & Daniele Hohol, Senior Product Manager at UserTesting

In this webinar, we will highlight the critical areas during the design and development process when reaching out to customers, understanding their needs, testing hypotheses, and refining your approach is imperative. We'll provide examples as well as tangible tips for building customer empathy without delaying your design process.

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Shuba Swaminathan, Vice President of Product, Developer Experience & Design at Vonage

280 Group

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Shuba Swaminathan, Vice President of Product, Developer Experience & Design at Vonage. In the household management theme, I have auto insurance as a Q2 item, for example. Develop deep empathy with customers and colleagues. Third is EQ.

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Book Birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Focus on Relationships That Matter

Johanna Rothman

I am thrilled to announce a book birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Focus on Relationships That Matter. Here's the story of the consulting book. In the mid-2000s… I started my consulting business back in 1994. So several people asked me how I had become a successful consultant. See Manage It!