Johanna Rothman
AUGUST 30, 2023
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.)
Johanna Rothman
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product. I'll use my product development as an example to explain how my experimentation and finalization work.
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Johanna Rothman
MARCH 14, 2024
While managers can determine how different various developers, testers, UX, etc people are, very few managers can differentiate one agile coach from another. For example, if you have 20 years of experience in banking, you know a lot about the various regulations and how they affect product development. Industry expertise.
The Product Coalition
JUNE 11, 2023
Slightly less useless are the case interview formats used by many top-tier consulting firms. For example, “Estimate the number of drones necessary to complete all deliveries for Amazon in NYC” only proves you’re moderately clever in a very useless way. He also highlights the significance of product Spidey sense (#3).
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Competitive analysis: “Blue ocean” (Kim, Mauborgne) Don’t get stuck into consulting matrixes. It gives you a way to identify your value propositions to differentiate. ??????????? It’s full of examples. ?? Poor questions yield little value. ?? Blue ocean shows you how a circus can be #innovative.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 10, 2020
While it is not a book on strategy per se , the deep understanding of how you will create a differentiated value proposition is the basis for creating a strategy that focuses on generating it. Most examples are from physical products, but lessons apply to the digital world. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne quickly gained popularity.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 23, 2023
So I did what every well-trained consultant knows to do — I asked a question. One more inspiring example of purpose in product In the dynamic world of tech startups, Tiny Speck, the company behind a game called Glitch, found themselves struggling with their product’s lackluster performance. What does the product mean to you?”
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