The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels When I started Infinify, I told the world I am shifting to product consulting. I knew what I really wanted to do, and the way I understood the term ‘product consulting’ described it quite well. It’s a great model but the name is quite misleading. PLG under the hood.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership. Product Leadership Is a Business Role I make a distinction between product management and product leadership. Product management is the name of the profession and also a description of what some levels do.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2022

I bet with this last name he must have thought about creating such a game long before he actually did it. I realized that this is something that I do whenever I’m helping my consulting customers or the CPO Bootcamp participants to make strategic decisions. But that’s where your leadership comes to a test.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Only among my consulting customers , two companies recently hired a new VP of Product. By the way, while the tips here address specific challenges that product leaders face, many of them would apply to any kind of leadership position, and even to non-leadership positions, so feel free to forward it to friends who are currently on the move.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This phrasing was better than the ‘product consulting’ that I started with but still not quite there. In a way, the fact that it’s unclear is much better than a very clear statement that people understand the wrong way (like ‘product consulting’). heard my explanation and immediately said — ‘oh, you are doing product strategy’.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

I recently started working with a new consulting customer who offers digital courses over their unique platform, and one of the questions that they asked in the first session was whether or not the content was part of the platform. To see these trade-offs clearly, you can name each phase and chart in each series.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2020

I use the term mentoring very broadly since what I am usually doing with my customers is a combination of consulting, mentoring and coaching. Here are 4 reasons why every VP Product needs a mentor: Reason #1: Keep an eye on reality When we start a new leadership role?—?especially strategy, organization, process, people, you name it?—?and

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