Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. I was the CTO in a part of the organization called consumer services. The role of product management is extremely in flux.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). In some other companies, product management (along with project management), roles up to the CIO (Chief Information Officer).

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Bain Public

MARCH 6, 2023

Psychiatrist Jonathan Shay noted that "moral injury occurs when a person in authority disregards a subordinate’s judgment on the morally correct course of action, thereby violating the subordinate’s trust and self-esteem." In due course, they jump from job to job, or simply leave the profession altogether.

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Atomic Spin PM

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This crash course will teach you why wireframes are important, when you should utilize them, and how to best present them to your stakeholders. Discovering areas where you need to change course early on can save a great deal of time and money. The post Wireframing for Non-Designers – A Crash Course appeared first on Atomic Spin.

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Atomic Spin PM

DECEMBER 10, 2018

This crash course will teach you why wireframes are important, when you should utilize them, and how to best present them to your stakeholders. Discovering areas where you need to change course early on can save a great deal of time and money. The post Wireframing for Non-Designers – A Crash Course appeared first on Atomic Spin.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 14, 2021

Breakout Sessions are your chance to share ideas and challenges about things that matter to you in a smaller group – with experts in their field and, of course, speakers. They’re often described as the most valuable part of the event.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2022

We discussed various entrepreneur challenges, and he mentioned that the hardest thing he encounters daily as a co-founder and CTO is understanding the organization’s physical mechanics. Of course, the number changes from company to company and between different states of the same company, but it should be set and respected.

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BrainMates

JULY 23, 2019

Arcadier , an e-commerce SaaS marketplace builder based in Singapore, originally came to a Brainmates Product Management course in Singapore, before engaging us for further specialised workplace training. We spoke with Chief Technology Officer, Paul Cascun to talk about how in-house Product Management training changed the game.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Just kidding, of course, they were all very nice and happy to help. I remember that at some point, I was debating with the CTO and Co-Founder?—?one Naturally, I relied on the very talented people at the company to share their insights with me. I asked so many questions, that I was surprised anyone still wanted to talk to me.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 11, 2024

You’re a company founder and a CTO. In the very early days of Mode, there were three of us: our CEO, who was off talking to investors, our CTO, who was chained to a desk building the product, and me. You fit the role for someone we’d like to get thoughtful industry deep-dives from, but unfortunately, it’s still a rare thing to see.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO. Appeal to people’s self-interest.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

Two years ago this week, I started work as the first VP of Product Management at NTENT - a company with huge, rapidly growing market, world-famous CTO, seasoned executives and engineering team, and core technology that only a handful of companies in the world possess.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Over the course of the conversation you’ll learn not just about what makes a good leader, but a good ally, a good colleague, and a good friend. Liam Geraghty: An important tool for sharing knowledge is of course, Wikipedia. There we have it.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology. Of course, the same applies even if you are not a founder and find yourself in this situation. These founders have many great qualities, but many times prior product experience isn’t one of them.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

But as an executive leader in your organization, whether you’re a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, or the primary sponsor of a product development team, there are several things you can–no, should –do to greatly increase the chances that design can make a difference to your organization’s bottom line.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In this image, that’s the VP/CIO/CTO. That’s why I called it “typical.” ” There is a senior functional manager, where the function is Engineering or IT or some name like that. The middle managers—the directors—often reflect layers in the architecture. They matrix people into teams.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 16, 2021

They need to understand the implications of the organization’s technology roadmap on the product roadmap. When the CTO and CPO find alignment in their strategic goals, it becomes easier for the team on the ground to prioritize issues in their sprints. . Of course, there would be situations when hard deadlines are unavoidable.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Image Credit: Transistor by Alexandra Manokhina Job Responsibilities and Duties Not every company with product management teams will have a Chief Product Officer. Chief Product Officers are to Product what Chief Technology Officers are to technology in their organizations.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. Of course, it also makes audits go faster and cost less. And, of course, challenging – as it should be. All of that, of course, to say leverage automation to do it. The advice we give is, of course, don’t wait. Am I right?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

A sample engineering career trajectory from Kiwi.com Eventually, engineering managers can work their way up the ladder all the way to the CTO position. And, of course, through all of this, EMs must keep their projects on track. But our interview course isn't the only benefit you can get from Exponent.

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Under 10 Consulting

DECEMBER 19, 2019

But for the long term, let's get marketing to solve this for all sales teams—with an ebook or a video explanation by our CTO for the reasons behind your choices. . Of course, it doesn't hurt to be technical. In the short-term, sales takes product managers or tech leads on sales calls. Where is product management?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

More, while women have been taking more and more jobs among top technology executives, at big U.S. firms, only 18% of chief information officers or chief technology officers are women. Niamh O’Connor: It’s been fascinating speaking to all the guests and to you, of course.

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Split

JULY 6, 2021

Check out our fireside chat with Transposit CTO and co-founder Tina Huang and Split CTO Pato Echagüe. Optimizing the introduction of feature flags into your codebase is, of course, just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the benefits that feature flags can bring to your organization.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

And if the people don’t live up to them, if metrics are not met, then you need–of course–more structure, more rules “to fix Scrum.” Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO. It turns out that Scrum seems to be well suited for becoming a victim of cargo cult agile. And rules need to be enforced.

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Sachin Rekhi

JULY 10, 2019

In this meeting they bring together a few senior leaders at the company (CEO, CTO, head of strategy, and senior eng leader) to decide the projects for the upcoming 6-week cycle based on the pitches that were prepared to be reviewed. Of course not every ticket is created equal so this gives you a poor sense of project progress.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2020

Building the product was hard: it was taking longer to develop than everyone expected (of course). So along with the CTO, I made a decision – we’d declare backlog bankruptcy. A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. The product backlog I managed grew daily.

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Mark Cohen (CTO): The first thing is to understand who else is actively doing something in the space, and try and get your head around how they’re doing it. Mark Cohen (CTO): I’m gonna start crossing over into product land. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Her actions also, he maintains, changed the course of Apple’s and Microsoft’s history. She teamed up with the CTO to create prototypes, which she then used to articulate her vision and get support from key executives and crucial teams. Hickman had to convince the entire company to move to a new way of working and doing business.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. What is a staff engineer?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 8, 2018

Engineering reports to our fabulous CTO. A meeting leader may not know what the member has been doing in the app.There are privacy issues and, of course, only so many hours in the day. My team is responsible for those digital tools. It’s a fairly typical organization with product managers and designers and user researchers.

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Bain Public

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, present them with the information they need to know: outline the problem, AND the course of action you are recommending. Think for the product leadership team! Finally, don’t make the leadership team think. List for the PLT what the product is doing and the things that will make it quickly increase in value.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. It’s common for Product Managers to fall into their roles and learn on the job, which is also why professional training courses and Product Manager certifications are important.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 12, 2017

Staying devoted to a course or product can be difficult. You will be in a much better position to explain to your CTO why you absolutely need those four weeks of backend refactoring. It will ensure that you are aware of the critical issues and, equally importantly, that the team knows they can count on you. Stick it out or Pack it in?

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

Chief Product Officer vs. Chief Technology Officer. In most companies, the chief product officer and chief technology officer are two separate entities that work together to ensure a company’s goals are achieved. Innovation. The Product Team Structure.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Been there, failed that… I’m of course not saying that all startup CEOs are lousy, but the fact of the matter is if their startup failed they’ve probably earned a significant share of the blame. So who is better managed, your CTO (managed by you) or yourself (being managed by the board)? Ask the CEO and he’ll probably give you one?—?the

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

One of the event’s panelists was Jeff Judge, the CTO of ParkWhiz , a company that’s solving problems related to traffic and congestion in urban areas. “I When something does go wrong, it’s important to have invested in all the capabilities ahead of time to roll-back changes and course-correct immediately, Judge advised.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Our team reports to the CTO, and we sit within the engineering arm of the organization. This requires meetings, of course, but also multiple little conversations on Slack, email, within ticket comments, in the hallway, wherever. I was wrong.

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