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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Brian: One of the most interesting things about the approach to the book was how important the crowdsourcing part was.

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Assets & Liabilities: My Go-to Method for Taking Inventory With Teams

The Product Coalition

I like to crowdsource items for the assets column first because they tend to be positive and help maintain an optimistic energy in the room. The Process: Have one person own the whiteboard (it’s probably you if you’re the facilitator), writing the words “assets” and “liabilities” at the top with a dividing line drawn vertically between them.

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The Important Product Manager Skill That You’re Missing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

By networking, you’ll get: Crowdsourced Solutions: Instead of spending hours researching, a well-placed question within your network can offer immediate answers. Having a network means you have a reservoir of collective experience to tap into. Diverse Expertise: A network is not just product managers.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Steven shares that effective product leadership is not simple, but there are distinct actions to take. Read the interview at https://blog.mixpanel.com/2016/08/11/steven-sinofsky-product-leadership/. create a path to executive leadership. Conduct anthropological studies (ethnography) to know how people really feel.

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The Most Under-Appreciated Product Management Skill

ProductPlan

Crowdsourced Picks. Want more leadership tips? While working with engineering counterparts or UX colleagues to understand their perspective. When discussing priorities with stakeholders. In these situations, silence (followed by thoughtful responses) shows you’re valuing the opinions and insights of others.

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How a cow describes your business model

Lead on Purpose

Long-time readers probably know that I grew up on a cattle ranch, and despite my 20+ year career in products and leadership, I still love cows, horses and the rural … Continue reading → Today I wanted to have a little bit of fun.

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Customer needs with JTBD–and other innovation insights for product managers July 15, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

create a path to executive leadership. 2) Crowdsourcing ideas frequently. (3) Get the Product Mastery Roadmap and…. increase the number of right products developed. gain the influence in your company you want. build products customers want and love. Click here to download it for yourself. Everyone can innovate.