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Understand Your Power To Claim Your Value (Part 2 of 3)

bpma ProductHub

Contributed by Sarah McCrary. This is the second post in the “Understand Your Power To Claim Your Value” series. In the previous post, we identified the seven sources of power and highlighted that enduring and authentic power emanates from referent, expert, and connection power sources. There are effective and not-so-effective ways to claim your value to your team, organization, and market.

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Focus Group Focus

Haines-Group

You can learn much from Organizations, Buyers, Users, Influencers, and Channel partners by focusing on the questions for which Focus Groups serve well: U nderstand Market Needs Discover : Problems/Needs. Aspirations. Currently used solutions. Business impacts and context. Trends. Purchase drivers. Segments/Personas. T est Concepts (product or marketing concepts) Discover : Existing knowledge & attitudes that impact the concept.

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It’s How You React to Failure that Matters: Why Ego is the Enemy

Nir Eyal

Nir’s Note: This guest post is an excerpt from my friend Ryan Holiday’s new book, Ego Is the Enemy. Ryan is the author of three other books and his monthly reading recommendations, which go out to 50,000+ subscribers, can be found here. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. —Marcus Aurelius John DeLorean ran his car […].

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The Top Strategies For Doing Customer Interviews That Get You Real Insights

Street Smart Product Manager

We all know a core responsibility of a product manager is to constantly and consistently bring in the customer perspective into the business. That means the ability to effectively interview customers is a critical skill for every product manager. I must admit, earlier in my career I totally sucked at it. I had no plan. […]. The post The Top Strategies For Doing Customer Interviews That Get You Real Insights appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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The DIY Illusion

Mironov Consulting

I’ve recently talked with several companies that are spending $1M/year or more to build generic software that is very similar to commercially available products. In each case, they’ve ended up with partial solutions, late delivery, disappointed users, and unconscionable costs. I call this the Do It Yourself Illusion : the idea that broadly available commercial products don’t give us exactly what we want, but our internal team can whip up just the right thing.

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Behind the Research: Field Services

TSIA

At TSIA, we provide technology and services businesses with the insights they need to grow, advance, and achieve their desired outcomes in our rapidly evolving industry. At the heart of this in-depth research are TSIA's research executives , who keep their fingers on the pulse of what's new and what's next in technology and services in order to deliver compelling content, best practices, and tools to our members.

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Everything I’ve learned about Lean UX: AMA with Jeff Gothelf

UserTesting

Jeff Gothelf changed the way we look at designing products and services six years ago with his book, Lean UX. In a recent AMA-style webinar , Jeff talks about how things have changed since 2010 and what he’s learned as … The post Everything I’ve learned about Lean UX: AMA with Jeff Gothelf appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Ecommerce has shaken up the retail segment. Are the physical stores ready for transformation?

SidsAvenue

I had gone to a mobile store in my neighborhood to buy some accessories. While my mobile was being done, I was chit chatting with the owner about the business. Before he started speaking, the expressions on his face because of my question said it all. The business was not as good. It is not as good as it used to be earlier before the arrival of online players.

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Coach instead of mini-CEO–and other innovation insights for product managers July 8, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. . Product manager as mini-CEO or coach? A lot of people get involved with product management because they want more influence over product and the organization. Their motivation is not wrong – product managers do have influence.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Everything I’ve learned about Lean UX: AMA with Jeff Gothelf

UserTesting

Jeff Gothelf changed the way we look at designing products and services six years ago with his book, Lean UX. In a recent AMA-style webinar , Jeff talks about how things have changed since 2010 and what he’s learned as … The post Everything I’ve learned about Lean UX: AMA with Jeff Gothelf appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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