Sat.Oct 15, 2016 - Fri.Oct 21, 2016

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Mindfulness Tips for Product Managers and Product Owners

Roman Pichler

What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment, to what is actually happening. It helps us become more aware of what we think and feel, and how we are—content, tense, relaxed, stressed, happy, angry, indifferent, restless, worried, or calm. But what’s the big deal? Surely all of us know how we are. But do we really? I find I can be so busy and caught up in activities, thoughts, and emotions that I am not (fully) aware of how I am and what’s going on in my mind and

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Behind Every Great Product by Marty Cagan

Mind the Product

In the opening keynote at this year’s London #mtpcon, Silicon Valley Product Group’s Marty Cagan shared his latest thoughts on what makes a great product manager by looking at the people behind some great products. Through his time at eBay, Netscape, HP and elsewhere, Cagan has worked with lots of great product teams, and has been influential in his writing and coaching about the role of product over the years, but he acknowledges that there is still a lot of confusion about the role of a produc

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Why Women Make The Best Product Managers

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Recently I gave a keynote address to the Mind The Product Conference in London , and in that talk I wanted to illustrate, by example, the essential role that very strong product managers play for their team and their company. Most people noticed that all six of my examples were female. I didn’t call that out explicitly during my talk because my view is their performance speaks for itself.

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TEI 094: Creating product roadmaps for product managers – with Jim Semick - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

I’ve had some requests from listeners to explore product roadmaps, so I had a discussion with Jim Semick. He is co-founder of ProductPlan , which creates roadmap software for product teams. Jim has helped launch new products generating hundreds of millions in revenue, including being part of the founding team at AppFolio for property management, responsible for the requirements and launch of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting (acquired by Citrix), as well as spending time at Microsoft.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Onboarding: Don’t Let Your Customer Relationships Stumble Out of the Gate!

UserVoice

A product is more than just the bits and bytes that comprise the software. It’s more than the user experience that someone has when they’re inside your software and actively using it to solve their problems. It’s more than the bug fixes and patches that go out to resolve customer support issues. Your product is the entire experience, from beginning to end, that your customers experience with.

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This Weird Research-Backed Goal Setting Hack Actually Works

Nir Eyal

Nir’s Note: This article on goal setting was originally published in early 2016 but got such a great reader response that I decided to expand and update it along with adding the video below. Let me know what you think in the comments. Over the past four years, I’ve discovered many incredible ways to hack […]. The post This Weird Research-Backed Goal Setting Hack Actually Works appeared first on Nir and Far.

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How to Reduce Cost and Boost Quality with an IoT Platform

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

News flash: If you’re building your own IoT infrastructure, you’re wasting time and money, and jeopardizing the quality of your product. In this post, I discuss how you can reduce cost and boost quality with an IoT platform, how to choose the right platform, and debunk myths about the benefits of building your infrastructure in-house. You simply don’t […].

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How Can Product Managers Help Sbarro Come Back From The Brink?

The Accidental Product Manager

Where would we eat in airports if Sbarro ever went away? Image Credit: Robert S. I’m pretty sure that at one time or another, we’ve all eaten at a Sbarro pizza store. In my case, I’ve run into them in airports as I’ve been looking for a quick lunch or dinner on the way to catching my next flight. They are also in just about every mall out there.

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Mind the Product Conferences 2017

Mind the Product

We’re thrilled to announce our 2017 dates for #mtpcon – and in plenty of time for you to add them to your plans (and budgets!) for next year: San Francisco, June 13. Mind the Product San Francisco will return to the stunning Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in the heart of the Civic Center on Tuesday, June 13 with the optional extra workshops on Monday, June 12.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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How to Build Technology that Feels Like a Friend

Nir Eyal

It’s impossible to ignore all the buzz about AI bots. Last month, Facebook’s David Marcus announced that over 30,000 bots have been built since the opening of its Messenger app to bot developers in April. Other companies like Google, Amazon, and Slack are welcoming bot-building developers to their platforms with open arms. The post How to Build Technology that Feels Like a Friend appeared first on Nir and Far.

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How to communicate roadmap changes no one wants to hear

UserTesting

One of a product manager’s more difficult tasks is delivering the message when something in the product’s development doesn’t go according plan or to stakeholder expectations. When things go wrong, we all know what can happen to the messenger. But … The post How to communicate roadmap changes no one wants to hear appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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The Power of Controlled Rollouts: Software Development Lessons from the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall

Split

Samsung recently pulled the plug on its Galaxy Note 7 phones after failing to fix the random combustion problem plaguing them. On a recent flight I was on, an annoucement asked us to power down these devices for the safety of the flight. This week it’s even more official: it’s now a crime to bring one on an airplane , even turned off and in checked luggage.

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Metaphor and Stories in Product Management by Elizabeth Churchill

Mind the Product

Product managers are the vision setters and story tellers of a business, according to Elizabeth Churchill , a Director of User Experience at Google – it’s their job to tell compelling stories and engage users. At this year’s London #mtpcon, Churchill, who is a psychologist by training, gave a presentation full of insight and practical takeaways, outlining how people respond to stories and why storytelling skills are essential to a product manager’s role.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Mobile Research + Retail Trendspotting

dscout People Nerds

How retailers use dscout’s mobile qualitative research methods.

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How to communicate roadmap changes no one wants to hear

UserTesting

One of a product manager’s more difficult tasks is delivering the message when something in the product’s development doesn’t go according plan or to stakeholder expectations. When things go wrong, we all know what can happen to the messenger. But … The post How to communicate roadmap changes no one wants to hear appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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TSW Day 2 Recap: Top Attended Sessions

TSIA

Today is the final day of Technology Services World Las Vegas , and I'm back to take a look at the top attended sessions from yesterday. Our 1,600+ attendees had more than 75 breakout sessions to choose from yesterday, crossing all of our service disciplines , with a good mix of tactical and strategic topics. I always like to point out the top attended sessions, because people vote with their feet for the hottest trends and topics.

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What makes effective decision making so challenging for product managers?

Mind the Product

How can a product manager make effective decisions about the direction of their product? How do they adequately weigh up all the variables to select the best solution from the available options? And how do they make sure that any investment will adequately consider future movements of both the market and the competition? The pressure is on to get it right.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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75% of Millennials still actively pursue what's cool and new IRL

dscout People Nerds

Not all—or even most—product hunting happens online.

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Product Management Basics for Project Managers (PMI webinar)

Mironov Consulting

Host: Project Management Institute (PMI). Topic: ProDUCT Management Basics for ProJECT Managers. When: 18 October 2016. Product management is often a murky role: poorly understood and inconsistently practiced across tech companies – and often confused with program and project management. Yet done well, product management is a driver of market success and effective development.

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TSW Day 1 Recap: Knowledge Management Front and Center

TSIA

Yesterday was the opening day of Technology Services World in Las Vegas, and it was an action packed day. I started with a partner advisory board meeting at 7AM, then a kickoff meeting for partners, and my opening keynote, " Overcoming Barriers to Knowledge Sharing " at 11:45. We definitely had more people attend my keynote than anticipated, and I'm sorry to everyone who didn't make it into the room.

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Conducting problem interviews–and other innovation insights for product managers Oct 21, 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 and innovators be heroes. How to do problem interviews – example from Playing Lean. A good interview script has five steps: (1) Tell me a story about…. (2) What was the hardest? (3) Why was that hard? (4) How do you solve it now? (5) Why is that not awesome?

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.