Mironov Consulting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. At your company, they might be called Chief Product Officer, VP Product, Director of Product Management, or Group Product Lead.
Product Talk
MARCH 1, 2023
I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” If you missed the first one on product success and team satisfaction , be sure to start there.
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Mironov Consulting
APRIL 15, 2023
In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while. One On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal. Almost
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 14, 2018
Looking for an example of a happy, high performing product team? Now the Vice President of Product at Business Talent Group , she has honed her expertise into a set of best practices and published them in two books: UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products. I started developing these exercises, and reproducing them in workshops.
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 11, 2020
Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. These words have a major effect on the groups they’re marginalizing. Paving a way forward.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. This is one of the most popular questions I receive from my consulting customers as well as CPO Bootcamp participants. Do not hire people with a bad attitude or if they are not team players.
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
MAY 14, 2021
These are: Managing technical team members Managing technical development (pushing product design, driving the development cycles, establishing strategy, and help solve technical challenges) SWEs who transition into EM may find that their time is spent differently in management than their IC days.
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