Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

How product managers can move from ideas to action Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I speak with Atif Rafiq about how senior product leaders approach strategy development and execution. Service speed, staff needs Customer Value How does this work with loyalty programs?

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] A Product Strategy System The product strategy system in Figure 1 consists of four main parts: people, processes, principles, and tools. Additionally, the different parts have to fit together and support each other. Are the right processes used?

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 6, 2025

The product manager’s journey from Individual Contributor to Chief Product Officer Watch on YouTube TLDR Kimberly Bloomston’s journey from individual contributor to Chief Product Officer at LiveRamp demonstrates the key transitions and skills needed at each level of product management leadership.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 15, 2025

At this months TPG Live , we explored two of the most persistent challenges in product leadership: How do you build trust and alignment between enterprise users and buyers? How do hybrid product teams stay aligned and effective across time zones and work styles?

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Productside

MARCH 18, 2025

Scaling a product isnt just about selling moreits about refining product-market fit, unlocking the right growth levers, and making sure your go-to-market strategy actually aligns with what your customers need. Rachel shares how shes helped SaaS products scale from $1M to $10M in a year.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Truly understanding your customers and finding ways to improve your product is an overwhelmingly daunting task. Customer discovery is key to informing product strategy and there is a mountain of techniques and methods available for conducting customer discovery. Customer needs. Market knowledge.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 4, 2025

Skype users will be migrated to Teams. The service had 36 million users in 2023, when Microsoft last reported user numbers, compared with 300 million users at its peak. Its a decision Read more » The post When a product doesn’t fit: Skype’s decline inside Microsoft appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

I've been reflecting on the last decade in Product Management. Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy."

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Productside

MARCH 3, 2025

Taking charge of a product management team can feel like juggling flaming torchesthrilling, but also risky if you dont have the right game plan. Why the First 90 Days Matter When you lead a new product team, your opening move sets the tone. Your product managers wonder if youll champion them. Roger : Absolutely.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Why market research is product managers’ secret ingredient for successful products Watch on YouTube TLDR Market research is a key part of product development and management. Introduction In the world of product management and innovation, market research is like a compass.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Guest Post by: Julian Dunn (Mentee, Session 6, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Vikas Batra]. I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Along the way, I have discovered several other key insights: Product strategy is ultimately a subset of business strategy.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 4, 2025

You’re gathering customer feedback, hitting your OKRs, and tracking every metric imaginable. And yet, your product is stuck. Users churn, innovation stalls, and your team feels like theyre running on a never-ending treadmill. Customer feedback drives iteration. And customers?

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The key results might then be “simplify user journey A” and “enhance feature alpha.”. In figure 1 above, the key result “simplify user journey alpha” becomes an objective with two new key results, “remove user journey step two” and “improve performance by 10%” thereby connecting the two OKRs. Goals in Product Management.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. . This article explores multiple aspects of product management. the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Instead, let’s cut right to the chase: Retargeting the right customers at the right time and in the right place is the ultimate key to driving mobile customer engagement. Now, it might sound like common sense to say, “just retarget your customers to boost engagement,” but let’s break down what this actually means. Nationality.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. 8:36] How do we create a customer use case?

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Learn Targeted Skills in Small Chunks On the Go Today, Product Management University announced the availability of 15 new micro learning courses for high technology product managers in B2B. It is particularly effective for on-the-go learning, allowing individuals to fit learning into their busy schedules.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2016

I joined a growing user experience agency called Motivate Design, without having any real knowledge about UX and its function within product strategy. And I caught what some might say was the product bug! I signed up to be a mentee for the third session of The Product Mentor to learn how to break into the space even more.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. More Information : 8 Tips for Creating A Compelling Product Vision and Strategize , pp. Target Group is (too) Big and Heterogenous.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

Keep the other groups in Figure 1 informed about changes in the product strategy and product roadmap , for example, by inviting subjects to bigger review/demo sessions and having one-on-ones with context setters. But when bigger changes are required or the group is more diverse, the approach is not only time-consuming.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 1, 2022

How product managers can empower teams to create a winning product strategy. We hear a lot about strategy and that product managers need to create a product strategy. In practice, what does that mean and how does a product strategy help you be more successful?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Productside

MAY 20, 2025

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training Why AI Product Management Certification Matters More Than Ever Lets be realAI is no longer a buzzword on the product roadmap. Theyre the ones getting promoted, pulled into strategy conversations, and trusted to lead. The next live cohort runs June 2326.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, product managers often face even greater challenges when navigating high-stakes situations with senior leadership or dealing with conflicting priorities across departments. These moments can be politically challenging, as they require balancing the immediate demands of stakeholders with long-term product goals.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 8, 2024

Essential strategy tools and frameworks for product managers Watch on YouTube TLDR Want to level up your product management game? This guide dives into the world of product strategy, sharing insights from expert Andreas Maihoefer. You’re not alone. Defining Your Core: What Makes You Special?

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

For the past eight years, I’ve been working with C-Suite leaders at companies big and small to set up their Product Management organizations. At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. Having a dedicated career ladder for product managers allows them to see their path to the C-Suite.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. But others find it hard to no longer be actively involved in making product decisions, regularly talking to users, engaging the stakeholders, and working with development teams.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 22, 2022

Insights on product strategy and customer research for product managers. Today we are looking at product management work through the eyes of a CEO, exploring several topics together. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:41]

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. When that’s the case, a product is usually progressed based on the features requested by the users and stakeholders. The strategy is therefore either too big or too narrow.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 26, 2021

When we were writing this post, we did a little research to see what other brands were saying about mobile customer experience. Stop talking about customer-centricity; turn it into action. Every company says they’re “customer-centric,” but very few actually are. So, we won’t waste your time. So, we won’t waste your time.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Raaz was one of the first five employees at Wiz, joining as the first product manager, and helped the team pivot to what may be the most intense PMF in history. Before Wiz, Raaz led security products at Microsoft, including Azure Sentinel. It also serves over 45% of the Fortune 100.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? And, how do you also tell the difference between what feedback to incorporate?

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