It’s that time of year when we reflect on the top product management insights from the last 12 months, align them with a calendrical cavalcade of highs and lows from pop culture, and add a soupçon of viral trends. “But I don’t need to reflect on insights from product management […]
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That Strange Thanksgiving Day Highlights The Importance Of Gratitude To The Successful Product Manager
A post about Thanksgiving on December 5? Isn’t that a little strange, Chris? Sure, but the publication date of the story we’re using as our springboard into today’s topic is December 10, 1958, so from a certain lens we’re publishing a few days early. At least, that’s my story and […]
Read MoreGarth Merenghi’s Darkplace Sheds Light On How Product Managers Can Overcome Bad Product Strategy
A spoof of bad 80’s TV dramas, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace presents itself as a lost, low-budget show now getting its first modern-day screening. Each episode features Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D., fighting the forces of evil that haunt Darkplace Hospital. Episode three “Skipper The Eye Child” carries an important message for […]
Read MoreThe Trial Of Reed Richards Reveals The Importance Of Advocates In Your Product Management Career
“The Trial of Reed Richards” is a classic morality tale by John Byrne: Because scientist Reed Richards saves the world-devouring Galactus from death, a galactic tribunal seizes Reed and puts him on trial for the resulting extinction-level events caused by the revitalized Galactus. In the process, this story reveals how […]
Read MoreCaptain America’s Analysis Is Correct: Don’t Go Off The Deep End
Traveling to alternate universes, much like business conversations about pricing, can push you to the brink. So many questions may surround you that you even start to doubt your own existence like poor Giant Man in Avengers Annual #2. But Captain America’s words to Giant Man apply to Avengers stuck […]
Read MoreShameless Self-Promotion: Introducing EngageOne Communicate
Earlier this month, we launched EngageOne Communicate, a cloud-based digital engagement platform that enables business users and technical specialists to easily collaborate in the design, personalization, and delivery of digital experiences across email, SMS, interactive video and chatbots, and then measure the results. (Say that three times, fast.) Catching A […]
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