Seventeen years ago, I made a pop-culture-packed presentation called The Successful Product Manager. I recently found it again and asked a simple question: How much does current me agree with 2009 me? Some ideas hold up, some need asterisks, and a couple get taken out to the woodshed.
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Haiku: Don’t Optimize the Joy Out of Product Management
In product management, we spend a lot of time figuring out how to work better. We optimize processes, eliminate extraneous meetings, and experiment with new ways to shorten and improve learning cycles. That’s all good. But as AI and new tools help things flow faster, I don’t think product leaders should try to make everything flow faster.
Read MoreToday’s Product Management Pop Song: ‘The Product Manager Is A Dog’
Be warned: “The Product Manager Is A Dog” features a catchy melody, an odd music video, and lyrics that are comically desperate.
Read MoreSorry, Product Managers: We Do Actually Own The Dysfunctions Of Other Teams
Kilowog explains the importance of being a hardcore Product Manager.
Read MoreHaiku: The Italian Anarchist Said It Best
Everything depends On what people think they need. Can you deliver?
Read MoreInterview: 7 Questions With… Carl Knibbs
We’re talking with Carl Knibbs, a London-based Product Director and co-founder of Lovemoney.com. Who happens to share my love for the British drama Being Human.
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