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78: How to start a new product manager job
Starting a new product manager job can be daunting, particularly if you don’t change jobs very often. I work freelance, so I find myself in a new organisation roughly every 3-6 months. Let me share...
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79: The product leader’s guide to interviewing
Because I tend to help organisations build up their product team from scratch, I’m often involved in the interviewing and hiring process, so I’d like to share with you my product leader’s guide to...
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80: The neverending quest for product-market fit
Often the biggest barrier to your product’s widespread adoption is going to be whether it reaches product-market fit early on. Even if you do, you’re wrong if you think you never need to worry about...
View Article81: The unifying principles of product management
I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned about product management. A recent tweet by John Cutler provoked some interesting reactions. It got me thinking about whether there are unifying principles of...
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82: Replatforming the cash cow
I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned about product management. Recently people all seem to be encountering the same problem. Their engineering teams are choosing to work on projects that make...
View Article83: 5 tips to ace your first impression at a new job
Because so much of product management is about working with people, it’s important to take time to reflect on the kind of first impression you make to those people. In this latest entry for my series...
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6: 6 tips for presenting slides that don’t suck
This is an updated version of an article I wrote over a decade ago. I’ve preserved the original post if you want to giggle at me extolling rounded corners and drop shadows as the height of slideware...
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84: Start building a community of practice with the 3 minute challenge
When you start out as a head of product (or product director or VP product), you’ll probably need to create a community of product people. In this latest entry for my series of 100 things I’ve learned...
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85: The agency trap
How can product management fit into an agency business model when requirements or specifications are often contractually set in stone by the client up-front? Spoiler alert: not easily Product company...
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86: The 4 unintended side-effects of risk aversion and what to do about them
Risk is knowing there’s a steep cliff at the side of a mountain road.Risk management is having metal guard rails to stop you inadvertently driving off the cliff.Risk appetite is how far or close to...
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87: An exercise in stakeholder alignment
I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned the hard way about product management. You can catch up on the previous entries if you like. One of the more uncomfortable scenarios I’ve spoken about before...
View Article88: Control your narrative
Years ago, someone once told me that “perception is reality” when it comes to reputation at work. Many years later, I’ve come to understand better that this means that there will always be a narrative...
View Article89: What games taught me about customer onboarding
I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned the hard way about product management. You can catch up on the previous entries if you like. Video games aren’t necessarily everyone’s cup of tea, but some of...
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90: Always have a plan B
I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned the hard way about product management. You can catch up on the previous entries if you like. Have you ever wondered why product managers say “it depends”...
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91: How to sharpen up your vision and strategy
I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned the hard way about product management. You can catch up on the previous entries if you like. You can help your company to sharpen up its vision and strategy...
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