» Product duos and trios can enhance the team, but are never more important than the team as a whole
» If a team depends on an external decision-maker, could that person join the team to empower them?
» Most read edition: ‘Where does the time go?’ – a developer explains the work around the work
» Edition with most clicks: ‘The rift between design and product’ – reportedly designers covet the PM position
» Most clicked article: ‘How to structure a product organization’ – John Cutler and Leah Tharin talk product OS
» Why it’s important to check assumptions before embarking on a costly product build
» Keeping customer data segregated in the right way while avoiding over-engineering
» When on-premise servers are a more cost-effective bet than cloud services
» Product-market fit is more elusive than ever in a dynamic market
» In deep-tech companies, it’s unrealistic to compete with your team on technical knowledge
» ‘Financial theatre’ occurs when the Board and product leadership aren’t communicating effectively
» There is room for both concrete and abstract thinking
» Thinking purely in problems to solve can limit you
» The words you use to describe your proposition are really a test of how well you know your target users’ needs
» Find ways to ‘tilt the umbrella’: small considerate features for your users
» Too often, ‘building’ becomes the default state for a product team, at the expense of other valuable ways of working
» An product team should not be so rigid that it cannot cope with the occasional mandate from above
» Extreme work as a product leader is a systemic issue, not a failing of individuals to set boundaries
» Define performance expectations for your product team clearly using customer value, velocity and quality
» Dysfunctional overwork has been rebranded as a desirable attribute in some organisations
» Working at a slower, more natural pace actually increases productivity
» Continuous accesibility via mobile devices has eroded autonomy and increased stress
» AI means every organisation is facing their ‘Kodak moment’ right now
» Delegate the same kinds of task to an AI agent as you would to an intern
» Generative AI won’t help you find product differentiators
» Evals are a way of checking the quality and effectiveness of your LLM and AI tools
» Learning their skills hands-on is the best way to appreciate specialists’ roles
» A good roadmap can be a valuable way of showing reliability and building trust
» CEOs fall on a spectrum of ‘only assigning work’ and ‘collaborating with staff’
» Master the genAI tools relevant to your skillset before someone less experienced makes you redundant
