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Category: 100 Things I’ve Learned

My series of 100 things I’ve learned about product management

67: Why cake is important for product leaders

67: Why cake is important for product leaders

Posted on Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Building or changing a product culture in your organisation isn’t just about having the right ingredients, it’s about knowing how to combine them successfully.

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Tagged with: agile, autonomy, community of practice, culture, multidisciplinary, show the thing, user research
66: Show the thing

66: Show the thing

Posted on Friday, 14 February 2020

‘Show the thing’ sessions encourage a culture of openness, of sharing information. They create opportunities for peers to learn from each other, thus multiplying the value of the thing created or learned that someone shows.

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Tagged with: Government Digital Service (GDS), Ministry of Justice, MOJ Digital, show don't tell, show the thing
65: The secrets of meaningful product roadmaps (redux)

65: The secrets of meaningful product roadmaps (redux)

Posted on Thursday, 4 April 2019

Product managers often struggle to keep on top of their product roadmap. I recently gave this talk at Landing Festival Berlin to explain where people often get lost and show you how to make your product roadmaps more meaningful, user-centric and measurable.

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Tagged with: communication, measure, metrics, roadmaps, users first
64: Good product management

64: Good product management

Posted on Monday, 11 June 2018

What does it mean to be a good product manager in 2018? It’s not just about being agile and creating products users need – we need to be more human.

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Tagged with: artificial intelligence, Bucharest, challenge, DevTalks, ethics, myths, natural language processing, privacy, psychological safety, security
63: The whole agile thing
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63: The whole agile thing

Posted on Tuesday, 5 September 2017

“Agile” is a term that has been abused by organisations to such an extent that its original meaning is all but forgotten. Here’s a reminder of what it should mean.

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Tagged with: agile, learning
62: How to measure product manager performance

62: How to measure product manager performance

Posted on Tuesday, 8 August 2017

A real-life case study for measuring the performance of a team of product managers, with examples to download

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Pages: 123
Tagged with: KPI, measure, metrics, objective, performance, product management
61: The 16 most important technical skills every product manager needs

61: The 16 most important technical skills every product manager needs

Posted on Tuesday, 25 July 2017

In addition to the ‘soft’ skills I discussed in the last post, a good product manager also needs ‘hard’ skills (product management techniques). Read on for my list of the 16 most important technical skills a product manager needs.

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Tagged with: skills, technical
60: The 12 most important soft skills every product manager needs

60: The 12 most important soft skills every product manager needs

Posted on Tuesday, 11 July 2017

I’m often asked what skills a product manager needs. In my view at least, a good product manager needs both ‘soft’ skills (emotional intelligence) and ‘hard’ skills (product management techniques). Read on for my list of the 12 soft skills every product manager needs.

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Tagged with: skills, soft
59: Find the tipping point in your research

59: Find the tipping point in your research

Posted on Tuesday, 20 June 2017

The more closely we examined the problem, the more complicated it became. When this happens to you, it can feel overwhelming. Don’t quit your research too soon.

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Tagged with: alpha, problem, product discovery, research, solution
58: What Eurovision taught me about product management

58: What Eurovision taught me about product management

Posted on Saturday, 13 May 2017

For a glitzy song contest, Eurovision has a lot to answer for.

There is a product management angle to this post. Eventually.

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Tagged with: Eurovision

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