PRODUCTHEAD is my free curated newsletter of the best articles, videos and podcasts from product leaders and commentators all over the world. All neatly packaged up in a weekly email delivery for your reading, viewing and listening pleasure. Curated by Jock Busuttil (jockbusuttil.com).
» When there is a financial incentive, people will industrialise technology to automate money-making activities
» Authoritative-sounding yet factually inaccurate content generated by AIs is harmful
» Product managers should be primarily concerned with what is best for users from an ethical point of view
» A good product roadmap needs good leaders and clearly articulated goals
» Make every roadmap goal specific and measurable
» Ensure your team owns your roadmap as much as you
» Rarely can we attribute inventions in digital technology to one individual or company
» The best ideas can’t be copied — it’s all in the execution
» Guides to patenting inventions in the UK and US
» Reflecting on product management in 2022
» The most opened PRODUCTHEAD editions of 2022
» Back in the new year :-)
» Some people think about problems directly; others think through the problem via potential solutions
» Organisations often jump straight into action without establishing a foundation for coping with uncertainty
» If one group has all the decision-making power, others cannot properly contribute
» The wording of your product manager job description could be putting off good candidates
» Listing excessive requirements for the role will deter risk-averse candidates
» Think about why you’re hiring and the candidate attributes you need most
» Don’t copy-and-paste other job descriptions — they won’t describe what your organisation needs
» Humility and authenticity go a long way in building trust
» It is hard both to share data when expected, and to do so in a way that is trustworthy and acceptable to the public
» “Nobody ever read a simple sentence and thought ‘well, that was too easy to understand.’”
» With care it is possible to create valuable products with user data while maintaining trustworthiness
» Create space for your engineering team, understand the ebbs and flows of work, and help them to avoid burn-out
» Work to understand the technical complexities facing the engineering team
» Engineers typically focus on a small number of large tasks
» Product and engineering overlap: clarify who does what
» Encourage continual scrutiny of your product’s central flaws — talk openly about the elephants in the room
» Cognitive biases lead us away from rational thought and objective truth
» Research and evidence help us to neutralise biases
» A common language about research is vital for building a team’s capability
» Customers are only reliable sources about their own experiences
» The way we think about product is determined by the language we use
