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Billion-dollar platforms — how they did it

Billion-dollar platforms — how they did it

Posted on Wednesday, 5 October 2022

I was asked recently whether platforms will conquer the world. My view? They already have. In this article I share how they’ve done it, and how you can successfully bring your own platform to market.

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87: An exercise in stakeholder alignment

87: An exercise in stakeholder alignment

Posted on Wednesday, 7 September 2022

When your stakeholders each have their own interpretations of the product strategy, this lack of stakeholder alignment will cause you no end of problems. Here’s what you can do about it.

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86: The 4 unintended side-effects of risk aversion and what to do about them

86: The 4 unintended side-effects of risk aversion and what to do about them

Posted on Wednesday, 22 June 2022

When we become more worried about risk, four unintended things also tend to happen: bottlenecking, erosion of trust, ossification of process, and a risk appetite that tends towards zero. Here’s what you can do about them.

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What’s the difference between ‘measures of success’ and ‘definition of done’?

What’s the difference between ‘measures of success’ and ‘definition of done’?

Posted on Thursday, 9 June 2022

Hi Jock,
How would you describe ‘measures of success’ versus the ‘definition of done’? I’m trying to explain the difference simply to my team.

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85: The agency trap

85: The agency trap

Posted on Wednesday, 11 May 2022

How can product management fit into an agency business model? Spoiler alert: _not easily_

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Whatever this is, this web3 product manager role is not a product manager

Whatever this is, this web3 product manager role is not a product manager

Posted on Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Jason Shah says that joining a web3 company can be “an opaque process and a risky decision”. I’d add “ethically challenging and morally grey” to that description.

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Sorting the signal from the noise — a guide to fact-checking

Sorting the signal from the noise — a guide to fact-checking

Posted on Wednesday, 16 March 2022

One of the most important, and arguably hardest jobs we have as product managers is to work with our team to sift through information, read between the lines, and verify what is fact and what is merely opinion.

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What’s the difference between a growth hacker and a growth product manager?

What’s the difference between a growth hacker and a growth product manager?

Posted on Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Hi Jock,
I was reading your article about growth product managers. What is the difference between ‘growth hacker’ and ‘growth product manager’?

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84: Start building a community of practice with the 3 minute challenge

84: Start building a community of practice with the 3 minute challenge

Posted on Wednesday, 23 February 2022

When you start out as a head of product, you’ll probably need to create a community of product people. In this article I share my advice to help you get the ball rolling with your own community of practice.

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Should a growth product manager even be a thing?

Should a growth product manager even be a thing?

Posted on Wednesday, 26 January 2022

There’s an ongoing debate about generalist product managers versus emerging product manager specialisms (such as ‘growth product manager’). I think there is room in our profession for both. Let me explain.

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