Will platforms conquer the world?
Product managers of software and hardware platforms face unique challenges that PMs of ‘regular’ products do…
As head of product, should I be a player-manager, or hire and delegate?
“Hi Jock, There’s plenty that needs doing. As head of product I could focus on the…
Thank you for 10 years of support
Just a quick post to say that Product People Limited is 10 years old today. And…
Billion-dollar platforms – how they did it
I was asked recently whether platforms will conquer the world. My view? They already have. In…
87: An exercise in stakeholder alignment
When your stakeholders each have their own interpretations of the product strategy, this lack of stakeholder…
86: The 4 unintended side-effects of risk aversion and what to do about them
When we become more worried about risk, four unintended things also tend to happen: bottlenecking, erosion…
What’s the difference between ‘measures of success’ and ‘definition of done’?
Hi Jock, How would you describe ‘measures of success’ versus the ‘definition of done’? I’m trying…
85: The agency trap
How can product management fit into an agency business model? Spoiler alert: _not easily_
Whatever this is, this web3 product manager role is not a product manager
Jason Shah says that joining a web3 company can be “an opaque process and a risky…
Sorting the signal from the noise – a guide to fact-checking
One of the most important, and arguably hardest jobs we have as product managers is to…
