» Visible and invisible process both contribute to how work actually gets done
» Orgs should not rely on individual heroic efforts in place of designed-in capacity
» Accelerating the build reintroduces a bottleneck and results in wasteful overproduction
» Context comes from not just sharing information but engaging with it
» Comprehensive introductory training on large language models (LLMs)
» Nonverbal communication can make assistive robots more effective
» Practical suggestions to foster greater alignment between product and go-to-market teams
» Empowered teams don’t work without alignment
» Transparency is a precursor for alignment and trust
» A clear area of focus is needed to make OKRs effective
» For better alignment, leaders should only communicate the why and what of the goal to their teams
» Auftragsklärung facilitates alignment through both top-down and bottom-up goal setting
» Try to communicate your work’s value to stakeholders in terms they will understand
» Alignment is a system in dynamic equilibrium
» A precursor to alignment is a clear product strategy
» Alignment needs you to tell the same story over and over
» Creating an assumption map can help to verify whether the team is actually aligned
You can help your company to sharpen up its vision and strategy with these straightforward questions and worked examples.
» Every decision is a trade-off — deciding what not to do is just as important as deciding what to do
» A good product vision captures customer, user, value proposition and links to organisational objectives
» Interrogate your goals: “For this to happen, what must be true?”, then mark which are facts or assumptions
» Avoid jumping on the first idea — check what problem we think it solves, then ask, “How else could we do this?”
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.
» What happens when words and deeds don’t align
» More than office decoration: taking a stand on core values
» When our values are aligned to the things we create, work doesn’t feel like work
» What is meant by the word “brand”
I gave a talk recently about how I’ve been using data and analytics to guide my decisions in product management. I’ve edited the transcript a little and split it into bite-size parts for your entertainment. This final bit tells the secret behind meaningful product roadmaps.
