» Learning their skills hands-on is the best way to appreciate specialists’ roles
» A good roadmap can be a valuable way of showing reliability and building trust
» CEOs fall on a spectrum of ‘only assigning work’ and ‘collaborating with staff’
» Master the genAI tools relevant to your skillset before someone less experienced makes you redundant
And is the increasing reliance by junior developers on AI coding assistants storing up a generational skills shortage for the future – ‘professional debt’, if you will?
» Choosing not to learn is a choice to be left behind
» 4 types of “money story”: cost savings; upselling; new market; and customer satisfaction
» Reflections on how we think about aspects of product management
» What product work will deliver the greatest positive impact for the business?
» Rather than multiple levels of abstraction, team goals should be 1 step away from the corporate goal
» Enabling teams can have impact by prioritising the teams doing the most impactful work
» Just over half of product managers surveyed rate themselves poor at retiring a product
» Consider how people may continue using your product after it is retired, or the company exits
» Activists are pushing to prevent companies from bricking devices reliant on cloud software
» Product managers need a blend of skills, of which commercial acumen is a part
» Which does your company pay more attention to: the immediate or the long-term?
» Selling to everybody is selling to nobody
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.
» Free, online courses are available to help you become more literate in the basics of finance
» There are three key financial metrics to track in a recurring / subscription business
» Gain a competitive advantage by interpreting annual corporate accounts
» Challenge received wisdom about key financial metrics and ratios to reveal hidden insights
“I was looking for inspiration and guidance as I am searching for a career change and Product Management/ Project Management are my areas of interest. I was looking to understand if in such roles technical skills are required.”
I’ve just been on Ross Webb’s new Product Team Success podcast talking about learning product leadership. We cover plenty of ground, have a listen.
