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Tag: skills

Podcast: Learning Product Leadership

Podcast: Learning Product Leadership

Posted on Tuesday, 22 October 2019

I’ve just been on Ross Webb’s new Product Coach podcast talking about product leadership. You can listen to it on the widget below or on Podcast.co.

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Tagged with: agile, leadership, learning, podcast, recruitment, roadmaps, skills, stakeholders, time management
Q&A: What skills do I need to be a freelance product manager?

Q&A: What skills do I need to be a freelance product manager?

Posted on Monday, 9 July 2018

People ask me from time to time about how they can get into freelance product management. Here’s a recent question: Hi Jock, I’ve been working as a product manager for 5 years now. I worked in different industries (financial, loyalty, …

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Tagged with: communication, contracting, experience, freelancing, influencing, skills
61: The 16 most important technical skills every product manager needs

61: The 16 most important technical skills every product manager needs

Posted on Tuesday, 25 July 2017

In addition to the ‘soft’ skills I discussed in the last post, a good product manager also needs ‘hard’ skills (product management techniques). Read on for my list of the 16 most important technical skills a product manager needs.

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Tagged with: skills, technical
60: The 12 most important soft skills every product manager needs

60: The 12 most important soft skills every product manager needs

Posted on Tuesday, 11 July 2017

I’m often asked what skills a product manager needs. In my view at least, a good product manager needs both ‘soft’ skills (emotional intelligence) and ‘hard’ skills (product management techniques). Read on for my list of the 12 soft skills every product manager needs.

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Tagged with: skills, soft
51: Assemble the right product team

51: Assemble the right product team

Posted on Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Government digital teams have a way to ensure their digital services and products are created in the right way. In this post I’ll share with you how they do this and explain how you can make it work at your organisation.

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Tagged with: Government Digital Service (GDS), Ministry of Justice, MOJ Digital, skills, stakeholders, team
50: A novice’s introduction to service design for product managers

50: A novice’s introduction to service design for product managers

Posted on Thursday, 20 August 2015

I’m no expert on service design, but it’s an area I’m curious to learn more about. This is a novice’s introduction to service design for product managers.

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Tagged with: London, Oyster card, service design, skills, underground, user experience
35: Product management skills to pay the bills

35: Product management skills to pay the bills

Posted on Monday, 20 January 2014

So you want to become a product manager? Good for you! But how do you know you’re ready to move into a product management job? Here are some suggestions to start you on the right track.

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Tagged with: experience, product management, role definition, skills
24: Variety is the spice of life

24: Variety is the spice of life

Posted on Thursday, 9 August 2012

Sometimes when I’m stuck doing the same thing at work I joke that the repetition is causing my brain to harden. Turns out this isn’t so far from the truth. Here’s why it’s important to keep challenging yourself and learning new things.

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Tagged with: challenge, creativity, learning, skills

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