PRODUCTHEAD: Being able to see the chessboard
» Business strategy is guesswork without situational awareness
» Once you understand the game’s rules, you can out-manoeuvre your competitors
Tag: strategy
PRODUCTHEAD: A single point of failure
» Even seemingly successful companies fail because of “one thing”
» Amazon is winning because it’s playing the game differently
» 6 ways to defend your business from systemic stresses
» Practical ways to build your mental resilience to setbacks
PRODUCTHEAD: Finding the positives
» Lockdown has accelerated existing tech adoption trends
» You need to be asking different questions about product strategy now
» 25% discount available on my Product Management Masterclass
» How to make your résumé stand out from the competition
» 5 lessons from transforming culture in government
» Avoid the biases and traps of user and market research
» How to use product strategy to influence dysfunctional corporate strategy
Saving yourself from product management hell
If you recognise the symptoms such as not being allowed to talk to customers, and my personal favourite, “screw research, let’s build!”, then you may be in product management hell.
11: You are allowed to say ‘no’ – it’s strategic
Product managers hate saying ‘no’. It’s not in our nature to disappoint people.
