It goes without saying that professionals—in any industry—want to understand the market in which they sell, and the people who are buying their products or services. They want to know what drives business. This idea comes up quite often, especially among product managers. In a recent post about hiding behind personas, Steve Johnson poses the [...]
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I’ve noticed throughout my career as a product manager there are times when I have questions about what to do in certain situations, but am not sure who to ask. I recently found a new blog by Jeff Lash called Ask a Good Product Manager . Jeff wants to “make it easy for a product [...]
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Most anything that requires energy needs fuel to burn. If you go for a long drive your car requires gasoline (or diesel, or nowadays electricity). If you run a marathon (or do any strenuous cardio-vascular activities) your body requires fuel to keep it going. Ok, so I’ve stated the obvious. Here’s what I’m leading to: [...]
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The role of product manager is becoming more prominent and important in many companies. The world seems to be waking up to the idea that great products and services need focus and need a champion. Barbara Nelson wrote a great article that details how product managers fit into their companies (specifically software companies). The article [...]
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In my previous post I discussed ten principles of effective leadership. I want to expand a bit on the last step, living with integrity. Doug discussed six key steps to living with integrity and suggested we go through the list weekly to assess our progress. 1. Reconnect to your mission, vision and values: Re-read your [...]
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I recently read a post giving tips for efficient blogging. Tip 3 says readers love bullets, lists, and numbers. Reading that tip reminded me of a leadership seminar I attended last year presented by Doug Wood. The topic was becoming an effective leader. He presented ten principles of effective leadership that will build desired results, [...]
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I listened to a great podcast today on Dr. Paul’s Live on Purpose Radio podcast series. He interviewed Shaye Larsen, the founder of IdeaOrbit.com. They discussed a lot of cool things, but the thing that impressed me the most was Shaye’s description of and discussion about the concept of “fire, aim, ready.” We are all [...]
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During the last few weeks it seems like the number of newspaper articles and blog postings regarding trust and authenticity have jumped significantly. Perhaps it’s because we (in the USA) are in the midst of political primary season or perhaps it’s just that I’m noticing things I overlooked before. Phil Meyers has a great post [...]
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