Interview with the Cranky Product Manager

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

One of the most intriguing online personalities is the Cranky Product Manager. For those of you not familiar with the Cranky PM, she is “a fictional product management professional at a fictional enterprise software vendor named DysfunctoSoft.” She blogs about what she calls “fictional stories” of product management and product marketing professionals. The stories are [...]

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Technology: it’s all about the people

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

The first principle of the Five Factors of Leadership is that people are assets. Every organization, be it a technology company or a non-profit charitable organization, is composed of people. The people – not the buildings, equipment or intellectual property – compose the true assets of any company. Everything that exists in the world today, [...]

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The leadership role of product management

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Michael Ray Hopkin

Most technology companies are comprised of people and teams that discover, define, design, develop and deliver products to the market. Within these companies the role product managers play has become increasingly important to the success of the products and the companies; it has become increasingly strategic. One aspect of the role of product management that [...]

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Good to Great

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Michael Ray Hopkin

I’m certain everyone who reads this blog has at least heard about Good to Great by Jim Collins. This is perhaps one of the clearest, best written books about how great people have done amazing things to catapult companies into prominence. The companies in this study that went from good to great are Abbot Laboratories, [...]

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The paradox of leadership

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Michael Ray Hopkin

If you want to be a great leader, you have to be a great follower. I call this the paradox of leadership because it seems contradictory that a person who becomes a great leader would look to others for advice or have a high regard for other people. However, all the great leaders I have [...]

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