I’m writing about product leadership, coaching, trustworthy AI, women in Tech and inclusive product culture. Why do I care?
I enjoy creating high performing product teams. These teams share cultures where humans can show up authentically, experience a sense of belonging, lean into their strengths, agency and power, and ultimately build great products while also having fun.
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Your first 90 days in your new product leadership role
Congrats! You have just been promoted, or you were hired into a new product leadership role. That’s super exciting, and also the best time to make an intentional plan for how to succeed in it. The first three months count in setting you up for success (or learning fast, that this particular role is not…
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The core Jobs To Be Done for a product leader
Whenever I coach a newly promoted product leader one of the first questions they ask is what the job of a product leader even is. They often feel very insecure about their new responsibilities and lost as to where to get started and whose input to trust. Product Leaders are often advised to develop a…
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How Product Leadership must evolve in the age of AI
When the internet became mainstream it had a huge effect on how organizations and teams worked and collaborated. The whole digital software product space came into existence at the time. AI is an equally big new influence affecting teams today, and the role of Product Leadership has to evolve again. There are two main perspectives…
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Finance skills for product people
Every executive team is focused on the financials. They care about revenue and their organization’s financial results. Understanding how to relate the value of what we do in product storytelling to business results and money is a key factor in getting teams funded and being trusted with our roadmap priorities. Ideally, product initiatives make sense…
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So you want a high performing product team?
Many years ago, I started pondering this question. What makes a high performing product team? What can I learn about this and how do I apply my findings in practice? The theory is pretty simple: Build something both customers and your organization value, do it with a great team. But the practice of this is…
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How to think and talk about business impact
About 8 years ago I had just started in a new product role. I wanted to get to know my key stakeholders and understand this organization’s business. I was lucky that the CFO and me both worked in the same office, physically close to each other. I wanted to understand what kind of business case…
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