We live in this funny world, where for a few quarters we currently get to play with AI use cases without having to show the RoI of our efforts just yet. But AI will not change the rules of business at a fundamental level. Profitability, EBITDA, revenue growth and cost efficiency will continue to matterContinue reading “The RoI of AI initiatives and the realistic cost of AI readiness”
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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 notContinue reading “Your first 90 days in your new product leadership role”
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 aContinue reading “The core Jobs To Be Done for a product leader”
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 perspectivesContinue reading “How Product Leadership must evolve in the age of AI”
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 senseContinue reading “Finance skills for product people”
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 isContinue reading “So you want a high performing product team?”
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 caseContinue reading “How to think and talk about business impact”
The trouble with role clarity in product organizations
A lack of role clarity is named as one of the main challenges product leaders keep mentioning when I interview them about what they perceive to be difficult about their job. But my hypothesis is: this is just a symptom of much deeper systemic issues. On the surface role clarity seems to be an easyContinue reading “The trouble with role clarity in product organizations”
Advancing your product career
For the past six months, I’ve been doing interviews with product people who successfully got promoted in their product career. My hypothesis was (and is) that gender plays a role in how you advance in your product career and also in how you experience your product roles. I spoke to 25 people identifying female andContinue reading “Advancing your product career”
Product Strategy without clear Business Strategy
This post is for you, if you find yourself in an organization that lacks a clear business strategy. Something I can relate to from many years of working with these kinds of organizations. It’s also for you if you just want to reflect and think about how to improve your current strategy with a fewContinue reading “Product Strategy without clear Business Strategy”
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