Do you know that feeling of dissatisfaction with your day because you feel like you made no meaningful progress? That too many distractions got in the way of you focusing on deep work today. You may also know this vague feeling of failing because direction, strategy and what to prioritize are not crystal clear forContinue reading “Mastering Focus: Strategies for busy Product Leaders”
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Evolving as a Product Leader: Skills and Strategies
We would all love it, if we could simply be great at product, or at leadership, or at public speaking, or an expert on AI, or great at discovering and phrasing vision and strategy or super focused or finally find a healthy work-life balance. We admire those people who have mastered a skill we’d likeContinue reading “Evolving as a Product Leader: Skills and Strategies”
The Power of Completion
We each have only a few hours of time to be productive with work each day. Managing our time wisely, being intentional about what we give priority (and what we decide not to do) is a key skill in product work and in life. When I was working in product roles, it always felt likeContinue reading “The Power of Completion”
Why inclusivity matters
Looking at the world today one thing is clear to me: violence does not nurture peace. And the only way to come together as a human family is to patiently do the work of building inclusive spaces. Spaces that allow all of us to exist, that come with fair access to opportunities, that make usContinue reading “Why inclusivity matters”
The art of persuasion
Persuasion is about influence. It is a super useful skill to invite your team to co-create with you. So often in product roles, this is exactly what we could use more of. Persuasion skills could help you to be able to agree on a strategy, or to get to alignment on our OKRs or theContinue reading “The art of persuasion”
Vulnerability – a key skill for product leaders
It takes a healthy dose of courage and self-awareness to be ok with vulnerability. To become aware of how it affects your relationships and to start consciously using it to improve your working relationships. It took me quite a few loops to become aware, start experimenting with it and start learning how vulnerability turns intoContinue reading “Vulnerability – a key skill for product leaders”
How to practically get started with thinking about ethics in AI products?
If you are like most people, this topic may seem daunting. It can feel complex, difficult and overwhelming to think about ethics. Or it could be fun, creative and super fulfilling. My aim is to make the case for the latter framing with this blog post and invite you to explore this aspect of productContinue reading “How to practically get started with thinking about ethics in AI products?”
How to make difficult product decisions with more clarity?
One of the key skills any product person (or leader) has to master is making decisions. There is likely not going to be a single day in the life of a product person where we’re not asked to make at least 30-50 decisions. They could be simple things like reviewing the request pipeline from theContinue reading “How to make difficult product decisions with more clarity?”
Useful leadership skills for product roles
When I took my first product role, the main thing I was interested in learning was about specific product skills. How to build a roadmap, what Scrum is, how to write user stories and requirements, what a product vision or strategy is, specific technical domain knowledge like how an API functions and how you mightContinue reading “Useful leadership skills for product roles”
What senior leaders can learn from product teams
I keep looking at these two topics – leadership and product work – as I have deep roots with both of them. When I look back into my most recent corporate role, I believe that a large part of the success of the teams I was working with, was rooted in me leading that entireContinue reading “What senior leaders can learn from product teams”
Inclusive Leaders 