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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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?”
The art of self-leadership
Leadership starts with leading yourself. Leadership ultimately is about co-creating something with a group of people who want to shape the world around them in an agreed upon direction. The role of leaders in that space is about creating the space for collaboration, positively influencing and empowering the relationships in the space, and making sureContinue reading “The art of self-leadership”
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”
Agile makes sick
“Agile makes sick” was the provocative title of one of the sessions I joined at the Agile Cologne open space a few weeks ago. Obviously the session title was meant to provoke. Obviously the person bringing the topic deeply valued agile ways of working in principle. And yet: he had good examples of people whoContinue reading “Agile makes sick”
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