Increase Your Product IQ

Welcome back to the semi-weekly/bi-weekly/sometimes weekly email missive from me, Nils Davis, about the Secrets of Product Management. Back to basics Product management is complicated, but at its core, it’s simple: Find market problems, create solutions, and take those solutions to market. I call this the Secret Product Management Framework because it focuses on the Read More

The Transformative Power of Mindsets in Life and Leadership In this episode, an engaging conversation about mindsets with Ryan Gottfredson, a renowned leadership and management professor, author, and mindset expert. The core discussion revolves around the foundational role mindsets play in shaping our thoughts, behaviors, and overall success in life, work, and leadership. Gottfredson emphasizes

Looking Back, Leaping Forward: 2023 Retrospective In the last episode of 2024, I go through a retrospective of the show for 2023, and share some of my plans for 2024. A few stats, lessons learned, things that went well and went badly, and then a sneak peek into what I’m planning for 2024. 2023 recap

This episode is a rerun of episode 323: The Secret Product Management Framework. Use that link to visit the show notes page. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:28 — 24.9MB)Subscribe to The Secrets of Product Management on your favorite podcast service! Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | RSS |

Product Manager’s Guide To Cognitive Biases That sounds funny, doesn’t it? I’m not giving you cognitive biases in this episode. I’m giving you information about cognitive biases so you can manage them better. What’s a cognitive bias? According to Wikipedia: “A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment.”