Increase Your Product IQ

In this episode, an exceptional high school jazz band and its leader give us some valuable lessons on how to build a high-performing product team.

In this episode, three short “acts” – somewhat related brief stories that, hopefully, illuminate aspects of product management for you.

This episode is a portion of my recent workshop on “product management for founders,” that I gave at the Incepto startup incubator in Menlo Park, CA.

What are the most important soft skills for product managers? I think most of us intuitively understand that soft skills are important for product managers. But, given that, let’s drill down a bit.

Product management suffers from tool problems – we don’t have a system of record. In this episode I describe the problem, its impact on us, and how to cobble a basic system of record together using tools and materials you probably have lying around the house.

10 tips you can start using today to become a better product manager, get your sales people to love you, win more deals, and watch your profits soar.