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.
The Product Management System of Record Read More »
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.
10 Tips For Product Managers Read More »
In this episode, a common product management metaphor that’s actually terrible, plus two GOOD metaphors you can use to help you create better products. We use lots of metaphors for understanding, justifying, and explaining the things we do as product managers. Whether it’s our analytics as “the cockpit of a plane,” or comparing design constraints
Product Management Metaphors – Bad and Good Read More »
Even highly cognitively capable people – including product managers – can forget to do simple things that they know they should do. In this episode I discuss the power of checklists in general, a product management-related checklist you can start using right away, and some ideas for how you can embed checklists in your products to help your customers solve their problems.
The Impact Area Checklist: A Cognitive Aid For Product Managers Read More »
In this episode I cover a fundamental skill and mindset about communication – the number one thing at which product managers must excel.
The Most Important Communication Skill For Product Managers Read More »
Like so many of my podcasts, this episode started from a Slack conversation last week. “What are some good products that were marketed badly?” Of course, if a good product is marketed badly, that usually means it’s going to fail, which usually means no one ever heard of it. But the fact is that there