September 8, 2016
Every product manager needs a good hat rack. Some days you are wearing your strategy hat while working on your high-level goals and initiatives. Other days you are…
September 7, 2016
Are you considering a career in product management? Or has someone told you that you’d make a great product manager, perhaps even seemingly out of the blue? If so, you…
September 6, 2016
In college I was recruited to be one of the founding members of the St. Edward’s University women’s golf team. It was our job to help build out a successful program and…
September 6, 2016
Take a moment and think about your colleagues. Which ones are the naysayers? You know — the people who you think of as the “The Mallet” for their ability to smash…
September 1, 2016
I wanted to design buildings. I love the breadth of skill that architecture requires — a mix of practical and strategic, creative and scientific, and overall leadership…
September 1, 2016
I finally decided to recycle the last box of business cards that I had collected from various connections over the years. There was no good reason to hang onto them…
August 31, 2016
There is one thing that every product manager should fear. Looking back at the end of a busy year and struggling to answer the question: Did we build what matters? And of…
August 30, 2016
So, you just built an awesome roadmap. Congrats. Customers are going to love it because you prioritized what many of them were asking for. You did a fine job working with…
August 25, 2016
I have worked for a number of different leaders. The best ones had a clear vision, shared their goals, and were eager to help people accomplish them. They also focused on…
August 24, 2016
Where did your last three great product ideas come from? There is a good chance at least one of them was inspired by a customer. Customer ideas help you shape and build…