February 23, 2021
Wanted: Product Manager With Superb Listening Skills
Product managers can learn a lot from rats. Let me explain. In a recent study, researchers delivered a mild shock to rats while another group of rodents watched.…
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February 22, 2021
The "Full-Stack" Product Manager
What is a full-stack product manager? Although the term is not new, I have seen it in a few LinkedIn profiles recently. And it made me wonder how people are actually…
February 18, 2021
The Founder's Paradox: How to Thrill People Without Setting Their Expectations
Our minds are powerful and expectations can move us. Our anticipation of what is to come can be a true driver for action. What we believe will (or should) happen in the…
February 17, 2021
Introducing In-App Idea Submission
Your ideas portal is a hub for innovation. It is where your customers, partners, and employees know to go to provide feedback — helping you better understand what they…
February 11, 2021
How to Survive the Worst Work Meeting of Your Life
"Listening is where love begins." Beloved television host Fred Rogers shared this sentiment several decades ago. It is sage advice for anyone who wants to develop more…
February 8, 2021
The Aha! Fellowship: Apply Now for the Spring 2021 Program
Six months ago we announced a unique new program. We were not sure how it would go, but we knew that it had the potential to create positive change. And we knew that what…
February 5, 2021
My Name Is Mike Alvarez — This is Why I Joined Aha!
What will the future look like? As a kid, I was obsessed with 1980s sci-fi movies. I filled entire sketchbooks with drawings of fantastical technology and geometric…
February 4, 2021
Is IT Product Management Really Product Management?
"Strange question." That is what I thought. But I tried to be more careful with what I said. Someone had asked me if I thought IT product management was really product…
February 3, 2021
Improved Single Sign-On for Multiple Ideas Portals
Product enhancements. Innovation programs. Internal requests. These are just some of the ways you can use an ideas portal. In fact, many of our customers create multiple…
February 2, 2021
The Pets of Aha! — Meet 19 More of Our Team's Furry Coworkers
We have the best team in the world. I know everyone thinks their team is the best — but I genuinely believe it is true. Leading the People Success and operations teams at…