September 6, 2017
Remote Workers vs. Office Workers
“I could never work remotely.” A friend of a friend said this to me the other day. We had just met and I was explaining how we run Aha! as a fully distributed team. Despite that…
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May 16, 2017
Technology vs. Humanity — Your Next Job
My career will be defined by the prevalence of the internet. Yours likely will be too. And we are still experiencing an incredible acceleration of the use of technology. But one…
April 18, 2017
Love vs. Despise: A Tale of Two Companies
It was the best of companies, it was the worst of companies. One built something that the people loved. It poured energy into delighting customers. Eventually, it was rewarded with…
December 13, 2016
The Product Plan vs. the Project Plan
Great product managers ask questions. Lots of them. But product managers need to answer questions too. And the more complex the work, the more questions abound. When I was working…
November 14, 2016
The Product Manager vs. the Technical Product Manager
A lot of people ask me about how to break into product management. I think that is because product management is a hot career track today. So much so that there are many variations…
June 23, 2016
The Product Roadmap vs. the Technology Roadmap
Your roadmap is essential. It is used in many different situations and audiences. You see roadmaps presented in everything from executive briefings to IT meetings. Roadmaps are…
April 18, 2016
The Product Manager vs. the Scrum Master
Scrum masters play a crucial role on product development teams. Scrum is the best-known and most widely-used agile software development framework. So, it is common for software…
March 30, 2016
The VP of Product vs. the Product Manager
Two of my friends and I had a shared goal last year. We wanted to answer a long-standing question: “What makes a great VP of product? And how is that different from what makes a…