Product Management
- psychological safety
- hope for a better tomorrow
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt
- A tie between Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs and [Small Fry: A Memoir] (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39218044-small-fry) by Lisa Brennan-Jobs - which I was lucky enough to read back to back
- The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin
- Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek
If every day is spent pingponging back and forth between raging fires as a product manager, something is broken.
It’s your job to fix that.
If that sounds overwhelming, start by looking for the (tiny) incremental improvements that will persist over time.
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Each and every quarterly release plan should have clearly defined goals and success metrics.
Know what success looks like for your product and how you’ll measure it once you arrive at the end of the interval.
Just reaching the end isn’t nearly enough.
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Remember: plans are not chiseled into stone.
Expect challenges during planning. It’s part of the process.
Stay agile and ready to adapt. Face challenges head-on, learn, and use those lessons to refine your processes.
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Today is the ideal time to review your product’s performance last year.
What were the successes and challenges? Remember to include things like sales performance, client feedback, and any market changes.
Now define what success looks like for the coming year and realign your roadmap as needed.
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New year, new (and old) challenges in Product Management.
Stay ahead of the curve by continuously learning and adapting. This takes deliberate, focused effort.
Remember: the best products solve real problems for real people.
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If you lead a team of product managers, remember that these are the two most important things you provide for them each day:
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Product management is a rapidly evolving role within a competitive market environment.
Stay educated. Read industry reports. Attend workshops. Take courses.
Your learning never stops.
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Top 5 Books that made made me a better Product Manager in 2023
As a product manager, you sometimes connect dots from entirely different worlds.
Never underestimate the power of learning from unrelated industries. The best ideas can come from where you least expect them.
Insights from different fields can transform your product’s direction in amazing ways.
Holiday breaks are crucial for recharging.
But the real relaxation starts when you know everything is in place at work.
A little extra effort can make a huge difference here.
Remember to finalize those pending tasks. A clear to-do list means a clear mind, enabling a fresh start at your return.
There’s just no substitute for direct client discovery sessions.
Client feedback turns educated assumptions into actionable insights.
Leverage these invaluable perspectives to create products that truly matter to people.
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Whenever you celebrate together as a product team, you foster a culture of gratitude and continuous improvement.
Innovation thrives in this type of supportive, celebratory environment.
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You must continually work to strike a balance between providing comprehensive information to your clients while also keeping product documentation relatively concise.
Too much detail can overwhelm users.
Too little detail leads to confusion.
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Effective product management begins with listening. And client feedback isn’t just about fixing what’s broken - it’s also about amplifying what works.
Nurture a culture of open dialogue to turn market insights into features that resonate, deepening the value delivered to your clients.
Remember: Every feature you prioritize is a strategic choice.
Prioritizing the portfolio aligns the product roadmap with the core business goals, delivering impact where and when it counts the most.
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Fail to consider launch plans and you may as well just throw your new product in the backyard and hope that someone stumbles along and miraculously wants to buy it.
Remember: cover pre-launch prep, detailed execution plans, coordinate between cross-functional teams, and include post-launch analysis.
One of the intrinsic beauties of cost-benefit analysis is the ability to quantify trade-offs.
If we do X, then Y comes next, at an estimated cost of Z.
You weigh benefits against costs, making it easier to align your product decisions against both the roadmap and overall business objectives.
As a product manager, you’re not just managing a backlog of features - you’re a steward of resources.
Cost-benefit analysis empowers you to be a thoughtful, rational steward.
When used consistently, it ensures each investment contributes meaningfully to your product’s vision.
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Strategic decision-making is significantly enhanced with a robust roadmap in place.
In visualizing the product’s future, product managers parse market signals to make informed choices about feature prioritization, technology investments, and resource allocation.
This is empowering foresight.
“Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely." ~Thomas P. Murphy (no relation)
You might willingly subject yourself to the death of 1000 banal cuts each day. Interruptions. Inefficiencies. Unnecessary meetings.
Ruthlessly focus your time on the most important things.
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