Develop a balanced product leader with a successful leadership approach by recognising these two ineffective leadership styles

Conquering the B2B market can be a challenge with multiple buyers and users involved, whilst trying to uncover pain points and explore solutions. As a result...

No one is immune to cognitive biases. Cindy Alvarez, Principle Researcher at Microsoft and Author of Lean Customer Development wants us to recognize this fact. Because while we can’t avoid bias altogether, she has some advice for us on how to work around bias and reduce the impact it has in our research.

Even though I have been writing consistently about product now for more than two decades, including a few books, I have thus far managed to avoid using the term “product sense.”  That was not an accident.  I have always disliked the term, and I especially dislike the implications. But for whatever reason, a lot more...

The past several articles have discussed the nature of Continuous Discovery.  In this article I’d like to discuss another dimension of working effectively in an Agile environment, which is how we manage commitments. In most Agile teams, when you mention commitments (like knowing what you’re going to launch and when it will happen), you get...

There are so many good books available today that try to explain to company leaders the advantages of empowering your people. Some of my current favorites include: Leaders Eat Last, Startup Nation, The Art of Action, Turn the Ship Around, Extreme Ownership, Team of Teams, and Leadership is Language.  I consider each of these inspiring...

Join us in person for the first time at the Pendo.io offices in Old Street. An opportunity to hear and learn from experienced product experts, delivering tal...

An Empowered Product Team’s Pledge To Customers As a company moves from sales-driven feature teams to empowered product teams, there are some fairly significant changes to how the product teams need to interact with customers. Most of those changes are not directly visible to the customers, as they involve how product teams do their daily...

How Big Tech companies innovate and create mega-successful products. The answer goes much deeper than just process.

One month ago I subscribed to Digit, a service that promises a way to “save money without thinking about it”. The way it works is simple – you submit your mobile number, link your bank account and you’re pretty much set. There are no apps, no user interfaces or additional confirmations. The only thing Digit [...] Read more »