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4 days ago

Strategy Should Be Constant

Strategy isn’t a once-a-year activity. Strategy isn’t just for when things are going bad and need to be shaken up. Strategy isn’t the production of a plan to never be viewed again until the next go around. Strategy is an ongoing activity that is central to the success of any…

Strategy

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Strategy Should Be Constant
Strategy Should Be Constant
Strategy

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Jan 19

Technical Debt: One More [Day]

Southwest Airlines recently acknowledged challenges with antiquated technology systems that caused the massive inability to operate the business and to serve customers adequately. Southwest’s technical challenges are a high-profile example of technical debt catching up to and overtaking a company’s ability to perform essential functions. Southwest appears to have kicked…

Technology

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Technical Debt: One More [Day]
Technical Debt: One More [Day]
Technology

5 min read


Published in Product Coalition

·Jan 11

Momentum: How Product Managers Can Operate With No Regrets

Success engenders confidence and more success for products and, therefore, product managers. Reciprocally, lack of success works the same. — Show me a product manager whose latest release is a hit with users and driving the outcomes desired by the company. I will show you a product manager who is likelier to operate confidently and will continue to have at least near-term success. On the other hand, show me a…

Product Management

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Momentum: How Product Managers Can Operate With No Regrets
Momentum: How Product Managers Can Operate With No Regrets
Product Management

6 min read


Published in Product Coalition

·Jan 5

The Dark Days of a Product: How Teams Provide Value During the Tough Times

Every product has a dark period and sometimes several. Dark periods are when a product team knows what to design and develop and go about doing it, but the work has yet to be exposed to users in any significant way. The dark periods are challenging. Product dark periods are…

Product Management

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The Dark Days of a Product: How Teams Provide Value During the Tough Times
The Dark Days of a Product: How Teams Provide Value During the Tough Times
Product Management

10 min read


Dec 6, 2022

Strategy for Professional Services Firms

Professional services firms are one of the most challenging types of companies to create a winning strategy for. Professional services cover a broad spectrum of companies, from design agencies to law firms, accounting firms, technology consulting firms, architecture firms, and more. The thing that links professional services firms under the…

Professional Services

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Strategy for Professional Services Firms
Strategy for Professional Services Firms
Professional Services

8 min read


Nov 20, 2022

Myths about job security

Seeing several posts among the recent string of layoffs that espouse job security at large companies as a myth and touting being your own boss (freelancer, creator, entrepreneur, etc.) as the only secure professional path. This couldn’t be further from the truth. First, the people behind the job security myth…

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Myths about job security
Myths about job security

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Nov 15, 2022

Be an [athlete]

I went to Acadia National Park a few weeks ago. I am an outdoorsy person, and Acadia has always been a place I wanted to get to and explore. Acadia is beautiful and rugged. I hiked about 30 miles over the course of my five days there. Acadia is also…

Personal Development

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Be an [athlete]
Be an [athlete]
Personal Development

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Nov 1, 2022

TLDR impact on strategic thinking

Reading was so last decade. As a society, people read less than they used to. Many factors are driving the trend, including the advent of texting and video. TLDR (too long didn’t read) is a reference in popular culture that reinforces the fact that we don’t want to read anything…

Strategy

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TLDR impact on strategic thinking
TLDR impact on strategic thinking
Strategy

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Aug 29, 2022

Bad Strategy Advice

I belong to a business owner peer group organization. The organization has a platform for members to engage with each other. The usual forum structure is where members ask questions, and people respond. The amount of bad advice I see as responses is staggering. With very little information or context…

Strategy

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Bad Strategy Advice
Bad Strategy Advice
Strategy

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Published in Product Coalition

·Aug 19, 2022

User Adoption is Hard: How and Why Products Become Successful

A great product can be created, but without user understanding and buy-in, the product won’t succeed on the market. — I was having a conversation with a client the other day about some of the challenges involved in getting a B2B product adopted by users. User adoption and retention isn’t a new challenge for any product, including B2B. …

Product Management

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User Adoption is Hard: How and Why Products Become Successful
User Adoption is Hard: How and Why Products Become Successful
Product Management

6 min read

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