Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. The 2017 SiriusView roundup of product management tools. This report shows what has changed since 2014 and covers tools from seven vendors that provide roadmapping, product …
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TEI 127: B2B product management – with Jeff Lash
This is a listener suggested episode, which I love doing. I enjoy receiving requests from listeners asking for specific topics to explore. Several people have had questions about B2B product management. A B2B company sells its products to other organizations while a B2C company provides its products to …
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Why product management fails–and other innovation insights for product managers June 2, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Why does product management fail? This is not talking about the fail-fast notion of learning quickly. No, this is when product management as a whole fails to move a product team in …
TEI 126: Mapping innovation – with Greg Satell
A brand new book for product managers and innovators hits physical and virtual shelves this week. It's titled Mapping Innovation and my guest, Greg Satell, is the author. We talk about some of the concepts from the book and other writing he has done, including while there is no one-way right way for companies …
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Reddit for market research–and other innovation insights for product managers May 26, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Use Reddit to conduct market research -- a step-by-step guide. The title says it all. Read how at https://blog.hootsuite.com/reddit-market-research/McKinsey is writing about …
TEI 125: Product management communities of practice – with Martin Eriksson
You are not alone as a product manager or innovator if you have had to explain your job to people you work with. It’s not uncommon. While your role is vital to the creation of successful products, it is not always understood by others. It can also be a lonely role because of that. Even though product managers …
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Product management just got professional–and other innovation insights for product managers May 19, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. More evidence that product management is growing as profession – Carnegie Mellon’s Master Degree. I knew it was only a matter of time. A few universities have offered certification …
TEI 124: Business design for product managers – with Jay Peters
Product managers and innovators want more influence in an organization so they can better create value for customers. Without influence, we can't build support for our ideas and convince others to help us. Influence also allows us to be more strategic in our work, which is the same thing executive leaders want from …
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Product management communities of practice–and other innovation insights for product managers May 12, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Product managers – get involved with a community of practice. I’m limiting this week’s roundup to a single topic. A very important topic. My personal mission is to …
TEI 123: A product management view of Value Proposition Design – with Alex Osterwalder
This interview is rather meta. It's a discussion about a book; not about the book itself, but about the product management decisions for creating the book. This is the story of recognizing a problem a target market has and addressing it with a product.You likely already know my guest, Alex Osterwalder, as …
The primary responsibilities for an organization are product management and innovation. They deliver value to customers. They're also exciting responsibilities for those properly equipped. That is my job - equipping product managers and innovators. 