A love letter to Product Management from one product geek to another Hope everyone’s having as happy a holiday as possible! Here’s to a more hopeful 2021! Despite the challenges this year has rung in, we’ve seen moments of breathtaking compassion and brilliant technological breakthroughs, and we’ve gone through all Read more…
Back in September, I published a list of the best people for you, as a product manager, to follow on Medium to make the most out of your membership. If you haven’t read it yet, you can give it a read below. The Top 25 People To Follow On Medium Read more…
Getting the most out of Medium as a product professional is down to a combination of what people, and also what publications, you follow. Back in September, I published a list of the top 25 people to follow on Medium if you’re a product manager. You can check it out Read more…
Most of us have a hard enough time living in the here and now and doing our day jobs, let alone thinking about the future. It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could Read more…
A few people have asked me recently how to cast a wider net on their product knowledge, or simply how to get started with it. It can be daunting when there are so many sources and people purporting to be ‘experts’ (glances awkwardly at the mirror), so I thought I’d Read more…
From Jackie Bavaro’s simple and easy to digest Venn diagram of product skills to Tarigo’s product skills matrix, there are countless publications out there listing the skills that a product manager must have. I decided to gather some data to understand from people in the product community how important they believe a range Read more…
A summary of inspiring and (sometimes) hard lessons learned over the summer The pandemic’s flipped over our lives. If we’re lucky (“lucky” being a relative term here), the big problem we face is the loss of face-to-face experiences. I may be an introvert, but I don’t function as well without Read more…
Some points for wondering and wandering into your future professional network Looking into Product but don’t know where to start? Like with a lot of industries (but even more so with Product Management), your greatest assets may well be your people. Your connections. Your community. The reality of things? Usually, Read more…
It’s a difficult (and crowded) job market out there… Most weeks during the pandemic, I’ve spent between 5 and 10 hours coaching and mentoring aspiring Product Managers and Product Managers seeking their next challenge. P.S. If you’re looking for coaching/mentorship, you can find more on offerings from The Modern Product Read more…
Technical skills have become indispensable in product management. If you are from a non-tech background and are already in Product or you are still trying to break into Product, but you are unsure where and how to start with building tech skills, this article will help you. These resources will Read more…