A weekly wrap-up that keeps me grounded About a year and a half ago, I started a small habit: every Friday, I write a short wrap-up of my week. The goal was simple: understand where my time actuall...

Intent first: learn vs last Software product teams build two very different kinds of work: artifacts to learn and systems to run. Confusing the two is one of the fastest ways to burn time, create f...

The Improv mindset for Product Managers: Say ‘Yes, And’ to Better Products Product managers are the connectors, listeners, and storytellers at the heart of a product’s journey. Interestingly, many...

Fighting the Echo chamber Working as a product person can often feel overwhelming. Constantly trying to find better value for the customers in ways that work for the business, at a high pace. This...

Strategy led Objective and Key Results (OKRs) This is part 5 of “Teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”, a series on different ways to align an organisation. You will find here: ...

Objective and Key Results (OKRs) without strategy This is part 4 of “Teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”, a series on different ways to align an organisation. You will find th...

This is part 3 of “Teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”, a series on different ways to align an organisation. You will find the part 1 of the series here and part 2 here In ...

This is part 2 of “Teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”, a series on different ways to align an organisation. You will find the part 1 of the series here In the first part we l...

A story about leadership “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the...

Let’s build a team My colleague Tatu Kairi came up with an interesting mind game on one Friday afternoon. The rules are so: You are a starting a new product idea and you need a team to work...