Different perspectives advance your thinking. I found a lecture that the journalist, William Deresiewicz, delivered at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2009. For people working in digital product management, this should be enough of a different point of view. The lecture is about leadership and what it all means. I looked at it with my personal mental […]
Shared Context in Product Development and the How of “Why” (link share)
Great post from Satya Patel about the importance of shared context. He argues that you get in trouble if you are not clear on the WHY at the beginning. And he offers four tips to get everybody on the same page: Don’t assume. Write it down. Repeat early and often. Seek understanding, not agreement. Find […]
Thoughts on the role of a product manager
Michael Siliski from Google wrote the post ‘The Role of a Product Manager’, Steven Sinofski commented on the post. I like both posts and have some additional thoughts that I put here. Links: The Role of a Product Manager Steven Sinofski’s reply My 50 cent
Getting (the Right) Stuff Done – link share
This post from Steven Sinofsky is very much along the line what we are doing at XING with our ‘Auftragsklärung‘. My favorite insights are: Move forward in the right direction Not talking about process in fact also defines a process. Make a conscious choice for a helpful process. Have clarity of intent, alignment of commitment including […]
The Organization is Broken (link share)
This is a very nice article I stumbled upon the other day. It is not exactly spot on to the topic of product leadership. However, it is worthwhile to read. It gives a much broader context of what is happening in our economy and in our organizations. Also, there are quite a few graphs and […]
Be yourself and become who you are – Guiding principles for successful communication
Friedeman Schulz von Thun is a German Professor for communication. His ideas and frameworks are very helpful for communicating, especially in a professional context. Unfortunately, his three most famous books („Miteinander reden“) are only available in German. He offers a small English booklet as summary of his frameworks on his website. As I very much […]
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