There are many great insights and observations in this article from Steve Blank. Especially about fear of failure and new ways to handle innovation. Yet there are two messages I find unfortunate. That is: today's corporations are about execution of … [More]
Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?
This is an interview the McKinsey Quarterly did with Daniel Kahneman and Gary Klein in 2010. The insights are still valid today. The interviewers were surprised by the commonalities of both scientists whom they view to have opposing schools of … [More]
Food for thought from the SXSW
The SXSW was a very exciting event again. This time I've listened to lectures related to managing digital product development and management in general. Some quotes got stuck: Eric Ries Paradox of lean startup: do something small to conquer the … [More]
Confusing confidence with competence
This is a great article from Thomas Chamorro-Premuzic. He describes his hypothesis why women are underrepresented in leadership positions. In his view, it is not because there are too few capable women, but too many incompetent men! The issue is that … [More]
Autonomy vs leverage
If there is only one small startup team, the world seems to be simple. The team enjoys quite a bit of autonomy. In larger companies that work under the agile paradigm the various product teams are supposed to be autonomous as well. Yet, quite often … [More]
Product owner or product manager – same or different?
How to name their role is reguarly discussed among product people at XING. I am always surprised how much emotion is at play. I do not care how the role is called, as long as everyone agrees on what needs to get done. I suspect that the names … [More]
