A product manager's 48 reflections on 2025
and why I've been making Bob Dylan songs about Sonic the Hedgehog
A product manager's 48 reflections on 2025
and why I've been making Bob Dylan songs about Sonic the Hedgehog
Category: Product Management
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A product manager's 24 reflections on 2024
and how to use tarot cards for sprint planning.
A product manager's 24 reflections on 2024
and how to use tarot cards for sprint planning.
The dangers of Product Longtermism
There are no guarantees the future will hold the same values as us, so what right do we have to encode ours upon them?
The dangers of Product Longtermism
There are no guarantees the future will hold the same values as us, so what right do we have to encode ours upon them?
A product manager’s 56 best (and stolen) insights from 2021
If you’re reading this, it means I succeeded in my mission to the future. What follows is a human year’s worth of data condensed into minutes.
A product manager’s 56 best (and stolen) insights from 2021
If you’re reading this, it means I succeeded in my mission to the future. What follows is a human year’s worth of data condensed into minutes.
Your Best Creative Work Is Just a Cognitive Walk Away
Doing our best creative work sometimes means tricking ourselves into leaving our minds alone. Here are six things to try while walking to achieve this.
Your Best Creative Work Is Just a Cognitive Walk Away
Doing our best creative work sometimes means tricking ourselves into leaving our minds alone. Here are six things to try while walking to achieve this.
The curse of success
Failure may be the most important part of the human experience. So why not run towards it?
The curse of success
Failure may be the most important part of the human experience. So why not run towards it?
Brainwashed by design
“All you young people are brainwashed by design”, calmly provoked my neighbour. Not quite the reaction I expected after proudly showing off my renovated bathroom.
Brainwashed by design
“All you young people are brainwashed by design”, calmly provoked my neighbour. Not quite the reaction I expected after proudly showing off my renovated bathroom.
How do you inspire your engineering team?
We don’t deserve the team we can’t inspire. Camaraderie, purpose, and appreciation need to be our priorities.
How do you inspire your engineering team?
We don’t deserve the team we can’t inspire. Camaraderie, purpose, and appreciation need to be our priorities.
‘Working Backwards’ to finally make remote work… work
How Amazonian thinking and communication tools are turning me into a remote work optimist.
‘Working Backwards’ to finally make remote work… work
How Amazonian thinking and communication tools are turning me into a remote work optimist.
Ideas I copied to help steal more ideas
Stealing ideas doesn’t have to result in imposter syndrome. If anything, copying helps reveal our most authentic selves.
Ideas I copied to help steal more ideas
Stealing ideas doesn’t have to result in imposter syndrome. If anything, copying helps reveal our most authentic selves.
A product manager’s reflections for a better 2021
“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius” has become my mantra of 2020 (thanks Nassim Taleb). If that's true then what follows should be pure gold: a collection of my best reflections for a challenging year.
A product manager’s reflections for a better 2021
“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius” has become my mantra of 2020 (thanks Nassim Taleb). If that's true then what follows should be pure gold: a collection of my best reflections for a challenging year.
How product managers should understand users
The limited ways we have been taught to interpret the world also limits our ability to understand our users. Nobody has taught me how to do this, so I decided to explore some solutions.
How product managers should understand users
The limited ways we have been taught to interpret the world also limits our ability to understand our users. Nobody has taught me how to do this, so I decided to explore some solutions.
Luck vs skill in determining product success
Is 10x product success merely arbitrary luck or based on merit? It’s a question that can torture even the most rational-minded product managers. But which should you focus on when victory is on the line?
Luck vs skill in determining product success
Is 10x product success merely arbitrary luck or based on merit? It’s a question that can torture even the most rational-minded product managers. But which should you focus on when victory is on the line?
A product manager’s guide for difficult conversations
How I structure difficult conversations that help my team build products and tackle internal politics.
A product manager’s guide for difficult conversations
How I structure difficult conversations that help my team build products and tackle internal politics.
Product Market Fit of the Mac Pro
The difference between the trash-can Mac Pro and the recently announced 2019 Mac Pro in terms of product/market fit is a classic exercise in the lean canvas.
Product Market Fit of the Mac Pro
The difference between the trash-can Mac Pro and the recently announced 2019 Mac Pro in terms of product/market fit is a classic exercise in the lean canvas.
The China Tech Cold War From A Product Perspective
The ongoing U.S.-Chinese trade war represents a troubling reversal of decades of globalisation. One of the recent prominent victims is the…
The China Tech Cold War From A Product Perspective
The ongoing U.S.-Chinese trade war represents a troubling reversal of decades of globalisation. One of the recent prominent victims is the…