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The Product Manager’s Guide to the Product Lifecycle: A Simple Overview.
The product lifecycle is one of the most important concepts for any product manager. The stages in the process, such as identifying opportunities and defining requirements, are vital to ensuring that you…
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3 Myths about Product Management and Entrepreneurship
You may have been reading a lot about entrepreneurship and product management recently, but the media doesn’t always paint an accurate picture. This blog post debunks three of the most common entrepreneurship…
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11 Ways To Integrate Innovation Into Product Management
So, you’re an innovator? A product manager needs to create something new and better than what’s out there already. Maybe your company needs to innovate to stay competitive or maintain its lead.…
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why storytelling is important
Not all human cultures are literate, but every culture tells stories. Whether in caves or cities, storytelling remains the most natural and essential form of communication. We often forget that stories can…
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Why You Shouldn’t Listen To Your Customers
Many companies listen to 100% of customer interactions and constantly adapt their messages and operations to meet growing customer needs and changing behaviors. However, the reality is that many brands don’t listen…
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acting dumb and beginners mind
The idea of a beginner mentality is central to Zen Buddhism: practitioners use the Japanese term soshin, which in English translates to “beginner mind.” This refers to openness, enthusiasm, and lack of…
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will you create the future of humanity?
Recently, I’ve been watching television and film versions of two classic science fiction novels, Foundation and Dune. They are both set approximately 10,000 years into the future. While the 10,000-year moniker doesn’t…
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innovation is a feature not a product
I’ve been going about all this all wrong. I’ve thought for the longest time that innovation is something you can sell – a product that you can package and apply – something…
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the future of work: organizing around ideas instead of location
One of the most interesting innovations to come out of the coronavirus crisis (and it seems that nothing ever changes unless there is a crisis) is that the myth of location has…
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In A Complex World, Humans Are Slaves To The Exact
Do you know what product managers do? Do you know what startup founders do? In my view, the skill set for each of the above is pretty much the same. Product managers…
