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Teresa Torres

Bend, Oregon

Teresa is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery. She has taught over 16,000 people product discovery skills and is the author of Continuous Discovery Habits.

Moving From Engineering To Product Management With Zaz Harris

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. I hear from a lot of engineers who want to move into product management. Typically, they like writing code, but they want to get more involved in the decision making and have a good perspective

Mastering the Product Manager Job Search With Colin Murphy

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. I have a few more interviews lined up for what's turned into an ad hoc series on how to find a product manager job. After that, I'll shift focus back to

Oded Korczyn: On Becoming a Product Manager

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. Over the past two weeks, I've talked about how you don't need experience to become a product manager and how you can gain experience right now. I regularly hear from folks

Gain Product Management Experience By Starting Right Now

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. Last week, I wrote about how you don't need specific experience to become a product manager. Too many people get caught up in the chicken and the egg problem of how can I

You Don't Need Experience To Become a Product Manager

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. What does it take to get into product management? What's the requisite experience? Are certificates worthwhile? Do you need an MBA? As a hiring manager, I've hired half a dozen product

Brainstorming: More Questions Than Answers

There's been a lot of confusion around brainstorming these days. First, there was the New Yorker article by Jonah Lehrer claiming that brainstorming doesn't work. Scott Berkun wrote a rebuttal arguing Lehrer's logic was flawed. Twitter exploded with comments. I'm going to

4 Questions I Always Ask When Interviewing Product Managers

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. As part of my consulting practice, I often help companies recruit product managers and interaction designers. As a result, I do a lot of interviewing. I've talked with a lot of folks who