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How to Choose Your Next Experiments

“I think we should use folders.” “I think we should use tags.” “I know. Let’s test them both.” Does this sound familiar? I bet it does. By far the most common mistake teams make when they are new to Lean Startup methodologies is they fall into the trap of

Happy Birthday, Product Talk - Thank You!

I was sitting in my doctor’s office after a harrowing couple of weeks. I can remember it like it was yesterday. On the prior Sunday, I had passed out in the shower. I thought I had the flu. I could barely crawl from the bathroom to my bed. It

Stop Wishing and Start Doing

Stop Wishing and Start Doing

"I wish my leadership team would pick one strategy." "I wish my engineering team would contribute ideas to our project." "I wish our user experience team would ask for my input earlier." "I wish our sales team would stop saying yes to feature

You Don’t Want to Miss Out on This

It’s easy to have ideas. You could rattle off ten right now. I bet you hear dozens from across your organization every week. This isn’t the hard part of your job. The hard part is putting those ideas into context. It’s deciding which ideas to pursue. It’

What Your Product Team Says About Your Company Values

What Your Product Team Says About Your Company Values

Are you committed to creating a great user experience? Do you believe in data-driven product development? Are you motivated to create products that your customers love? I’m guessing most of you answered yes to all three of those questions. Let me ask you a different set of questions. How

The 4 Most Common Barriers to Outcome-Based Product Management (And How You Can Overcome Them)

The 4 Most Common Barriers to Outcome-Based Product Management (And How You Can Overcome Them)

If you read my last post on outcome-based product management and thought how do I get there, you aren’t alone. I received dozens of emails, tweets, and comments from product leaders just like you asking this very question. In an ideal world, every product manager would start at the

The Path to Better Product Decisions

I spend most of my time helping product teams make better product decisions. I’m starting to notice some patterns. I see three critical areas where we often fall short. First, we don’t always start from a holistic or systems view of the problem we are trying to solve.