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Is This a Dialogue Or a Discussion?

Have you ever been in a brainstorming meeting where the group gets stuck on one idea? They just want to run with it at the exclusion of all else. If your goal is to generate a lot of ideas, this can be pretty frustrating. But what about the opposite? You&

Weekend Reading: A/B Testing Is Hard, To Pivot Or Not, And More

Each week, I read dozens of blogs, countless articles from my Twitter stream, and one or two books. In Weekend Reading, I highlight the best, as it applies to developing great products. A Personal Approach To Organizational Time Management by Peter Bregman "choosing what we are going to ignore

How To Find Common Ground When Engineers Don't Like Features

Have you ever found yourself in an argument with an engineer about the value of a feature? Take a look at the following exchange: Engineer: I don't think we should let companies message candidates who haven't applied for their jobs. Product Manager: How come? Engineer: It

Find Big Wins by Setting Exponential Goals

I've spent a lot of January working with folks on goal-setting. Setting the right goal can be hard. Whether it's picking the right metric or determining the target, there are plenty of places where goal-setting can go wrong. The biggest mistake I see is, people set

Weekend Reading: A Product / UX Rant, Choosing Metrics, and Setting Goals

Each week, I read dozens of blogs, countless articles from my Twitter stream, and one or two books. In Weekend Reading, I highlight the best, as it applies to developing great products. Who Owns Your UX Philosophy? Brad Feld in Feld Thoughts I have a lot of respect for just

3 Use Cases For Better Communication With Kindling

I recently rolled out Kindling, an idea management app, across my company. If you aren't familiar with idea management apps, there's no shortage of them. This blog lists 44. The idea is to get more people involved in idea generation and evaluation. The various software packages

Weekend Reading: Experimenting, Deliberate Practice, the Rise of Paperbacks, And Much More

Each week, I read dozens of blogs, countless articles from my Twitter stream, and one or two books. In Weekend Reading, I highlight the best, as it applies to developing great products. The $100,000 Experiment | Brad Feld in The Wall Street Journal "A long time ago, I realized