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product parenting

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If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.

Jim Barksdale

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Your Colleagues Don’t Read Anything You Write. Here Are 8 Ways to Change That.

Long emails and dense, difficult to decipher memos mean modern office communication goes ignored more often than it’s understood.

Currently looking for advice on writing, thought this was a useful summary.  Personally, I just stoped at the first one!

Write less often

Use fewer words

Put action words in your subject line

Listen more, “talk” less

Don’t answer, ask

Invert the order; lead with the need

Write a people-proof TL;DR

Don’t make it about you, or “them”

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Verum ipsum factum

Giambattista Vico

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How to build a roadmap in 3½ steps - Product Management Insights

When done right, the product roadmap reduces uncertainty about the future and keeps product teams focused on the highest priority product initiatives. But how to build it effectively?

Road mapping...

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A Product Manager’s Job

Product management is one of the hardest jobs to define in any organization, partially because it’s different in every company. I’ve had several recent conversations about “what is a product…

Seen this before?  One of the original thoughts that has been built upon.

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Journey to Product Teams (Infographic)

What does the journey to product team look like?

Came accross this infographic during some training and I really like the idea of a journey towards team autonomy.  @johncutlefish is it really a product thing?Anyway he’s running some webinars amplitude.com/webinars/lab-h… to explain more - sign up! 

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Mum&Dad - Helping you reach the missed market of Mid-Agers

We believe most brands are missing out on the huge opportunities 
of the 45-65 market. We call this group "Mid-Age". They're responsible for the biggest spending but are ignored by most marketers. We're here to change that.

spoof or truth?

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Are you “doing” agile, or are you actually being agile?

Folks who are new in tech, when faced with real-world business constraints, always try to reach for “agile” as a silver bullet.

As a follow up to agile fatigue, I came accross this post from @astralwave

Completely sums up the tension that (bigger) businesses often face when updating/refreshing/transforming their approach to creating value.

I love the question...

How fast can I change course in response to new information that contradicts my prior beliefs? 

It’s all about people and change...

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This VC Pitch Deck Template Comes Recommended by First Round Capital| The Beautiful Blog

We've partnered with Silicon Valley venture capital firm First Round Capital on this free pitch deck template — download and customize in minutes.

Completely agree with this approach.  Also people buy people not business cases, so don’t procrastinate, put your idea infront of investors early, get feedback and respond.

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27 Sprint Anti-Patterns

This article goes into detail how anti-patterns can evolve and possibly create other issues for the Scrum Team.

Sprint Anti-patterns of the Product Owner

Absent PO

PO clinging to tasks

Inflexible PO

Delaying PO

Misuse of Sprint cancellation

No Sprint cancellation

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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Stephen Covey

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At Across, we wanted to see how many other technology companies and service providers we use on a regular basis. The answer was way more than we thought. For a seed stage 2 person startup, we already use 28 different tools regularly totaling $227 / month

Business tooling is becoming a problem.  As technology hardware has become cosumer led, software is also heading in the same direction.  

Large businesses are constantly fighting the pseudo startup mentality (someone has used xx before at xx) - I know because I am part of this problem.

Underneath is difficulty in recognising that most problems nowadays have a solution and helping colleagues frame their “desire for xx service/software/platfom” as a need to solve a particular business problem can help.

What tools do you use?

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Three drawings I use to explain agile

And the stories I tell about them

Super GREAT, pretty, simple, article that elegantly cuts to the chase.  Loving the illustration @mvwi

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you have a driving license, kids & pets and access to the internet

Luke Hohmann

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Visualize and limit WIP

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Designing Your Team’s Kanban System