Look, let’s be honest with each other. Most organizations aren’t doing AI strategically; they’re aimlessly boarding the hype train. They’re reactively experimenting and responding to pressure. And everyone is sort of hoping it works out. I’ve seen leaders authorize AI tools because a colleague did it. I’ve seen directors greenlight pilots because “we should do …
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Why Leaders Need an AI Strategy
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Continuous Product Discovery is Not Just a Phase
Continuous product discovery is essential. If you’ve been anywhere near product management long enough, you’ve heard some variation of this bold, absolutely-wrong-but-we-still-say-it-sometimes statement:“Discovery is what we do before we start building.” And it makes sense, to some degree. But it’s equally stifling to true discovery. Because ultimately, your product doesn’t care about your roadmap or …
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What Is a Product, Really?
If you ask ten product people what a product is, you’ll probably get twelve answers, and at least three small arguments. Some say it’s a thing you sell. Others claim it’s a service. A few will use nice buzzwords along the lines of “value delivery.” We’ve spent years dissecting that question, and spoiler alert: a …
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Product Management Tip #1: Fostering Stakeholder Relationships
When we talk about great products, we often gravitate toward the shiny parts: the breakthrough ideas, clever UX, or technological magic. But beneath every standout product lies something less visible yet far more powerful: the relationships that shape it. Fostering stakeholder relationships is the circulatory system of any product. They pump context, alignment, trust, and …
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The Scrum Team is Self-Managing
The more Scrum Teams are empowered to make and own decisions about their work, the more benefits they will realize. The Scrum Guide gets an update The 2017 version of the Scrum Guide said the following about the Scrum Team: “Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. Self-organizing teams choose how best to accomplish their work, …
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The Spark of Life: How Products Really Begin
Every product begins somewhere. Sometimes with a business plan, sometimes with a late-night brainstorming session, but more often than not… with frustration, a sudden “click” because of nature, or a spot of market gaps. In our Scrum class (or really, any proper product management class), we talk a lot about empiricism, making decisions based on …
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