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What does a Director of Product Management do?
I’ve written up some thoughts for the regular work of product managers and product management interns, but have not yet written about the next level up. What’s day to day like when you’re not just helping one team? What makes a director level product manager? Just like the definition of what a Product Manager even…
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The Innovation Team
A successful company grows. In growing from dozens to hundreds of employees, the company forms a culture of innovation that attracts an extremely capable individual: generalists who also have great depth, potential entrepreneurs, geniuses who can Get Shit Done. They build content, they build sales motions, they turbocharge they company’s growth and all is well…
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Why I Don’t Like the Squad Model
Development teams have a fondness for trying new models… for better or for worse. I’m not a fan of the current excitement around the squad model. What is it Spotify is the purest example, but the model owes a deal to Stanley McChrystal’s Team of Teams, as well as a bit of LeSS. The basic…
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Purge Outlook Emails
Ever have to convert from an email system that encourages keeping everything to one with limitations? Well, here’s a way to encourage Inbox Zero. I looked at a few different scripts to start from, but this one was the most helpful. Note that this only works with “old” Outlook, new Outlook has no AppleScript support…
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Penny Wise Hardware
Thesis: Organizations will continue to squeeze their highly paid people into the worst possible computing environments in order to block any accidental efficiency that might evolve in their organizations. Evidence to support that thesis: Five year desktop hardware refresh cycles for workstations (that’s on service plans of a year or two and warranties of three…
