Every product leader loves a quick approval. But a fast yes often means a stakeholder is not actually engaged. Learn how to probe for true commitment.
Read moreONE THING on the Blu-ray Strategy
Are you making deliberate decisions for your product or are you doing what everyone else is doing?
Read moreONE THING on the Colleague Equivalent
Move from being a name on a business card to being a trusted peer.
Read moreONE THING on the Crisis of Adequate
Reclaiming your agency starts with saying no to "good enough."
Read moreONE THING on Bullshit Retrospectives
Stop calling them agile retrospectives or post mortems. Just start talking about the real stuff.
Read moreONE THING on Product Hell
What is your job? Slave to the process or architect of the outcome. Most product leaders are trapped in Product Hell, measured by tickets instead of impact. It is time to reclaim your agency as a builder.
Read moreONE THING on the George Lucas Problem
"Nodding does not mean yes. It means the real conversation is happening somewhere else without you."
Read moreONE THING on Product Builders
Most product leaders are drowning in the details of requirements and backlogs. It is time to reclaim your agency.
Read moreONE THING on Listening
Stop staring at your camera lens. Real eye contact happens when the technology disappears.
Read moreONE THING on The Optionality Trap
Too many options dilute focus. Product leaders often design meetings for every edge case instead of optimizing the one conversation that matters most.
Read moreONE THING on Reading the Room
We as product leaders spend all day trying to read the room through a screen. You cannot build real trust when you are staring at your own face.
Read moreONE THING on Radical Agency
Leadership is not agreement. It’s ownership. The difference between nodding and taking responsibility.
Read moreONE THING on Shallow Alignment
Shallow alignment looks like agreement with no discussion. Real alignment requires the hard conversation before the “yes.”
Read moreONE THING on Controlling Your Workspace
"I deleted Microsoft Teams so I could make a phone call. It’s easily the best decision I’ve made for my workflow this year."
Read moreONE THING on Stakeholder Amnesia
Executives forget past agreements unless you reinforce them. Anchor roadmap commitments in economics before the next shiny object shows up.
Read moreONE THING on on Meetings People Want to Attend
If a meeting is unavoidable, you have an obligation to make it productive. Here are three rules to turn “dreaded” meetings into outcomes.
Read moreONE THING on Fewer Bullshit Meetings
Before you accept a meeting, ask what decision or result it’s meant to produce. If there isn’t one, don’t go.
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