The most significant confusion in the world of product management — I have lost count of the number of times I have been introduced to a new colleague or representative from a potential collaborative team with the phrase “This is Rob. He’s our Project Manager”. It drives me crazy and perfectly illustrates the confusion surrounding product management. However, should I care…

According to Phil Dunphy — I somehow found myself with a few minutes to enjoy some peace and enjoy a coffee, and I popped on the TV and to my great surprise, one of my favourite shows was on … Modern Family. If you’ve not seen it, it follows an extended family as they deal…

How dual career paths can support your long-term goals — For the majority of those working in product management, if you look around the organization, the chances are that you’ll see a hierarchy of roles that looks something like this: Chief Product Officer Head of Product Group Product Manager Senior Product Manager Product Manager The standard expectation if you’re working…

Is $1500 enough to risk a friendship? — You know the situation. Your employer is hiring and they aren’t getting the candidates they want, so HR send an email around to everyone which says: “If you know anyone who is interested in a role with us then let us know and if they get hired you’ll receive a…

Should you read this story now, or should you read it later? — Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: I have two kinds of problems: the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgentLet’s start with the basics. What are the definitions of ‘important’ and “urgent”? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, important means: …

26 books that will help drive your product management career — The great thing about a career in product management is the fact that there are so many books out there that can support your learning and development. So many in fact that we’re spoiled for choice and it’s difficult to see the wood for the trees. Here are twenty-six books…

Do you need to change your approach when you’re not in person? — Interviews used to be so easy. You put on a shirt and tie / dress and jacket. Turned up in the reception of your potential employer holding a paper copy of your CV. You were invited into a room and asked a series of questions, before shaking hands, leaving and…

And why it is doomed for failure — Since the start of the Covid pandemic, I, like many people, have vastly increased the amount of remote working that I’m doing. My office commute has changed from taking up 7 hours a week to being 1 hour every couple of weeks if I choose to go into the office…

Getting even more things done with Getting Things Done — Nearly everyone has heard of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, the world’s most successful productivity process, which sold 1.5 million copies as a book and which spawned a whole industry of productivity gurus. The process is quite prescriptive, and I summarise it below, but I’ve found one addition that can…