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No Transactional Power. Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. You consequently don’t have any transactional power : You cannot tell people what to do; you cannot assign tasks to them; and you are typically not in a position to offer a bonus, pay raise, or other incentives.
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Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
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Have you ever told someone what they wanted to hear because it was the path of least resistance? “Yes, let’s totally get lunch next week! I’ll text you.” (And then you ghost.). “Yep, sounds like a good idea.” (But you don’t fully understand it.). Right after, you move on, knowing you have no intention of reaching out – even though you enjoyed the conversation.
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The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Continuous Discovery Habits. I’d love your feedback in the comments. After reading, are you ready to interview as a trio? Still have doubts? Please let me know your thoughts. Product research needs to be timely, actionable, and believable for a product team to act upon it. Product research needs to be timely, actionable, and believable for a product team to act upon it. – Tweet This.
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A framework for product managers to create the future. There are different types of product managers. Not all product managers think they are building the future, but if they don’t do it, who will? I think product managers are the best equipped for building the future, but that can sound like a daunting challenge. If it sounds that way to you, keep listening as the founder of TrendHunter, Jeremy Gutsche, shares what you need to do to help your organization build the future.
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No Transactional Power. Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. You consequently don’t have any transactional power : You cannot tell people what to do; you cannot assign tasks to them; and you are typically not in a position to offer a bonus, pay raise, or other incentives.
Excerpts from our conversation with 2019’s TPMAS winner of The Best Product Turnaround, David Clements. Watch now and see why they are counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Product Management Awards 2020 has begun!
Watch on YouTube | Listen on Soundcloud | View other Mindset episodes. Rosemary King welcomes Tristan Kromer to Mindset. A lean startup coach and founder of innovation consultancy Kromatic – Tristan also currently serves on the ice cream innovation board at Unilever! In this episode, Tristan and Rosemary discuss product intuition, the art of prioritisation, managing your HiPPOs, and draw from their own experiences and expertise to answer questions from the Mind the Product community.
Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.
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As a product leader, what qualities do you need to cultivate to be able to ensure your team performs to the best of its abilities? Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about teams – what is a team, team formation and development, cross-functional teams , and leading teams. I think we can all agree that not all teams, or organisations in which teams form and operate, are equal, so there is no single template to follow.
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If you live on Earth, you’re at risk for catching the COVID-19 virus. If you live on Earth and you work on a product team in an office, you’re probably about to work from home–if you aren’t already doing so. Here are some tips for keeping yourself and your team fit, sane and productive during your (hopefully temporary) retreat from the workplace. 1.
Mind the Product has launched a new training workshop for product leaders on mapping. I meet a lot of product people – product managers, product owners, agile coaches, scrum masters, business analysts, project managers – and I’ve learned that there are a couple of constants, whatever the title or role. Namely that each of these roles performs an ever-evolving mix of tasks and that most product people want to understand how to progress.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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