Outside of a company’s senior executives, the product line owner is probably the one person whose performance is most highly correlated with the overall success of a company. Distinct from the product development manager, who primarily works with engineers building
The Challenge of Being Three Different People
One of the challenges of being a product leader is that different stakeholders are looking to you for different things. The three most prominent groups of stakeholders include: Internal teams like sales, marketing and engineering who are looking to you
Being the Coach and the Lead Blocker
As those who’ve read this blog for any period of time can attest, I often find myself reflecting on what it means to be a leader. It seems that each new project and each new responsibility helps give me new
Being Accountable
We’ve all seen the chart. It looks like this. RASCI. It’s a model for how to run projects in complex organizations. Different people take different roles along the RASCI spectrum. Responsible means you’re on the hook for doing most of
If I Were Dennis Crowley…
Over the past few weeks I’ve found that my usage of the Foursquare app has been waning. It’s not on purpose, but as Foursquare makes the big push to split their app into two separate ones — Swarm (for check-ins)
Which Game are You Playing – Pick15 or Tic-Tac-Toe?
Today I set out on my last training run for next weekend’s Brooklyn Half Marathon. Usually I run with Miranda, but since she’s away this weekend I brought The Design Of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman on audiobook to
Sticky Business Models
Just a quick thought for this week. With a few weddings coming up this Spring and Summer (including mine), I’ve recently taken an increased interest in suits and formalwear. Shopping around this weekend for a few items to fill in
Do Less, Accomplish More
This morning Miranda and I set out on a 10-mile run as part of our training for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. The sun was shining, the trees were in bloom, and the weather was warm. All around, the perfect day
Rework – Lessons in Product Management
This week I read Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Overall – amazing book. (And it was a breeze to get through after nearly 700 pages of Ray Kurzweil – see my post two weeks back on The
Product Management and Needs vs. Wants
It’s been roughly three months since I’ve had consistently hot showers in the morning at the gym. When the hot water first started acting up, I complained and complained – every day I’d say something to the manager of the