Book Review: Atomic Habits – 3*
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 3 of 5 stars Great, easy to read refresher on…
Routines and Habits
There are a lot of books in the past few years about creating Habits. I had first understood the value of them from reading Awaken the Giant Within by Tony…
Petal Diagram Template
A couple years ago, after reading a post by Steve Blank on a new way to look at competition, I created a powerpoint template for a petal diagram. I've since…
Seeing the Trees as well as the Forest
In my alternate dream world, I live immersed in a world of arts and culture — traveling from gallery to gallery or show to show, allowing myself to get lost…
Book Review: The First 90 Days — 3*
The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins My rating: 3 of 5 stars An ok book -…
Podcast: Practicing Lean When You Aren’t A Startup
Lean Startup Company has been putting out one of my favorite podcasts on product management recently. Thank you Heather McGough for interviewing me for the recent one. It was a lot of fun!…
Looking in the Wrong Place
Often when I am working with teams, I am reminded of fables or stories that I was told as a child. The true nature of those stories weren't always obvious…
The 5 Hats of Product Management
Image courtesy of Bob Jagendorf, on Flickr One of the most misunderstood roles in the valley is that of a Product Manager. Depending upon which company you go to, and…
10 Things I learned while on Sabbatical
Well we’ve been back from our 8-month long sabbatical for a bit more than a month now and a considerable amount of time after returning has been spent reminiscing. A…
Do the impossible: Multitask (part 5 of 5)
Awesome - so now you’ve got your prioritizations, you know your time-slices, and you have your flags and notifications under control right? If you haven't read the previous articles, you…