I stole this title line from someone on Twitter much more comically nimble than I, but I just couldn’t resist. As many of you know, the members of the B2B Product Makers team are working on ProductCamp Chicago. I’m on the committee that is organizing the event, Thierry is going to be presenting on leadership [...]
When it comes to innovation, I have been guilty of thinking only in one dimension. I have mostly focused only on new features and functionality changes in my products that differentiate it from the competition. I know I am not the only product manager with this limitation.
However, not envisioning a new initiative as a whole [...]
From my experience, value-based pricing is one of the most often used, yet least understood concepts in product management. While deceptively simple on the surface, most product managers have trouble turning it into something concrete. Sure it makes sense that a good product should provide value to the customer, but trying to get a handle [...]
In this economy, you spend so much time trying to find and land a Product Management position. So what happens when you get an opportunity? How should you decide if you are going to take a job or not? There are a few factors that we consider when we look at a possible position.
Respect: When [...]
It is a well-known fact that new ideas come from your customers, partners, analysts, competitors and other industry influencers. Like it or not, your company looks upon the product management organization to organize these ideas.
But how can a very busy product manager transform the “idea machine” into a fast, fair and simple, yet transparent process?
Remember [...]