How to Learn a New Product as a PM: Advanced Tips
While I’m still getting to grips with my new writing cadence, I’m in the process of figuring out what best to write about and how. Thankfully, the process was made somewhat easier this week when I saw a question asking how best to get onboarded with a new product as a product Manager. I figured […]
On Signals & Noise
Most days, while I’m fresh, and with a jug of freshly brewed black coffee to hand, I try to fit in three hours or so of deep work. Before I can do that though, I need to check my emails…
On Unplanned Work
Picture this: You have a plan for a thing your team needs to accomplish. It’s quite complicated. And you’ve planned extensively for it. It’s a cross-functional, multi-phased programme of works, with numerous milestones and dependencies. The plan is somewhat tricky…
How to Handle Change in Your Team
Something I’ve been thinking about recently is how best to adapt to newcomers on your team; particularly when they have authority over you (i.e. a new “boss” or manager), or when they’re moving the goalposts of your current working practices.…
How to get Product Management Stuff Done in the Face of an Endless Barrage of Other Demands and Firefighting Activities
One of the questions that frequently comes up within the large team of product managers within which I work is, given all of the other problems, issues, questions and tasks I have to deal with day-to-day as a product manager,…