“I wish my leadership team would pick one strategy.” “I wish my engineering team would contribute ideas to our project.” “I wish our user experience team would ask for my […]
What Your Product Team Says About Your Company Values
Are you committed to creating a great user experience? Do you believe in data-driven product development? Are you motivated to create products that your customers love? I’m guessing most of […]
Take a Team Approach to Product Delivery
Jim, like many product mangers, spends most of his day with his engineering team. He clarifies requirements, triages bugs, and seeks out hidden dependencies. Sally, on the other hand, spends […]
Your Title Doesn’t Matter
If you’ve been reading Product Talk for long, you’ve probably noticed that I sometimes blur the lines between product management and user experience design. I started out as an interaction […]
My Favorite Books Read in 2014
I’ve read 60 books (so far) this year. These were my favorites. If you like these reviews, I’ll be launching a blog after the new year about the books that […]
The Power of Gratitude
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Good food? Gratitude? Friends and family? Yes, please. A few years ago I decided I didn’t want gratitude to be a once-a-year holiday. Instead I wanted […]
What’s the Controversy Over the Facebook Social Contagion Study?
A lot of people are up in arms about a research study that was published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). I’m […]
The Habit of Feeling Super Human
It’s 3 weeks into the new year, how are your resolutions looking? Have you already fallen off the wagon? Are you starting to slip? Or are you still going strong? […]
