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PRODUCTHEAD: Your favourite articles of 2021

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Good candidates have initiative and passion to pursue their opinions

The transition from product manager to leader requires many new skill sets

Discovery is about understanding the problem space experienced by people

Becoming a product leader means letting go of the day-to-day product management

Netflix on HR: “Be honest, and tr...

PRODUCTHEAD: Dear Santa …

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Get people to buy you stuff you actually want for Christmas :-)

5 touchstone books for product managers

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Even the most grinch-like among you will have to admit that Christmas (or as comedian...

PRODUCTHEAD: Incentives and behaviour

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Financial rewards alone for complex work can have the opposite of the intended effect

Even a small perceived penalty is enough to discourage experimentation, learning and success

A large part of our behaviour is influenced by our peer group

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PRODUCTHEAD: John Cutler’s North Star Metric

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Plans for the short and long term are often easier to define than those for the medium term (1-3 quarters)

A North Star Metric is a leading indicator of sustainable growth

It is the single metric that best captures the core value that your product delivers to customers

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PRODUCTHEAD: To specialise in product management?

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There are 4 emerging product manager specialisms

You can recruit different flavours of product manager by thinking along 3 axes

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83: 5 tips to ace your first impression at a new job

Because so much of product management is about working with people, it’s important to take time to reflect on the kind of first impression you make to those people. In this latest entry for my series of 100 things I’ve learned about product management, I share some coaching advice to help you make the best possible impression every time you start working somewhere new.

1. Small defining moments

Since the beginning of 2021, I’ve been joining serial entrepreneur Ray Rafiq on our podcast,...

PRODUCTHEAD: Prize winners / reinventing HR

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One of the things I don’t miss about my old jobs is HR. Just the name, “human resources”, sets out its stall as something that is only sees people as dehumanised workers feeding the corporate machine.

Much of company HR policy and procedure tends to fulfil two purpo...

PRODUCTHEAD: Dear younger me …

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This week Ken Norton published a lovely article and video about his advice for aspiring product managers. In particular I admire that he calls out his own privilege and exhorts everyone to ‘hold the door open’ for others, to actively encourage greater diversity in our ...

PRODUCTHEAD: Win a VIP ticket to #ProductCon Online

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I’m mixing things up a bit this week with a special offer for you. Product School have kindly given me some VIP tickets to their November #ProductCon Online, so I’m offering them to you.

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PRODUCTHEAD: Tsundoku (piles of books waiting to be read)

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Piles of books by experts in disciplines you’ll be working with on your product team

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If you’re anything like me, you probably have a pile of books sitting on a shelf, patiently w...