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November 18, 2024

PRODUCTHEAD: Minimalist product strategy

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

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Balancing opportunity with strategy in the midst of competing distractions is hard

You wouldn’t let genAI write your product strategy without checking it, right?

Product strategy discovery focuses on the problem space

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Published on November 18, 2024 02:32

November 13, 2024

Is coding in the open right for your organisation?

One of the design principles that underpinned the digital renaissance in UK government was — and still is — ‘Make things open: it makes things better’.

For this article, I’ve focused specifically on the ‘coding in the open’ part. I’ll cover how it benefits public sector organisations, and how — in the right circumstances — it can yield a strategic advantage to commercial organisations also.

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Published on November 13, 2024 02:03

November 11, 2024

PRODUCTHEAD: Strategy toolkit, disappointment and behavioural change

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

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Strategy is a coherent set of choices about what we’re going to do to achieve our vision

Negotiating estimates ultimately leads to disappointment — it will still take as long as it was going to

The necessary conditions for any behaviour to be enacted include capabilit...

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Published on November 11, 2024 02:32

November 4, 2024

PRODUCTHEAD: The 3 pillars of product ops

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

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Product ops is an enabling function that streamlines the logistics of product management

It is particularly valuable in larger organisations with fragmented product practices

Product ops is just as focused on context as product management is

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Published on November 04, 2024 02:32

October 30, 2024

How do you ensure success as a freelance product manager on a short engagement?

This is one of the questions I was asked during a recent interview with Liam Smith about my experiences working as a freelance product manager.

In contrast with permanent employment, the game changes a great deal when you know you’re only going to be in role for a relatively short period of time. That means you should think about two specific things: how you can deliver value as quickly as possible, and how to ensure you do at least the one main thing they brought you in to do.

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Published on October 30, 2024 03:32

October 28, 2024

PRODUCTHEAD: Negotiating freelance day rates

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

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Companies hire freelancers because they need to address a specific issue or are not ready to commit to a full-time hire

Excel by being a problem-solver — pay close attention to potential clients’ challenges

Don’t apologise to your client for your (hopefu...

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Published on October 28, 2024 03:32

October 21, 2024

PRODUCTHEAD: This too shall pass

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

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A pursuit of job stability can easily translate into an unproductive ‘inertia’ instead

Self-sealing arguments are no-win situations: every defence you make is co-opted the by other party as evidence you’re wrong

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Published on October 21, 2024 02:32

October 16, 2024

DevRel and Product Management with Jock Busuttil on the Voxgig podcast

Richard Rodger runs Voxgig, a company that provides developer relations (DevRel) tools and services. He kindly invited me back on to his Fireside podcast to chat about the similarities and common challenges in product management and DevRel.

We cover topics including:

» Learning product management by soundbite and from stories that gloss over the messy context has given a generation of product managers a superficial understanding of their craft.

» Why we’re finding it hard to communi...

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Published on October 16, 2024 02:26

Podcast: Voxgig Fireside with Jock Busuttil

Richard Rodger runs Voxgig, a company that provides developer relations (DevRel) tools and services. He kindly invited me back on to his Fireside podcast to chat about the similarities and common challenges in product management and DevRel.

We cover topics including:

» Learning product management by soundbite and from stories that gloss over the messy context has given a generation of product managers a superficial understanding of their craft.

» Why we’re finding it hard to communi...

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Published on October 16, 2024 02:26

October 14, 2024

PRODUCTHEAD: The backlash against the Spotify Model

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

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The Spotify Model was only ever a snapshot in time at Spotify

It existed in the context of a company whose leadership valued trust, self-organisation and change

As Spotify grew, it failed to strike the right balance between autonomy and collaboration

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Published on October 14, 2024 02:32

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