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Trust - the currency of leadership

  Here's a lesson I learned relatively late in my career - when it comes to leadership there is only one thing that truly matters - do you have the trust?
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3 reasons B2B products are worse than B2C

  Anyone who has tried using B2B or corporate software can probably attest - on average it's worse than B2C, consumer apps. Let's look into some reasons why it is so.

Impact mapping for career

  Impact mapping is a powerful technique PMs can use to improve collaboration and communication within their organisations. Moreover, this visual method can help product people plan and advance their careers.

Impact mapping for communication

  In every organisation, if people working there care in the slightest, there will be multiple opinions on what to do. As PMs, we need to collect all this info, synthesise and prioritise it. Then we need to communicate back efficiently and keep everyone aligned.

Impact mapping for collaboration

  Most companies are full of people with good ideas. More good ideas than resources to realise them. Hence the problem for most companies is how to prioritise and align the organisation so everyone pulling in the same direction.

Impact mapping - description and applications

  Impact mapping is a versatile tool that should be in every PM's pocket. You can apply impact mapping to better communicate, collaborate and eventually reach better results for your product and organisation.

To manage products or product managers?

  Every dedicated product professional who has been lucky to work in a growing organisation will eventually need to choose: either to remain an individual contributor or move to manage people. This might be a tough choice for some. What if you're not sure what path is better for you?

You can't scale it - the reason your product failed

  How could you simultaneously succeed and fail with your product? Unfortunately, this is easy and common. You can make a product that works for a few, but not for the many.