Test-n-Tell.com - making product decisions

Sometimes you find yourself in a leadership product role with the task to radically improve your product. But what if you discover that your product team is not up to the task?

Reading Marty Cagan's article on PM problem areas, one particularly caught my attention - optimization versus innovation. Numerous product managers face this problem. Sometimes the choice is clear (a startup building their first product), some other times it's a struggle (a mature company with multiple products).

Are we aware of the impact our work has on our community, on our society? Do we assume any responsibility or just focused on our business goals?

What differentiates good products from great products? Why we often choose a certain product from many similar alternatives?

Travelling as a product manager is always fun. You are trying so many products that any trip becomes a market research exercise. Especially useful is to travel to different continents to see and try local products. That what happened to me when I landed in Tokyo.