PRODUCTHEAD: Not binary but a sliding scale » “Sometimes the answer is to literally make a list of features and ship them” » When your organisation doesn’t ‘get product’, it may be your approach to product management that needs to flex imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt

PRODUCTHEAD: More isn’t necessarily better » When money is tighter, product people need a better grasp of the financials » AI may increase lines of code created, but also lengthens code reviews imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #financials #strategy #roadmap

PRODUCTHEAD: How is your work perceived? » Do you actively encourage people to tell you when your strategy isn’t working? » How others perceive how product management is working is just as important imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #assumptions #perception

PRODUCTHEAD: Avoiding putting people in boxes » Personality, skills and values are interpreted differently in different contexts » Cultural norms can make it harder for teams to communicate effectively without conflict imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #culturalnorms

PRODUCTHEAD: Product positioning in the age of AI » When markets are evolving so quickly, your product positioning may need to evolve with them » The fundamental assumptions underpinning your strategy must be verified o… imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #positioning #strategy

🌟 FRESH on I Manage Products: Chess is easier when you can see the board A Wardley Map is to corporate strategy what a chessboard is to players. imanageproducts.com/96-chess… #prodmgmt #wardleyMapping #strategy

PRODUCTHEAD: I’m finally beginning to understand Wardley Mapping » Strategy without a map is like chess without a board » There are economic and competitor patterns that affect your strategy whether you want them to … imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #wardleyMapping #strategy

PRODUCTHEAD: Dealing with change » People change their own minds, you don’t do it for them » Behind a defensive reaction are concerns – start there » Push the open door – make allies of the people amenable to the change imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #change #behavior

PRODUCTHEAD: Evals are just another rabbit hole » Evals are your way to check your AI is behaving » Writing evals is a task a PM can do, but shouldn’t » With AI, “done” becomes a calibration about an acceptable variance in output imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #AI #evals

PRODUCTHEAD: Theory versus practice » ‘Good’ product practice is boring – good and useful progress without drama » So you can build your own digital services. What’s next? » Corporate values can be more revealing than … imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #postdigital #behavior

PRODUCTHEAD: Understanding our defaults » We have 4 behavioural defaults: emotion, ego, social and inertia imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #behavior

PRODUCTHEAD: To build or not to build? » AI means product people should focus more on discovery and go-to-market » AI opens the door for product people to become product builders (A range of views this week on PRODUCTHEAD) imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #building #genAI

PRODUCTHEAD: The SaaSpocalypse ends not with a bang, but a whimper » The SaaSpocalypse won’t kill off vendors, but they will have to change their pricing strategy » There is an opportunity to exploit higher usage driv… imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #pricing #pricingstrategy

PRODUCTHEAD: Organisational norms, behaviours and business models » Open and sustainable dialogue across roles leads to greater organisational coherence » An organisation’s business model solidifies over time imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #norms #behaviors

PRODUCTHEAD: Managing up and down » Go-to-market execs won’t hear you unless you speak in currency symbols » Your manager can’t advocate for you if you don’t brief them imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #managingup #moneystories

A go-to-market strategy isn’t an afterthought to an upcoming product launch. It's about where value exchanges occur, and making them more frequent, consistent and predictable. imanageproducts.com/95-how-t… #prodmgmt #gotomarket #gtm #strategy #productmarketing

PRODUCTHEAD: Moats and bridges » When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure » Product, market, model and channel must all fit together to be successful imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #genAI #moat

PRODUCTHEAD: AI usage and the ‘bottleneck’ » In complex human systems the constraint is often policy, mindset, or coordination, not a single bottleneck » Being the “human in the loop” means having genuine authority, time to… imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #genAI #bottleneck

PRODUCTHEAD: Who doesn’t love a good manifesto? » AI is forcing us to adapt how we work in the face of greater information flow » However, this doesn’t mean we abandon the fundamental guiding principles of our discipline imanageproducts.com/producth… #prodmgmt #manifesto #principles

PRODUCTHEAD: What does ‘done’ even mean these days? » With AI, shipping a product is not ‘done’, it’s the start of testing whether its behaviour is acceptable » Staff-facing products are about tasks, decisi… #prodmgmt #definitionofdone #operatingmodel imanageproducts.com/producth…