We’re seeing a change in management styles, and it’s about time. As a leader myself, in both a product manager and CEO capacity, I am thrilled to be riding this renaissance wave on how leaders should be managing their teams. This shift has been in the wings for far too long, failing to take center […]
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We’re seeing a change in management styles, and it’s about time. As a leader myself, in both a product manager and CEO capacity, I am thrilled to be riding this renaissance wave on how leaders should be managing their teams. This shift has been in the wings for far too long, failing to take center […]
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Just about every team in the world has had the breath knocked out of them. Some will adapt and change to this new reality, while others simply won’t make it through. Some will spot opportunities to ride the tailwinds and come out on top. I ache for the losses that the world is seeing, both […]
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Our world, as product managers, is filled with making decisions. And, making decisions means making trade-offs. Trade-offs so often means taking on tech debt, design debt and other types of debt. This can be a dilemma for companies, especially if it stacks up too much. This presentation explores how to address the uncomfortable topic of […]
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Our world, as product managers, is filled with making decisions. And, making decisions means making trade-offs. Trade-offs so often means taking on tech debt, design debt and other types of debt. This can be a dilemma for companies, especially if it stacks up too much. This presentation explores how to address the uncomfortable topic of […]
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In this talk, delivered at ProductTank, London, Janna Bastow talks about the journey to finding Product/Market Fit. This includes what to look for, how to measure it, and how not to be fooled along the way. Product/Market Fit is a popular topic among growing startups, but it’s vastly misunderstood. That’s probably because it’s a made […]
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As a new decade starts, I want to reflect on the advent and growth of something truly important in our industry: the lean roadmap for product managers. This is the story of how it was invented in a cafe in south London. Years ago, when I started as a junior product manager, I fell into […]
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In this presentation, our CEO and Co-founder, Janna Bastow, talks about why vanity metrics are a blight on your business. So, how do you avoid these and other pitfalls that will lead your company to doom? Avoiding the Pitfalls of Vanity Metrics from Janna Bastow When we talk about vanity metrics, we mean that pile […]
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I recently tweeted about timeline roadmaps saying they had to go. It’s something I’ve said in the past on conference stages, webinars, podcasts, Twitter, and elsewhere. I even wrote about it in my Mind the Product blog post, Lean Strategies for Maturing Products. So, when people replied to my tweet with questions I figured a […]
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Janna Bastow explains why ProdPad is proud to be joining the Global Climate Strike on Friday. Young people have such power to inspire change. When I first heard about Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future school strikes, I was inspired by her passion to tackle climate change. I was also disheartened by the negative […]
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