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Here are the books that have had the biggest impact on my product thinking. I will add to these as people make recommendations and I continue to learn. On Product, Strategy, & Marketing What Customers Want (Anthony Ulwick) Jobs To Be Done (Anthony Ulwick) Managing Product Management (Steven Haines) The Product Manager’s Desk Reference (Steven…

Product people need to balance thinking and doing in order to do their jobs effectively (see The Art of Balancing Thinking & Doing). Yet despite this, most roles are defined only through what someone is accountable to doing without including what someone is accountable to thinking about. This presents a…

For product teams who want to drive better outcomes — One big misconception is that product people (and entrepreneurs in general) are the ultimate “doers” of the world. People glorify the bold actions and the fast decisions, but all of this obscures the more subtle part of effective product people, which is all of the thinking that had to happen…

These are quotes & ideas I think about regularly to ground myself. Most of these are quotes from others. A few of them I have adjusted or changed to make more sense to me. I gave credit in the places where I could find the original writer. …

Product Management is the craft of building the right things. Part of this craft is about (1) discovering and (2) delivering these right things. But a third, and less discussed, part of this craft is about correctly defining what “right” even means in the first place. My own product thinking…

What is an A-Player? I have been humbled by how difficult it can be to accurately predict if someone will end up being an A-Player before hiring them. I have hired people who I thought were going to be rockstars, who weren’t. And I have hired people who I didn’t think were rockstars, who…