Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerLayoffs and the future of tech jobsThere is a lot of doomerism about product, tech and design at the moment. I hardly go a day without seeing multiple articles and posts on…May 7May 7
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerTrust, trust proxies and team productivityTLDR; PMs are often saddled with generating the proxies for trust within our organisations. Building trust in teams is essential to…Jan 14Jan 14
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerEffective and Efficient Decision MakingTLDR; Don’t become distracted by future decisions that don’t deliver value right now.Jan 1Jan 1
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerStrategy in product — Quite different from a roadmap or a plan.“Strategy” is a word that gets said a lot. “Strategic insights” are found in data, “Strategy meetings” are held for hours, and work is…Feb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerThe Written Documents Framework — Or how to do less PowerPoint and justify it to your bossTLDR; PowerPoint is bad. Live, written documents are good. This is a framework for setting them up and using them effectivelyFeb 11, 2023Feb 11, 2023
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerProduct hymn sheets — An approach to aligning stakeholdersTLDR; Use one universal doc for projects, particularly for complex ones where you must bring many stakeholders together around one vision.Nov 28, 2022Nov 28, 2022
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerA Product Manager’s road to burnout — The collaboration overhead problem and how to fix itWhy do Product Managers get so burnt out?Apr 10, 2022Apr 10, 2022
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerThe biggest myth about Slack — that it’s asynchronousTLDR; Your slack messages are distracting your team, be mindful about what you send, when you send it, and who you send it to.Jan 4, 2022Jan 4, 2022
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerSimple habit changes for more productive morningsTLDR; Break a habit by charging your phone away from your bedroom.Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021
Tom CatnachinThe Productive Product ManagerUse your Slack status for remote deep work 🔵TLDR; Set your slack icon to 🔵 and the message to “Deep work - Back at about hh:mm”Dec 12, 20211Dec 12, 20211