Helping product managers move to product mastery
Can you answer this: What innovative product weighs less than five pounds, is increasingly popular with consumers, and uses no algorithms? Here’s a hint: The innovation is in the reinventing of its motor. If you guessed that the answer is Dyson’s latest vacuum cleaner, the DC59 Motorhead—a battery-operated whiz …
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If you’ve waited until now to dive into learning more about product development and innovation, you have great timing, especially if you are an entrepreneur. New research by Larry Downes and Paul Nunes suggests “startups can now begin life with products that are better and cheaper than those of incumbents—and right …
Fast Company named Netflix as one of their "Most Innovate Companies for 2014" and it’s no surprise. Netflix began their life as an innovator. Founded in 1997 and made public in 2002, Netflix has been shaping how we receive our in-home entertainment for nearly two decades. Their innovative approach to home delivery of …
Last week I wrote about a losing product development and management strategy – ignoring or misunderstanding a product’s ecosystem. The Apple iPod was not a market winner until iTunes contributed an essential element to the product’s ecosystem, which was adding music to the MP3 player in an easy and intuitive …
Let’s test your memory. What do you remember, if anything, about the Segway? The Sony Reader for e-books? Apple’s Newton PDA? There is a good reason why most people have difficulty recalling much about these products—although they were great innovations, they became market failures because the product ecosystem was …
The primary responsibilities for an organization are product management and innovation. They deliver value to customers. They're also exciting responsibilities for those properly equipped. That is my job - equipping product managers and innovators. 
