Helping product managers become product masters.
Product managers and innovators want more influence in an organization so they can better create value for customers. Without influence, we can't build support for our ideas and convince others to help us. Influence also allows us to be more strategic in our work, which is the same thing executive leaders want from …
[Read more...] about TEI 124: Business design for product managers – with Jay Peters
Listen to the Interview The role of product management is encompassing more design and the need to integrate design capabilities into the product team. It is a topic that Latif Nanji is passionate about, along with designing products customers love. Latif is the CEO of Roadmunk, which creates road mapping software …
[Read more...] about TEI 108: Communicating design in product management – with Latif Nanji
I've been highlighting aspects of Design Thinking in several episodes and I continue with this episode that considers how idea generation can be improved using design heuristics. I discussed the topic with Seda Yilmaz, a professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Iowa State University. She earned her PhD in …
I am doing another interview in my Design Thinking series and the topic of this episode is the impact of moving design principles into what is commonly called the Fuzzy Front End (FFE). I personally prefer the term Managed Front End, because, while it is fuzzy, full of unknowns and chaotic at times, it is also …
There is a great TED talk by Steven Johnson titled "Where Good Ideas Come From." Steven shares the importance of coffeehouses and how many innovations we recognize that took shape through discussions in coffeehouses. Interestingly, I met today's guest, Larry Marine, at a coffee shop. I heard him discussing product …
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. 
