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The company’s collaborative environment is vital in developing digital products and services.

Sometimes various functions of the business may seem annoying: legal advisors may be stubborn, financiers may be too intrusive, and marketers - too aggressive. But the challenges they can bring to the table are invaluable for the business to thrive... read more

Working with data is essential in gaining insights for product development. Without analytics, product-related decisions are nothing but a hypothesis, speculation or hunch. Sometimes you may be lucky to hit the jackpot, but there is an equal risk in introducing budget waste, team demotivation or even reputational losses for your company. To minimize such risks, your actions should be backed up with data ... read more

Authentic leadership is never about a leader but about the way how the team uncovers its potential under the proper influence. A self-oriented mindset focused on own capabilities can do a disservice to the product manager, derailing the team’s performance and leading to a burning out ... read more

Modern culture has been revolving around success for a long time. So many people are obsessed with it that sometimes I think they are a part of an “Achievement’s witnesses” cult. You can find many beautiful stories on social media, but mistakes and hardships are often smoothed out or omitted for the catchy picture. And yet, they are an integral part of the whole experience ... read more

Prioritization is a core function that a product manager has to perform. Building a structured list of tasks to accommodate a stable feature delivery and satisfy stakeholders’ expectations is not enough. A product manager must consider the product mission and its key values and ensure that all team members share them. The concept of how we score features must be clear to everyone ... read more

Leadership is over-glorified.
While reviewing my old notes on digital behavioral psychology, I stumbled on a decade-old video. It is a simple yet insightful demonstration of leadership concepts ... read more

Managing the information related to your product may be a headache. Different documents may be scattered in various places. When the time will come to answer a question from your team, stakeholder or a sponsor, it may take too long searching for the right answer that might be written somewhere ... read more

Environment plays a significant role in maintaining skills of a product manager.

If the company culture is rigid, defying or shortsighted, too much inner resources are spent on dealing with outer challenges rather that searching for opportunities to solve user problems ... read more

Visualization is an important aspect of conveying your ideas. Complexity of your ideas might be a barrier for the team leaving a room for speculations. That may lead to wrong implementation or unfulfilled expectations ... read more

Agile implementation is a topic that breeds many reactions, from denial to adoration. According to the Global State of Enterprise Agile report in 2021, the agile adoption rate skyrocketed to 86% during the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost 2/3 of the respondents saw benefits of the new approach, and yet they faced multiple challenges ... read more

Self-education is the cornerstone of the professionalism.
For the last 20 years, technological progress has advanced tremendously. You ought to keep up the pace to be always up to date in your job (especially in IT) ... read more

In the previous post I mentioned that a product manager ought to be a jack of all trades. I defined for myself a list of fields in which it is important to develop (it is not a short one) and what I will cover in the future ... read more

Digital product and services creation is inspiring. It requires you to be a jack of all trades. Like a skillful bartender that has multiple tools, ingredients, and techniques, one had to mix and balance them properly in order to satisfy customer demands ... read more