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5 Phases of Product Innovation & Management

Product innovation and management are key capabilities for developing successful scalable, digital products. But if you're new to product innovation and management, building the processes and competencies you need to be successful can be overwhelming. For example, should you start by improving your voice of the customer skills or Agile project management skills or product usage analytics skills or all of the above?

How Innovative is Your Organization?

Need Your Team To Move Faster?

My recent executive conversations have a common theme - speed. Specifically, they all want their teams to move faster.

Should I Hire a Product Manager?

How Do I Create a Culture of Innovation? Hint: It Takes More Than a Ping Pong Table

The companies I work with are usually B2B, knowledge-based companies (such as professional services firms) that are trying to develop new technology-enabled products—something outside their core product set. To do so requires them to think differently about how they work and how they create value for their customers.

It requires innovation.

The 3 Cs of Cannibalization: A Product Strategy Primer

“If I give this new product to my current sales team to sell, it might eat away my existing business.”

We hear this a lot.

Learning To Be Great PM’s in Cincinnati

On the last day of February, Cincinnatian’s overcame freezing temperatures, grid locked traffic, and gusts of wind, hail, and snow, to attend a Women in Product Cincinnati event hosted by 84.51°, in downtown Cincinnati.

Turning Customized Services into Scalable Products: Where to Start

Many professional services firms have one or more of the following growth strategies:

“Productizing” existing services
Creating more scalable, renewable service offerings
Building or buying a software platform to extend their service offering
Creating “FILL IN THE BLANK as a Service”

Creating Diverse Product Teams: What Works (and What Doesn't)

Yesterday I had the honor of speaking with a group of local leaders about how to create more inclusive work environments (thank you, GCHRA! ). We spent the morning discussing how diverse teams offer the ‘trifecta’ of great product management: more innovation , better problem solving , and greater customer empathy .

The Art of Thriving as a Woman in Product

This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at ProductCamp Cincinnati about helping more women succeed in product management roles. My recent trip to the annual Women in Product conference inspired me to start a local discussion about how to increase the number of women in product leadership roles.

The Pulse of Productization