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?
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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.
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.
