A look into the confusion surrounding what is product management and ways to transition to the PM world. — Understanding what a product manager does is the biggest mystery in our industry. A search on “What is a Product Manager” on Google returns millions of results. Search it on Medium, and you’ll land on hundreds of articles. What made the product manager role so hard to pin down? While…

As a product creator, have you ever worked in a company that seems to operate like a feature factory? One that throws out new features so quickly that there’s no time for validation, quality checks, or even considering the overall user experience? — I’ve had some exciting reactions on this topic over the past few days. Even if you are not a PM, you can get the impression of receiving mixed signals from the brand or the product itself. …

Growth product managers are now a mainstay of Silicon Valley, but what do they do, how do they work, and what value do they bring? Read to learn more about a vital product role. — Sean Ellis coined the term “growth hacking” in 2010 to describe the use of low-cost, customer-centric, and data-led initiatives to quickly acquire and keep customers. Silicon Valley behemoths, including Uber, Pinterest, and Airbnb, used the growth hacking methodology in their infancy.

Mastering First Impressions: Essential Tips for Product Leaders — We arrive at a new job, place, or building with a new team. We might be the first PM or one of many PMs on the product team. No matter the situation, we first meet our manager. Then we meet the others and the scrum team we’ll work with. …

It might as well stand for ‘Not Particularly Solid,’ because this metric is the victim of some serious design flaws. — Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a metric that has long captivated the business world. Its allure lies in its plain simplicity. It promises the capture of customer loyalty in a single number. This perception is a double-edged sword-deceptively straightforward yet flawed in its ability to offer actionable insights.

Tech Debt Part Two — Going Deeper into Product and Business Debt and the Ripple Effect on the Organisation — In the first part of the article, I define what tech debt is and its origin. I also highlighted it extends beyond developers, software development practice, engineering or architecture issues. As such, it’s crucial for us as leaders and members of organizations to broaden our perspective on debt and how…

We all remember the movie Minority Report. Tom Cruise is accessing data at his fingertips. The data is helping him predict and act on it before anything happens. The most impressive thing about this movie from 2002 was the effort put into creating the world. This was not explained in…

What is Digital Leadership, and ways we can break the wall of misunderstanding between business and technology. — In 2021, digital transformation spending reached 1.59 trillion $. By 2026, it is expected to reach 3.4 trillion. Companies are pressured to change based on the broader context and global events. As one of my articles said, we don’t evolve in a vacuum but as part of an ecosystem. …

“Focus on one project at a time.” — It is one piece of advice you’ll often hear. It’s an advice I’ve frequently heard in my life as well. However, I’ve never applied it to my professional or personal life. I’ve started multiple projects while continuing to work on my contracts. On top of that, I’ve been exploring multiple…