Product Leadership Beyond the Roadmap
This post is an update to my 2024 article “Mastering Product Management with Coursera: The Top 5 Courses for Every Career Stage.” Unfortunately, Coursera has since discontinued free auditing for most courses, making it difficult for learners to access quality content without upfront payment. edX remains a strong alternative that still offers free audit access…
When people talk about digital transformation, they usually mean legacy technologies waiting to be replaced by newer, more efficient ones – mainframe systems moving to the cloud, physical business models finding a digital equivalent. The list of examples is long and familiar. And the discussions surrounding them are almost always reactive: they begin when digital…
Few things in product management are as difficult – or as essential – as achieving alignment. Every company says it wants to be “customer-centric,” yet teams often end up working toward subtly different interpretations of who that customer really is. Marketing runs campaigns that attract volume but not fit. Sales closes deals that stretch the…
In the fast-paced, often chaotic world of product management, where priorities shift like sand and stakeholders change their minds faster than market trends, ancient philosophy might seem like an unlikely source of guidance. Yet the teachings of Stoicism—a philosophical school founded in Athens around 300 BCE—offer profound insights for today’s product managers navigating uncertainty, pressure,…
“Show me the money!” – Rod Tidwell Though Tom Cruise is certainly not without criticism, Jerry Maguire remains one of my all-time favorite films and, arguably, Cruise’s finest performance (yes—even better than Maverick in Top Gun). Rod Tidwell’s iconic line, “Show me the money!” isn’t just about monetary reward; in the film, it symbolizes the…
Staying updated with the latest trends, insights, and innovations is crucial for product managers navigating the ever-evolving tech landscape. With an abundance of online resources, it can be overwhelming to identify the best sources of news. Here’s a curated list of the top platforms that provide valuable content for product managers, from blogs and newsletters…