This post is being filed around 11:30. Sometimes you just have to show up. Even if it feels like nothing. In the grand scheme, what may seem like a big deal, isn’t. If nothing else, there is an “X” …
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Sail On
If you haven’t listened to it - take “Sail On” by the Commodores for a spin today. Delightful tune. Fits my mood for today. …
Labor Day – Short Dispatch
Happy Labor Day. Solidarity with the rights of the worker, anywhere, and everywhere. Rest when you can, support when you can. We are all we got. …
Starting From Scratch – One Two Three
Summer is ending. Fall is starting soon. What do you want to start? What do you want to finish? What is worth starting from scratch? …
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Back on the Horse, I Think
So, I’ve set up a writing nook, and I am going to give this daily writing thing a try again. This experience is interesting, because the nook is half done, and I am writing in the dark, even though …
Effective Teams Don’t Keep Secrets
There’s a difference between privacy, which is based on trust, and secrecy, which isn’t. To maximize your team’s potential, you need to foster privacy and eschew secrecy. Our mental spaces are …
You Need To Know When To Fire a Customer
We work so hard to build a customer base that we despair at the thought of ever losing one. But sometimes, your relationship has run its course, and it’s smarter to let them go. When you build a …
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Don’t Let Your Ego Drive Product Development
An ego-driven development process is a recipe for failure. Make sure your focus is on the customers and not yourself. Too many times I've heard this: “I know what the customer …
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A Discussion on Biases in Product Management
In this podcast broadcast, Adam Thomas a product manager, leader and coach appeared was live at Anchor FM and he discussed the Biases in Product Management and biases faced by product …
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Year in Review [2020]
This year was rough. No two ways about it, COVID 2020 was a source of pain for many of us. I leave this year with three fewer relatives, with almost every friend of mine hurting and dealing with …
How to never lose at the innovation roulette wheel
On this podcast broadcast, Adam Thomas a product manager, leader and coach was live at player.fm and shared some secrets that will keep you on the roulette wheel of innovation. He shared his …
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Within Our Gates: Nation Time with Adam Thomas
Within Our Gates is back! Adam Thomas was live at Soundcloud and he talked about the 1972 Film Nation Time Directed by William Greaves which documents the National Black Political Convention in Gary. …
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How to Onboard a Product Manager
So, you’ve made the hire. Congratulations — finding the right product manager who can help your team succeed is a huge burden off your shoulders. As a member of the welcoming committee, you well …
Chatbots: 3 Things for PMs to Watch Out For
Solving problems for customers, as product managers, is our most important job. The tools we use are there to help us find solutions to those problems. The increase of the use of AI in our products …
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3 Common Product Ops Pitfalls
Product operations (product ops), the product management discipline’s latest way to track and understand the inputs that drive product strategy, is important. Far too long companies have had it “easy” …
When IT Comes To AI, DON’T Get Trapped In The Magic Box
AI can be a powerful tool, but, ultimately, it’s just that: a tool. Make sure you understand its processes so that you’re the one in control of making product decisions. Computers are not …
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Great Product Managers Leverage Cognitive Bias
All humans are susceptible to cognitive biases. As a product manager, your job involves turning those weaknesses into strengths for the team. Product managers (PdM) don’t make anything. Well, …
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Exploring Three Cognitive Biases on Product Teams
In this podcast broadcast, Adam Thomas a product manager, leader and coach was live at Stitcher and he talked about 3 main cognitive biases in product teams and what we can do about them. He …
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Adam Thomas on making small hypotheses, and experimenting.
On this episode of live podcast Adam Thomas, "Product Person" (also known as "The Honorable Adam Thomas" ) at conormccarthy with Conor McCarthy (the host) talked on making small hypotheses, and …
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Product Talk with Adam Thomas: Decision Fatigue
In this podcast broadcast, Adam Thomas a product manager, leader and coach was live at Mosaeek and he talked about Decision Fatigue in products faced by product managers and teams and what …
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