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27
Aug
1970s-style illustrated poster featuring Snowman, his truck, and the bold title “Snowman and the Retro.”

Snowman and the Retro: Talking About the Good Times in Product Teams

I still remember one retro where the room felt heavy. The board filled quickly with complaints, frustrations, and missed expectations.
2 min read
29
Jul
The Feedback Flywheel: Why Customer Success Is a Critical Strategic Input for Product

The Feedback Flywheel: Why Customer Success Is a Critical Strategic Input for Product

Customer Success isn’t just about support - it’s one of Product’s most valuable strategic partners. In many
2 min read
15
Jul
Speaking the Same Language: How Product and Customer Success Align on Delivering Customer Value

Speaking the Same Language: How Product and Customer Success Align on Delivering Customer Value

I once had a boss – a VP of Product – share an adage he picked up from one of his mentors.
3 min read
24
Apr
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Product: The Management – Villian Edition

Card battles, childhood nostalgia, and villains that live in your roadmap This weekend, while doing some spring cleaning, I came
4 min read
09
Apr
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Are You Using the Right Metrics or Just Chasing Stats?

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Are You Using the Right Metrics or Just Chasing Stats?

In 1995’s Batman Forever, Jim Carrey's Riddler taunts Bruce Wayne (Val Kimer RIP) with the iconic line:
6 min read
01
Apr
A man climbs a candy-covered mountain with gumdrops, candy canes, and frosting, in a colorful 3D world.

Climbing the Product Candy Mountain: How to Get to the Core Problem with Jobs to Be Done

I recently watched O Brother, Where Art Thou?, starring George Clooney, John Tuturro and Time Blake Nelson.  It’s an
3 min read
25
Mar
What Monopoly (and Hugh Grant) Can Teach Us About Product Iteration

What Monopoly (and Hugh Grant) Can Teach Us About Product Iteration

In Heretic, a 2024 psychological horror thriller, Hugh Grant plays a chilling villain named Mr. Reed—a twisted blend of
5 min read
18
Mar
Team Members Managing their project tasks.

Taming the Chaos: How WIP Limits Transformed My Product Backlog

When I started my product journey, a college friend told me to read The Phoenix Project. The similarities between that
3 min read
08
Mar
The 2x2 Matrix: A Go-To Framework for Feature Prioritization

The 2x2 Matrix: A Go-To Framework for Feature Prioritization

My Introduction to a Simple Yet Powerful Tool Once upon a time, while working at Fiserv, my team and I
2 min read

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