According to a recent Harvard Business Review cover story, itÕs rarely useful to give feedback to colleagues. The authors argue that constructive criticism wonÕt help people excel and that, when you highlight someoneÕs shortcomings, you actually hinder their learning. They…
Our time is the most precious asset we have. Therefore, we must use it in a way to maximize it.
In 2005, Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, a book by Professors W. Chan Kim and Rnee Mauborgne, launched a revolution in business strategy. After all, which firm would not…
What are the essential tools and software for product managers in 2020? Update your gear with this tailored guide and make your product management tools shine!
Whether startup or established business, the most common growth strategy for entrepreneurs is to create new offerings. Most attempt to create minimum viable products (MVPs). However, no business can grow merely by creating new products or services. Even if the…
Whether youÕre officially quarantined or simply self-isolating, there is plenty of free time which can be put to a good use. Luckily, thereÕs an abundance of documentaries to stream on Netflix. As an entrepreneur, no matter how much you think…
Product pricing is a critical component of product positioning and critical to business performance. The pricing should be designed with intention and be linked with the overall business strategy.
A Playbook for Sustaining an Enterprise-grade Remote Work Environment
An outstanding resume is absolutely critical for any product manager. After all, product managers are products Ð for us to successfully sell ourselves as products, we must signal our value, and resumes are one of the most effective ways to…
With more than 2 Billion monthly users in over 180 countries, WhatsApp is a product that continues to excite me as a user as well as an aspiring consumer-tech Product Manager interested in building and scaling products.
Firstly, for those that havenÕt heard about it, RADIUS is a social innovation hub based out of the Beedie School of Business, SFU, and located in the heart of Vancouver at the Charles Chang Innovation Centre.
One of the biggest questions that product people face when it comes to roadmaps is which elements to include
According to Captain Kirk, ÒIntuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative.Ó Would Spock call that illogical? Maybe. But that is part of what made Kirk and Spock such a great duo throughout the Star Trek series and movies
I recently led a mentoring session where we discussed the topic of writing effective memos. While the group was mostly developers, some of the takeaways from the discussion are universally applicable across all trades, especially product managers.
On some of the product management groups and in online conversations, I have seen the term Data Product Manager become more popular in the past couple years.
