The Surprise We See Coming

Scenario planning, or applying our previous experience to likely outcomes, can help avoid some problems and shrink others. Product managers need to be looking out ahead.

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Is Apple the new Microsoft?

A decade ago, Microsoft owned the desktop OS market, and pushed users around a lot. Lately, it feels like Apple is working on their strategic agenda harder than they're working on mine.

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Podcast: Perspectives on Product Management

A Product That Counts podcast pulling together interviews from 5 product thinkers: what makes good products, good product managers, and scalable organizations

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Software Pricing Demystified

Software is intangible: it doesn't have weight or size or per-unit manufacturing costs.  But we have to assign units and prices that reflect our value to customers.Â

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Organizational Design

In this document Tolpagorni shares a process and a model for how to design a Product Management organization.

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Brainrants on Product Leadership

An extended interview with Leading The Product transcribed into three linked posts on product leadership and challenges

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Discovery When Working Remotely

Normally the question I focus on in my work and in my writing is “How can we leverage the best practices of the very best companies in order to give ourselves the very best chance for continuous innovation?”

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