Cool idea!

I met this week with Bil Bowser to discuss his brain child called Noah’s, Your Place. I was highly impressed with the business he is building. His Noah’s concept brings together technology, real estate and entertainment into one slick, easy-to-understand concept.
In a nutshell, Bil and his team have taken ideas and experience gained from rental [...]

Break the rules

Dave Gunby is a professional trainer, a thought leader in the area of training trainers. I read a great quote today in his e-zine, which is also available on his MINDimensions web site. He quotes a story from Roger von Oech’s book A Kick in the Seat of the Pants:
When Columbus was at the Royal [...]

Live on purpose

One of the keys to effective leadership is being well-grounded in your personal life. A good friend of mine – Dr. Paul Jenkins (“Dr. Paul”) – has provided (and continues to provide) excellent life coaching. His work inspired me to write an article about effective leadership in product management that I titled “Lead on Purpose: [...]

Letting go

I’m a firm believer that knowledge is power. Learning and gaining knowledge is a passion of mine. One of my favorite quotes is by Eric Hoffer: “In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer [...]

Lead on purpose

Welcome to my blog! My reason for starting this blog is to open up discussions on being a leader in an organization (whether or not you have management responsibilities over other people). My experience has been in software product management. As a product manager you typically have no direct management over people on teams you [...]