Good enough

Have you found yourself in a situation where you put in more time on a project to make it perfect or pay more money to get something better, but you determine it just isn’t work the extra effort? In many instances in our lives “good” is good enough.
Steve Johnson breaks down this concept nicely in [...]

The power of text messaging

This past Sunday evening I was sitting comfortably on my sofa talking to my father on the phone, when my daughter (16 years old) came in and sat down. She had her cell phone in her hand and was looking at me like she wanted to talk. I finished up the call with my dad [...]

Benevolent capitalism

By now you’ve probably seen a link to one of the many articles or blog postings writing about the speech Bill Gates gave yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. I read a pre-announcement two days go in The Wall Street Journal.
In his speech Mr. Gates talked about the growing divide between the [...]

Purpose alignment

If you have read my article you know that I believe deeply in leading on purpose, in making a focused, intentional effort to improve yourself and the people with whom you work. It takes time, effort and energy to do it consistently.
I recently read an article by Niel Nickolaisen about aligning your business or organization [...]

Article

Many thanks to the Steve Johnson and the folks at Pragmatic Marketing for publishing my article Lead on Purpose: How Product Managers Lead Teams to Success. Please take a read and let me know what you think.

Go fast or go far?

I recently read an African proverb that says: “If you want to go fast, travel alone, but if you want to go far, travel together.” This applies nicely to many jobs, roles and professions. I like how it applies to product management. We can do things ourselves and get them done quickly or we can [...]

Trust is vital

In my experience working as a product manager I have learned that gaining and keeping the trust of the teams you work with is vital not only to the success of the product but also to your personal success. Product managers (and leaders in general) gain the trust of their teams by rolling up their [...]

Tuned in

I have been following the folks at Pragmatic Marketing for nearly five years. A few months back I downloaded and read an e-book – The Secrets of Market-Driven Leaders – written by Phil Meyers, Craig Stull and David Meerman Scott. I was impressed by their insights into what really drives great companies and how the [...]

Starting over

Happy New Year! Yes, it’s a new year and we’re all starting over (in a way). I’m always eager to have new opportunities and try new things. Case in point: I got my family an iMac for Christmas. Yes, this long-time PC/Windows user/advocate/slave is now making the transition into a whole new world of computing. [...]