Creativity: A Pragmatic Compilation
New objects can be created only from the combinations of objects existing at a point in time. — Theory of …
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Mind, Muscle, and Manners
Most discussions of strength focus on a single trait, like intelligence, toughness, or empathy. But strength that lasts comes from …
Think Like An Investor When Building Products
Investors ultimately think of whether to buy, sell, or hold a company’s stock or some other asset. They consider alignment …
ESSENCE Of The Mind’s Wellbeing
Exercise, sleep, sunlight, emotions, nutrition, connection, and expectations are together the ESSENCE of the mind’s wellbeing. It was Thanksgiving 2023 …
Product Principles For Velocity And Empowerment
Product principles help accelerate decision-making and trade-offs across product execution stages. They are solution-agnostic and are not truisms. Aligning on …
Product Done Date
Customers and internal stakeholders care most about general availability dates (GA). The product team needs to care about key dates …
Effective Product Prioritization
Product prioritization is about taking the product “faster, higher, stronger”1 over a time horizon while allocating finite resources. Faster to …
Views On OKR
When done well, OKRs are effective in driving focus and alignment.1 OKRs cascade down from the company level, and a …
Effective Retros To Learn And Act
The goal of a retro is for a cross-functional team to write a crisp narrative of an issue, identify improvements, …
Enterprise Product Requirements Checklist
Enterprise features/products need to support requirements that may not be directly related to the feature. These are known by many …
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