Product owners and, more broadly, product management professionals, hone a very special skill: ambidexterity – the ability to strike a balance between today’s needs and tomorrow’s possibilities.
To beat your business Goliaths, let a feedback loop be your slingshot
David did not use his strength to defeat Goliath. Rather, the scrappy kid of Old Testament lore used his wit and skill. Be like David. If you’re the underdog in your market, reaching out regularly to your customers, targets – or even your own employees – for...
The art of strategic planning in unprecedented times
One month? Two months? Maybe three? Most data suggest COVID-19 will peak within three months in the United States, but it could be with us for much longer, with possible new resurgences over the next 18 months. Pandemics will recur. What then, should you be asking...
Use ‘design thinking’ like a tech giant
What does it mean – and how can organizations begin to embrace the principle? Below we lay out the steps you can take to put design thinking to work. Our daily lives seem permeated at every level by experiences that delight us, often enabled by technology that is easy...