Trying to implement Agile and Scrum into your organisation? Trying to run Scrum the right way? What are the intended outcomes of a daily Scrum? What is the maximum length of a Sprint? Keep reading……
How do you get a job as a Product Manager if it’s not something you can study at university? If you have the skills, where are the best places to look? What are the best…
How do you set yourself apart from other candidates when applying for a new role? How do you demonstrate your passion and initiative to your prospective employer? How do you demonstrate your skills and knowledge…
I was recently interviewed for a Product Manager role. Part of my preparation was to make sure I knew how to answer a design thinking question. If you’re hiring a Product Manager or you’re a…
I was recently interviewed for a Product Owner role and asked to provide an example of the work I’ve been doing on my side hustle, useinfluence.io. The response I got was “this is pretty good…
Scrum Agile is a methodology that encompasses several frameworks, the most popular of which is Scrum. Scrum projects are completed by using different “Artifacts.” An Artifact is a word used to reference things in Scrum.…
Why Manage A Product’s Life Cycle? To create successful new products an organisation must, first and foremost, understand its customers, markets and competitors. The aim of product life cycle management is for an organisation assign people, data, processes and…
What Is A Product Strategy? It’s important that an organisation have a clear strategy and that the product strategy is intrinsically linked to an organisation’s strategy. A Product Manager must understands an organisation’s strategy, and…
Have you ever wondered why customers choose your product over someone else? Have you ever wondered why they keep using your product? Have you ever wondered why they stop using your product and start using…
Ever wondered what the best approach is to Customer Development (CustDev)? This blog provides a practical How To guide. One of the most important skills for a Product Manager is CustDev interviews. During the interview…
Before pen is put to paper with regards to the development of a product, a Product Manager must organize how research will be conducted. The research should provide a Product Manager with an intimate understanding…
At the highest level, Product Management is a process that allows an organization to manage the creation of a product or service from idea to production, and finally, retirement. Product Management aims to create exceptional…
In the first part of this blog post series, How To Run A Design Thinking Workshop Part 1, I discussed what design thinking is, where to start, and the Design Thinking process. In this blog…
This blog post is for anyone who is thinking of running or participating in a Design Thinking workshop. What is Design Thinking? Design thinking, in various forms, has been around for a very long time.…
Explainer videos are an excellent way significantly increase your conversion rate and and a fantastic way to communicate a lot of your information to your customers quickly, cheaply, and accurately. By following the steps outlined…
Why Design Thinking? What is design thinking and why is it important to a modern organization? Design thinking is umbrella term used to define a group of methodologies i.e. Agile, Scrum, Lean Startup and a…
If you don’t have a clear answer to the two questions below you will, at best, struggle to get your product into the hands of your perfect customers and, at worst, fail to get your…
Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers — and…
Psychologist Daniel Goleman shot to fame with his groundbreaking bestseller Emotional Intelligence. The premise of the book, now widely accepted, is that raw intelligence alone is not a sure predictor of success in life. A…
Scrum certifications are becoming more popular as companies move from traditional waterfall styles of project management to the more adaptive and iterative agile and scrum frameworks. If you are looking to become scrum certified, Scrum.org…
Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and…
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JOCKO WILLINK is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, host of the top-rated Jocko Podcast, and co-founder…
Finding good tech talent is difficult. Hiring tech talent is harder again. We share the exact process we’ve developed to hire quality developers. Most businesses need some kind of technical assistance at some point. It…
Introduction I began my journey in the startup ecosystem in 2012 while still studying law. My first attempt at building a business was a community-owned renewable energy project. Needless to say, it didn’t succeed. Shortly…
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