Category: Book Reviews
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“Reimagined” (Book Review)
I’m a big fan of the work that Shyvee Shi, now Product Lead at Microsoft, has been doing through the LinkedIn PM series where she speaks with leading product and tech people. Together with Caitlin Cai and Dr. Yiwen Rong, Shi has now written “Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” , providing readers with guidance…
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“$treet Pricing” (Book Review)
Ever felt that that the pricing of a product is a “black box”?! Ever been in situation where you’re unable explain the rationale behind the company’s pricing strategy because pricing is based on mysterious factors? “Street Pricing: A Pricing Playlist for Hip Leaders in B2B SaaS” aims to make a opaque pricing strategies a thing…
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“How to Decide” (Book Review)
The number of decisions that we make – professionally and personally – won’t get any less any time soon. Yes, there will be AI based decision making, but expect us humans to continue making many decisions for the foreseeable future. I’ve written about decision making before (see here and here), and I’m always keen to…
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“Build” (Book Review)
Tony Fadell is probably one of the most successful and well known product people alive. Fadell led the teams that built the iPod, the iPhone and was the CEO of Nest, the popular thermostat which was later on acquired by Google. In “Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making” Fadell reflects on his…
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“The Crux” (Book Review)
“Good Strategy. Bad Strategy” is one of my favourite books on strategy and one that I often refer back to. In “Good Strategy. Bad Strategy”, corporate strategy expert Richard Rumelt writes about the ‘kernel’ of a good strategy. This kernel has three elements: (1) a diagnosis of the main challenge or problem, (2) a guiding…
