Category: Product Management
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My Product Management Toolkit (50): Systems Design

A good few weeks ago I started learning about systems thinking. Thus far, I’ve learned that a system consists of parts that are interconnected. At its core, systems thinking is about identifying the different parts of a system and understanding the relationships between these parts. It’s funny that when you google “systems design” you get…
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Compose AI (Product Review)

My summary of Compose AI before using it? I’ve heard that Compose AI is a good tool to help people compose their email, saving time in the process. How does Compose AI explain itself in the first minute? The strap-line on the Compose AI website reads “Write Faster With AI, Save Time”. When I sign…
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My Product Management Toolkit (49): Systems Thinking tools & techniques

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Systems Thinking discipline. My main learning point about Systems Thinking was the interconnectedness of the parts that make up a system. Understanding the different parts and how they interact with each other is critical in developing a full understanding of the problem or opportunity to tackle.…
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Shop Pay (Product Review)

My summary of Shop Pay before using it? Shopify’s new proprietary payment method. How does Shop Pay explain itself in the first minute? If I go to the Shop Pay website the first thing that I notice is that the site doesn’t mention Shop Pay. Instead, it talks about “Shop”: “Set up Shop and turn…
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My Product Management Toolkit (48): Systems Thinking

“No problem ever exists in complete isolation. Every problem interacts with every other problem and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problem, a system of problems.” Russell Ackoff Rusell Ackoff, pioneer in systems thinking, used to explain that “A system isn’t the sum of the behaviour of its parts; it’s the product of…
