Tag: product management
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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 (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…
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“Obviously Awesome” (Book Review)

When I first came across the book “Obviously Awesome”, I was a bit sceptical; “not another book on positioning?!” and “how applicable will this book be?!” However, April Dunford, the author of “Obviously Awesome”, often shares great insights about the world of product marketing, and I was keen to read her thoughts about product positioning.…
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My Product Management Toolkit (47): “Different Hats”

Working cross-functionally is a critical part of product management. Products are never developed or improved in isolation. They are the result of engineers, designers, marketeers, sales people, legal counsel and product managers working together. To do so, understanding the people that you’re collaborating with and what’s important to them, is a vital prerequisite for achieving…
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“Ask Your Developer” (Book Review)

“The truth is that most software is pretty simple. It’s what developers call CRUD applications: Create, Read, Update, Delete. Most apps online are forms that let the user input data, modify data, report out data, or delete data. Nearly every website or mobile app you’ve ever used is 95 percent CRUD operations. This isn’t rocket…
