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The Dream Behind the Complaint

I recently listened to a podcast episode with Kenneth Berger, and one of his core ideas truly struck a chord with me: uncovering "the dream behind the complaint. Kenneth's insight is a beautiful framing for product leaders. When a direct report comes to you with a complaint, there's often a deeper, unspoken desire behind it.

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Are You a New Product Leader? Tips and Tricks from Seasoned Pros

I recently posed a simple question on LinkedIn: What are your top tips for new product leaders? I was simply blown away by the response this post received. Clearly, there are plenty of people in my network who want to share their experience and learnings with other new leaders. Rather than keep it contained within my LinkedIn feed, I decided I’d gather their advice here so it’s perhaps a bit easier for people to find and share with others. Here’s what they had to say.

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Learning from Other Product People: Sarah Reeves on the Product Community of Practice at StepStone

2022 is almost over, but I have one final Community of Practice (CoP) interview to share with you! This one is a little different since I’ve been working with Sarah Reeves and StepStone to help build out and mature the product CoP. Be sure to check this interview out if you’re especially interested in the early stages of getting a CoP up and running.

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What I’m Dedicating 2023 to: A Look at the Year Ahead

Keeping focus is definitely a challenge as a one-woman show. And that is why I put together this annual blog post: Because it helps me with exactly that. Gaining focus. I come back to this post multiple times throughout the year and I sometimes use it when I have to politely explain to people why I can’t do what they want me to do (speak at a meetup, share my opinion on software they are developing, give them some advice, speak at their conference, write a chapter of their book, the list goes on and on!).

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Learning from Other Product People: Priya Biswas on the Product Community of Practice at ATB Financial

Throughout 2022, I’ve been conducting interviews with people who lead and participate in product Communities of Practice (CoP). I’m excited to share the next installment in my series, featuring Priya Biswas, Director of Product Management, Business Analysis and Organizational Change Management Practice at ATB Financial.

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Learning from Other Product People: Zainab Arilesere on ProductTank Lagos and Running an Informal Community of Practice at Omnibiz Africa

As part of my ongoing research into product Communities of Practice (CoP), I have been conducting interviews with people who organize and participate in these communities, both within their companies and in the larger external product community. In today’s post, you’ll hear from Zainab Arilesere who is the Head of Product at Omnibiz Africa as well as the organizer of ProductTank Lagos.

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Want to Launch or Mature Your Product Community of Practice? Start Here!

A CoP will help product people share best practices and ways to solve specific challenges. It will make it easier for product people to understand how your organization works and how to effectively work with others outside the product team. This post talks about how to get started with your product community and it contains tips on how to mature this community over time.

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Learning from Other Product People: Teresa Torres on the Continuous Discovery Habits Community of Practice

For the next post in the series of interviews about product Communities of Practice, we’ve got a real treat for you! Teresa Torres is a product discovery coach, teacher, and author of the wildly popular book Continuous Discovery Habits. In addition to these roles, she’s also the facilitator of the Continuous Discovery Habits community where product folks from all over the world come to cheer each other on as they build their skills around continuous discovery.

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