by Adrian Bryant | Nov 17, 2021 | Product Leadership
At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. A compelling thought leader most likely started as a people leader, such as a manager or a director. In itself, leading is a sought-after...
by Adrian Bryant | Aug 31, 2021 | Product Leadership
Acquiring a consensus on product direction remains the number one challenge for product professionals, according to ProductPlan’s 2021 State of Product Management Annual Report. The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without...
by Adrian Bryant | Dec 4, 2018 | Agile & Product Development
“But we’re agile. We don’t plan.” If you’ve ever worked with an agile team, chances are you’ve heard this excuse. However, even agile teams need a disciplined approach to planning. Teams who invest time in proper planning tend to...
by Adrian Bryant | Nov 28, 2017 | Product Management
This blog follows up on a previous post introducing the concept of systems thinking for product managers. Both posts feature a recent conversation between veteran product manager and friend of ProductPlan, John Cutler, and ProductPlan’s Director of Product Management,...
by Adrian Bryant | Aug 16, 2016 | Product Strategy, Agile & Product Development
Product squads are a relatively new methodology for product development popularized by Spotify. Actually, popularized might be too strong a term for it. Since 2012, when Spotify restructured its development organization into functional, eight-person squads —...
