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Story Time: When you win, you also lose
We won the business, but what did we bargain for?
Geoff Anderson
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Story Time: A Really Bad Situation
Starting a series of posts relating events and activities from a 25+ year Product Management career. First up, a shit-storm with a capital 'S'
Tech Idiocy
Techies, "engineers" and others deep into the tech stack often are myopic. Sometimes you need to call them out explicitly.
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What is it all for?
A swan song.
The Future of Work?
The RTO resistance is fueling a trend to more contract work in the upper echelons and formerly sacrosanct realms of Tech. The shift is not going to be pain free, but it might turn out OK.
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Crypto and Product Management
As I look back to my fleeting awareness of crypto, I remain glad that I trusted my instincts. Sadly, too many people have lost money they couldn't afford chasing the dragon.
Turning 58 - some thoughts
I have been blessed with a long career in product management, having seen many things, living through many transitions. I am glad I am not starting now.
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Those who get upset over DEI Programs
I have noticed an archetype of the people who are really upset about DEI (and "Woke"). Truth is, they out themselves quite blatantly
Technocratic Product Management
Tools, compartmentalization, and process over knowledge is sweeping through product management. This is good, but also bad
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On Data
The rise of the position of Data Scientist to help wrangle the flood of data that modern businesses generate is a positive, but it only goes so far. The real value is to use the data constructively
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Nudges - Microsoft Outlook
Using nudges to encourage desired behavior(s) is both good and bad. Reflections of the almost forced migration to the new Outlook and thoughts
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The DEI boogey-man
I get tired of hearing all the negativity and antipathy towards DEI, I have always tried to practice it when I was and am hiring people for Product Manager positions