2020 will probably rank as the worst year of our lifetimes. As I think about the year gone by, there’s a lot that went wrong, especially the lives lost ,not to return again, driven by failures in leadership across the world. When faced with adversity, I often turn to my…

Given that we have begun to think of re-opening the economy in the United States, I have been thinking of what the next few months and years would look like in terms of return to normalcy. I see two camps of people, one which is optimistic that things will return…

As we embark into a new decade, I was thinking about how the role of Product Management has transformed in the past 10 years. …

The decision making framework you build for your team/organization is going to be critical to its success or failure. In the era of the internet, data has become a key part of the decision making frameworks in companies. And, rightfully, so. Data is based in reality — what’s actually happening…

Persona based design thinking has been in vogue for a long time. I believe the origins of persona-driven design started in marketing and then moved into digital product design as well. While appealing in theory, I have found persona-based design to be quite challenging because it tries to define a…

There is a management crisis in organizations. If you ask anyone why they are unhappy at work, most would talk about bad management. You hear stories about managers who don’t care about their reports, who aren’t being transparent, who are not setting the right direction for the team etc. As…

This is a continuation of the three part series on machine learning for product managers. The first note focused on what problems are best suited for application of machine learning techniques. The second note talked about what additional skill-sets a PM needs when building machine learning products. …

This is a continuation of the three part series on machine learning for product managers. The first note focused on what problems are best suited for application of machine learning techniques. This note would delve into what additional skill-sets a PM needs when building products that leverage machine learning As…

Machine learning(ML) and AI are hot topics these days. So, I find a lot of product managers and would-be product managers come up to me and ask how they can become better ML PMs. Since the intersection of machine learning and product management is a fairly comprehensive topic, one post…