“Politics”
In most of my CPO coaching engagements, we eventually come around to the problem of “politics,” usually framed as frustration with C-level peers doing unexpected or unreasonable or department-centric things.| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
In most of my CPO coaching engagements, we eventually come around to the problem of “politics,” usually framed as frustration with C-level peers doing unexpected or unreasonable or department-centric things.| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
I’ve coached scores of product leaders over the last few decades, and mentored hundreds of product managers… initial conversations are typically around how to get things done; how to understand and work complex organizations; ways to structure teams and boost collaboration;| richmironov.substack.com
In a well-run organization, each role has a single orientation; they either support individual customers or they support the market.| richmironov.substack.com
It’s pretty easy to tell if Sales is hitting its goals. (“Are we on track to hit this quarter’s revenue?”) Slightly tougher for Marketing (top of funnel metrics or qualified leads). HR tracks hiring, employee churn and internal sentiment. Engineering tends toward semi-vanity productivity metric| richmironov.substack.com
I joined an International all-star group of speakers and workshop leaders for Product at Heart in Hamburg on Sept 11-13. Here's my talk called "Business Cases Are Stories about Money" This was a great 3-day event with a half-day product leadership forum, workshops, and : main conference with speakers including Melissa| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
Post #1 noted that your development team will never, ever, ever be big enough to catch up with your dreams. – which led to The Law of Ruthless Prioritization. Here’s a second fundamental reality of software economics: All of the profits are in the nth copy or nth user. Building| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
