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Ops: How do you establish an effective product management team?

Tips on ceding product management to dedicated product managers, and creating the culture for the product to thrive – from the 2019 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Jock Busuttil – Freelance Head of Product, Founder, Author & Conference Speaker. Context Product management must have a voice that’s listened to at board level, during all stages ofContinue reading “Ops: How do you establish an effective product management team?”

People: Decisions, how do you decide what to do?

Tips on making better decisions across the company – from the 2019 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, change and growth Consultant at Anamosys. Context Much of management and leadership is about making decisions so we all need good ways to do this, be it decisions that we make alone, decisions that we empowerContinue reading “People: Decisions, how do you decide what to do?”

People: How do you get technical people to lead and manage?

Tips on encouraging engineers with leadership skills to explore this valuable trait – from the 2018 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, change and growth Consultant at Anamosys. Context It’s usually better to grow your own managers as they will already have the respect of the existing technical staff. They will understand your productsContinue reading “People: How do you get technical people to lead and manage?”

Growth: You can sell a product but, should you, and will it sell?

Tips on whether to sell a product or service – from the 2018 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Andrew Callard, Marketing Business Consultant/Coach, Business Developer, Project Manager at Aimed Business. Context Our ability to innovate and fast prototype appears to have accelerated with ever more ingenious products being launched. Yet many of these ‘fail’. ThatContinue reading “Growth: You can sell a product but, should you, and will it sell?”

People: What is your leadership style? What works and what doesn’t?

Tips on adopting an effective leadership style for effective management of others, as a busy founder or manager of a growing technology company – from the 2018 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, change and growth Consultant at Anamosys. Context Your people want effective leadership. At times this means being consultative and supportive, whileContinue reading “People: What is your leadership style? What works and what doesn’t?”