A brief collection of books I recommend to read over the summer - some old, some new, some hopefully unexpected.
Read MoreBe More Batman
Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman right?
Well, what can Batman teach us about being a good product person?
TO THE CAVE!
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The Nine Circles of Product Development Hell
What are the 9 circles of product development hell? Pack your bags as we set sail down the river Styx…
Read MoreDiscourse and Context and Audience! Oh my! Adventures with Cats and Bears
Product Zombies - Part Three: Viral Infection
How are product teams like zombies? The final part - viral zombie product teams. How to recognise, cure and win against them.
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Reflecting on Retrospectives
Reflecting on 2019 - a retrospective is an important thing - what went well for you this year?
Use the life wheel to give you an objective perspective.
Product Zombies - Part Two: Reanimated Product Teams
Zombie product teams! Run!
What can we do to escape and prevail!
Part 2 of the product zombies
Read MoreProduct Zombies - Part One: Messy Origins
What do zombies have to do with product development?
Quite a bit, learn all about zombies and how they’re in your teams. Only then can we learn what we can do about them.
Read More'The Thing' about Culture
The Thing about Culture is that it’s everywhere, infiltrating and assimilating across your team. How can you identify it? What can John Carpenter’s classic tell us about building teams with good culture. This blog contains Kurt Russell gifs.
Read MoreHow to deal with the Treacle People
Every organisation has them, so what is the best way to deal with them?
Join me as we encounter the TREACLE PEOPLE!
Read MoreBuilding Universes: Marvel and Portfolio Management
What can we learn about portfolio management from the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Well quite a bit actually, watch how they spin all their plates so we can learn how to do the same!
JAM! - DataJam North East
In September I was lucky enough to attend DataJamNE!
What Did We Do? Did We Do Things?? Let's Find Out!
Read MoreThe Good, Bad and Ugly UX of NYC
Learning all about what makes the Big Apple’s UX good, bad and ugly
Read MoreLet's Get Creative!
Creativity! How should we use it in design? Why should we use it?
How do we actually make the most of it? Here we go!
Read MorePostmodernism in Product Development: Projections, Perceptions and Context
When we build products we have something in mind, but what happens when they take a life of their own?
Read MoreWhat your manager (may have) learned on holiday...
Summer, summer summertime! SLT reading management books to unwind… Run for cover!
Read MoreBuilding Trust, like a Muppet
Ready Player Two
How can we learn about different user types and building for users outside your core audience? In the words of Lana Del Rey, "go play a video game"
Read MoreGimme Empathy
Why is empathy important? This is why. It also includes a video from Sesame Street, it's that important.
Read MoreIt's the User EXPERIENCE, stupid!
Why is user experience paramount in today's digital world?
What can we learn from the failure of some companies and the success of others?
Can we turn our products and services into rituals for our users? We sure can, let's take a closer look at a thriving business to find out their tricks.
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