3 Tips To Foster Camaraderie Over ZoomSince March 2020, many of us have had thousands of virtual business calls. For me, the most challenging aspects have been figuring out how…Jan 6, 2023Jan 6, 2023
Salkantay Trek Without a Guide or TentHow to backpack the Salkantay Trail in Peru without a guide or tentNov 28, 2022Nov 28, 2022
Losing Energy on Urgent Requests? Uncover Strongly-Held Beliefs.+ Define your own purpose.Nov 8, 2022Nov 8, 2022
How to Make a To-Do List That Supercharges Your ProductivityAs product managers, one of our jobs is to prioritize constantly. We prioritize which bugs are worth interrupting an engineer to fix. What…Oct 18, 2022Oct 18, 2022
Anchoring new products on a North StarWhenever I start on a new product area, I like to share the vision for the product by end-of-year with the team.Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022
Keeping zen and solving client requestsAs a product manager, I receive lots of client requests. It’s overwhelming to receive tens of requests in the middle of eight hours of…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
Broadcasting one message over and over and over againWhenever you make a sensitive decision that impacts many folks, state the decision in a group setting and share a written artifact. When…Oct 4, 2021Oct 4, 2021
Premortems to set up a project for successAs a product manager, I like to start every project with a premortem. A premortem is an exercise done to figure out how a project can fail…Jul 19, 2021Jul 19, 2021
What I wish I knew on day 1 as a software engineerMy first job out of college was working as a software engineer at a HealthTech startup. I learned how websites worked, what “PR” meant…Jun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021
Game of Thrones Deaths are Helping Everyday Americans“There are only two means of ascertaining death. One is by no means infallible and involves a brain scan and cardiogram. That requires…May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
