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I have 350+ posts available here. - [[#Cascades|Cascades]] - [[#Strategy|Strategy]] - [[#WIP|WIP]] - [[#Simplicity|Simplicity]] - [[#Dependencies|Dependencies]] - [[#Systems Overthinker|Systems Overthinker]] - [[#Organizational Design|Organizational Design]] - [[#Change Agency|Change Agency]] - [[#Capacity Allocation and Funding|Capacity Allocation and Funding]] - [[#Roadmapping|Roadmapping]] - [[#Images|Images]] - [[#North Star Framework|North Star Framework]] - [[#LinkedIn|LinkedIn]] - [[#Dysfunction|Dysfunction]] ## Cascades [[Beware of the Cascade]] [[Why Goal Cascades are Harmful and What to Do Instead]] [[Stop the Goal Cascade Madness]] [[Connecting Dots]] [[Goal Cascades vs HighConviction Models]] ## Strategy [[Bad Strategy Why]] [[Explicit vs Implicit Strategy]] [[Monthly Strategy Prompt Exercise]] [[The Last Strategy Framework Youll Ever Need]] [[Why Dont We Have a Strategy]] [[Why Does Our Strategy Keep Changing]] [[Strategy InsightsConviction]] [[Fluffy Ambiguous]] [[Implicit Strategy]] [[Strategy and Structure]] ## WIP [[10 Tips for Turning Around a Platform Team]] [[12 Traps When Visualizing Work and Managing WIP]] [[Looking at Example Boards]] [[The Ultimate Guide to Developer CounterProductivity]] ## Simplicity [[Simplicity Is a Tactic Not a Goal]] [[The Simplicity Fetish]] [[Reducing Complexity]] [[Fluffy Ambiguous]] ## Dependencies [[Dependencies In Faster Growing Companies Part 1]] [[Dependencies In Faster Growing Companies Part 2]] [[Dependencies In Faster Growing Companies Part 3]] [[Human Load Balancers Renegades Insiders and Platform Saviors Part 4]] ## Systems Overthinker [[20 Things Ive Learned as a Systems Over Thinker]] [[20 Things Systems Over Thinker Extended Commentary]] [[Systems Doing and Complexity Doing]] [[4 Core Product OS Design Competencies]] [[How Capable Leaders Navigate Uncertainty and Ambiguity]] ## Organizational Design [[PRDs and No PRDs]] [[Product GTM Fitness]] [[Funding, Planning, and Context]] [[Why Orgs Become Too Tall]] [[Three Product Teams]] ## Change Agency [[7 Lessons for Sustainable Change Agency]] [[10 Tips for Sustainable Change Agency]] [[No Unforced Errors]] [[Fixing Messy Problems]] [[Help Your Team Find Its Own Way]] [[How to Learn and Practice Product Management in a Feature Factory]] [[Making Optional Product Practices Stick]] [[Making Things Better With Enabling Constraints and POPCORN]] [[Dont Fix Things Write a New Story]] [[From Fluffy Concepts to Concrete Outcomes Behaviors]] [[I Aspire to Regret How We Used to Work]] [[Why Reflexive Thinkers Need to Take More Breaks]] [[SelfGaslighting and the Doubt Loop]] [[Working With Very Confident People Who Dismiss You]] [[Using Enabling Constraints for Situational Awareness]] ## Capacity Allocation and Funding [[Funding, Planning, and Context]] [[The Capacity Allocation Illusion]] [[Capital Inefficiency]] [[Maintenance KTLO and BAU]] [[Return on Investment and Allocation]] ## Roadmapping [[40 Roadmap Item Questions]] [[Suitably Detailed Roadmap Items]] [[The Basics]] [[2641]] [[A Portfolio of Bets]] [[Continuous Roadmapping]] [[One Roadmap]] [[Great One Pagers]] ## Images [[Company Culture Is]] [[Know Your Org, Yourself, Others]] [[Manager Hats]] [[Or This Will Happen]] [[Real World Developer and UX Collab]] [[Road To Product Teams]] [[The Way Of Ways]] [[Three Organization Types]] [[WIP It Real Good (Image)]] ## North Star Framework [[15 Behaviors of Healthy DataInformed Teams]] [[A Product Transformation North Star]] [[An Actionable Post With Examples TreeLoop Prompts]] [[Bet Up Activity]] [[Beware of the Cascade]] [[Beyond Generic KPIs]] [[Connecting Dots]] [[Continuous Roadmapping]] [[Goal Cascades vs HighConviction Models]] [[Inputs First Bets Next]] [[Persistent Models vs PointInTime Goals]] [[Shared Understanding At Scale]] [[The Basics]] [[The DataInformed Product Cycle]] [[Vanity Metric vs Meaningful Metric Activity]] [[Words Before Numbers North Star Statement Exercise]] ## Prioritization [[Dependency Problem and Prioritization Problem]] [[The 4 Prioritization Jobs]] [[Maintenance KTLO and BAU]] [[Why Goal Cascades are Harmful and What to Do Instead]] [[The Magic Prioritization Trick]] [[Shared Teams and ApplestoOranges Priorities]] [[How to Reconcile Prioritization and Time Allocation]] [[Good Idea]] [[From Prioritization to Accountability and Autonomy]] [[Effort vs Value Curves]] [[Can Do vs Should Do]] [[Basic Prioritization Questions and When to Converge on a Solution]] [[40 Roadmap Item Questions]] ## LinkedIn [[5 Operational Lenses]] [[150 Projects]] [[Dependency Problem and Prioritization Problem]] [[Let Things Implode]] [[Observer Principle]] [[When Will It Be Done]] [[Why I Like 6 Week Cycles]] [[Wicked Tech Loop]] [[1 PM and 60 Engineers and Designers]] [[If They Made Me CPO]] [[Lessons on Prioritization]] [[Laying Low]] [[Observer Principle]] ## Dysfunction [[Are All Companies Messed Up]] [[Capital Inefficiency]] [[Dear Executive]] [[Dissonance Diffusion and Debt]] [[Fog and Debt Debt]] [[Fragile Models]] [[Hot Takes and Parochial Altruism]] [[Layoffs Pendulums Layers and Gemba Walks]] [[Let Things Implode]] [[Losing a Day a Week to Inefficiencies]] [[Zombie Practices and Processes]] [[Wicked Tech Loop]] [[Your Head Hurts But Why]] [[The Slide]] [[The Biggest Untapped Opportunity]] [[Why Dont Our Leaders Care About How We Work]] [[Why Arent They Saying Anything]] [[Ultra Founder Mode]]