Richard Ian Porter

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  • The depths of why

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    [Note this post originally appeared on the Art of Product War the stand-alone site for which I have discontinued, I am reposting it here backdated to the same date] One Marine Veteran’s musings on memorial day. Why? It’s the deepest one-word question there is. The direct connection to our feelings. The concept that defies our…

  • My memories on memorial day

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    I reflected on the sacrifice of some of my fellow Marines today. I posted on my new site The Art of Product War [edit later moved here] because I think it has a lot to do with purpose in work and in life. It’s not about me and it’s only some about them. For more…

  • Flight delayed…passengers cheer!

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    ‘Ladies and gentlemen this is your Captain speaking, we’re going to be delayed by 30 minutes and as per FirendlyAirlines policy, that means everyone on the flight gets free Wifi’

  • Leadership Is Not an Option — It’s a Necessity

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    [Note, this post originally appeared on the ProductCraft blog and the topic later informed a presentation I gave as guest instructor for ProductSchool] “What?! We couldn’t believe what we were hearing. This officer wanted our team of mentor-Marines to patrol the route with the record for the greatest number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ever…

  • Books I would give myself years ago

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    I just inhaled Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. You should check them out too. I noticed a quote by Simon on the website of a Company I’ve come to respect. As I wrote a few articles for this company’s blog, ProductCraft, I started to reach out to leaders within the…

  • Be Brave

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    I completely recommend and endorse the Brave Browser. I’ve been using it for a few years now and have really appreciated its speed and built in concern for security, privacy and ad-blocking. I got started back in the day just by reading about it, but now by partnering with Coinbase Earn, Brave has created a…

  • What can the outsider see?

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    I’d like a phone number to your coffeeshop please. Today I had to drive into Raleigh for an event. I had to drive a little earlier to be there in time, and needed to take a call near my destination. So I looked for a coffee shop nearby. There was one within a block! But…

  • Feelings about fractures

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    (the avulsion kind) I injured my ankle yesterday. It was around 6 AM. The leader of the day’s workout had us doing burpees, sprints and sit-ups in a field. Then he wanted ‘all you got’ sprints up and down the field. Then he wanted an ‘all you got sprint’ down the quarter mile back to…

  • Flanking the Competition: Using Military Strategy to Inform Competitive Intelligence

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    [Note, this post originally appeared on ProductCraft] It was 3 am, ten kilometers outside of Marjah, Afghanistan, and just a few nights after the start of Operation Moshtarak (the largest offensive since the fall of the Taliban). I was a 26-year-old Marine Intel Lieutenant, huddled with a platoon in some abandoned farmers’ huts on the…

  • What Can Product Managers Learn From Military Veterans?

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    [Note, this post originally appeared on ProductCraft I am re-posting it here as I tear down another site and post-dating it to when it was first posted there. ] What can this guy……possibly teach this guy about creative product work? I am a product manager at IBM; in a past life, I led Intelligence and…