Category: Art_Of_Product_War
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Speaking at a conference on Youtube!
….and inspecting what you expect. I was fortunate to get a chance to present about how inspecting what you expect is important both in the military and with APIs at the Nordic APIs Austin API summit. If youâd like to check out the slides or the video of the presentation you can do so. This…
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Inspect what you Expect!
[This post previously appeared on the API Connect Test and Monitor Blog] I was fortunate to get a chance to present about how inspecting what you expect is important both in the military and with APIs at the Nordic APIs Austin API summit. If youâd like to check out the slides or the video of…
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The depths of why
[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 Veteranâs musings on memorial day. Why? Itâs the deepest one-word question there is. The direct connection to our feelings. The concept that defies our…
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Flight delayed…passengers cheer!
âLadies and gentlemen this is your Captain speaking, weâre going to be delayed by 30 minutes and as per FirendlyAirlines policy, that means everyone on the flight gets free Wifiâ
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Leadership Is Not an Option â Itâs a Necessity
[Note, this post originally appeared on the ProductCraft blog and the topic later informed a presentation I gave as guest instructor for ProductSchool] âWhat?! We couldnât 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…
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Flanking the Competition: Using Military Strategy to Inform Competitive Intelligence
[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 farmersâ huts on the…
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What Can Product Managers Learn From Military Veterans?
[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…
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My Top 7 bits of advice for 2019
Itâs a new year, some people like new years resolutions and some hate them. Iâm not interested in the debate, but I have noticed that when people ask my advice or for suggestions I often end up saying the same things. I want to make it easier to reference and more widely available. You could…
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My challenge, my exchange and my entreaty to you on this Independence Day: read, reflect, act.
(retro re-post from my Medium account, Jul 4, 2018 ) âthe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrantsâ –Thomas Jefferson (or maybe it musnât!?) I propose a trade: I ask for your attention in reading this note, your reflection after reading it and your action afterwards…