37 Things you probably haven’t heard at your software company
I was reminded the other day of the Dilbert cartoon above and it got me to thinking about what other stuff we might not hear around the office at a software company as product managers and product marketing folks. I”m pretty sure I lost that deal because I was out sold. If you are able [...]
Strategic Planning: Friend or Folly?
It’s Fall, time to start preparing for your 2010 annual planning sessions. That means aggregating data on 2009′s performance, making recommendations for 2010 and preparing lots of PowerPoint presentations. But for many companies, annual planning ends up being an exercise in futility. Here are some reasons why: What Strategy? Strategy is discussed once a year, [...]
Cross-Functional Diplomacy aka Product Management
Image via Wikipedia So with all the UN hub bub in NY a couple of weeks ago and Obama and Michelle’s plea for the Olympics in Chicago, it got me to thinking about the role of diplomats and in general diplomacy on the world stage. Then after a couple of beers I thought that on [...]
Stuck in the Middle: The Cold Reader
So I’m glad to be back from a 18 day run in Europe and I finally have a little “down time” to finish a post which has been in the drafts status since early August. With the end of quarter crunch that is all too common in software, I decided that I needed to move [...]
