Many product managers and their teams use epics as a category or container to collect user stories in the hopes of organizing their backlog better. What if I told you epics could be way more powerful than that? Over the years, I have created a personal template that works…

I grew up in the 90s, so naturally, I was enamoured with boy bands. Occasionally, I need to dance away the weight of the world, and while singing along loudly and passionately, I realized there’s a lot to learn from the songs. …

Work as a whole has changed during the last 12–18 months. The pandemic has created a need to work from home where possible. We all had to cope with the state the world was and still is in while learning how to work effectively in a remote setting. As product…

Communities of practice or networks catered towards non-male people that feel welcome in a space for women can be an amazing source of support and empowerment. — I work in tech, every meetup, networking event or conference I go to has an overwhelmingly large share of male attendees. It makes sense, the ratio of men to women in engineering is 5:1, product, design and QA are slightly better, but we’re nowhere near 50/50 [Source].

Recently, I chatted with Bertrand Rothen in my LinkedIn Live series “Let’s talk about…” about what product managers can learn from social media. When he suggested that topic, I was immediately intrigued. Our conversation really inspired me and got me thinking. What can we, as product people, learn from social…

This article was originally published on Oct 13th 2020 on ProductCraft. — In just five days, a design sprint can give you a sneak peek into the future of your product. But what if you are being blinkered by a lack of perspectives? Then that future cannot be bright. Design sprints, like other workshops, get better the more perspectives you can gather…

And Tips for Maximising Your Reading Time — These are my top five product books that you should read no matter which point of your product management career you are at.

We have been using OKRs for a while but it took a few rounds and reading The Team That Managed Itself to really understand how to stay aligned over the course of the quarter. …

I have been in a rut, you might call it writer’s block if I was a writer. A creative slump. I haven’t posted anything but short-lived stories on my Instagram since March, my last Medium article was a repost of an interview I did ages ago and my LinkedIn posts…