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Flexibility and letting go

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– The Product Management Perspective: See above (and, of course, don’t get set in your ways or the change will be painful). Watch for opportunities to try new things and be flexible as you go. Letting go of old beliefs can lead to new visions.

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Three practices of successful product managers

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By focusing on three simple, yet powerful, practices, product managers can channel their products toward profitability: Know your market: Get a clear understanding of the market where your products compete, and work diligently to stay in front of new trends and technologies. It’s not impossible, however.

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Values or valuables?

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This, of course, is a personal question that only you can answer for yourself. The valuables are the products you (and your teams of course) produce. Posted on June 3, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin Which is more important: values or valuables? They are key to your company’s success.

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Book Review: Here Comes Everybody

Lead on Purpose

He tells us (something we already know of course) about our product: “it must be designed to fit the job being done, and it must help people do something they actually want to do.&# The book helped me understand more clearly how the Internet has changed the way we interact and get information. .&#

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Launching a new product

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In six two-week courses, leaders will master a proven eight-step methodology and structured process that can be used to take an idea to the point where it can be handed off for completion.

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Do hard things

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I improved my diet and nutrition, learned what I could do to improve my endurance, and studied the race course to set a strategy for averaging a pace of eight minutes per mile. Duane Newman for helping me understand the course and map out a pacing strategy for the race. reach my goal). I think it was at least ten. Running the St.

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Obama: The Great Answerer

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Of course, Obama does know more about health care than most, if not everyone, at a given town hall meeting. This centralization of power allows for the self-interest of some to undermine the best interests of the group. Innovation and real change come from asking. As a result, this format is decidedly undemocratic.