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How to get useful answers to your questions.

“5 years ago I wrote a post called how to ask good questions. I still really like that post, but it’s missing a few of the tactics I use to get useful answers like “interrupt people when they’re going off […]

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A strategy for B2B content.

Josh Shultz shares his approach to creating a system that arms salespeople to have useful, data-backed conversations. “By the time you talk to a prospect, you’ll know: their exact pain point, what they want, what they are most interested in […]

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Tactics for better meetings.

“Spanning across team offsites, stand-ups and 1:1s with your direct reports, as well as more specific arenas like product reviews and board meetings, each piece of advice was selected for its focus on helping you approach your regular meetings with […]

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Who is driving the great resignation?

“According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021. Resignations peaked in April and have remained abnormally high for the last several months, with a record-breaking 10.9 million open jobs at the […]

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How big tech runs tech projects.

“A survey of how tech projects run across the industry highlights Scrum being absent from Big Tech. Why is this, and are there takeaways others should take note of?” | learn more

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Tyler Cowen: How I practice at what I do.

“A few of you were skeptical, but it is long since established that practice improves both your writing and your memory, so surely it can do much more than that for your thinking. Here is a partial list of some of […]

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Minimum viable product manager.

“That intersection is what I call the Minimum Viable Product Manager (MVPM), and it defines a set of skills or knowledge that are useful to be an effective generalist product manager, one who can work on almost any problem.” | learn more