Consequences of Resisting Innovation — Remember the “Kodak moment”? The ability to capture memories into a picture using a personal device was what Kodak gifted to the world. Unfortunately, Kodak decided to cling on to analog cameras far too long, and eventually lost the game. Nokia too has a similar story. In 1979, Nokia created…

The Lean Startup is the classic book that inspired the Lean Revolution, profoundly changing how product management is done — How do you increase the chance of succeeding with a new product in the market? This was a question that bothered Eric Ries and many visionaries like him. …

We are lucky to live in an era where knowledge is so conveniently available — For some time now, I’ve been lending a good portion of my screen time to the channels that talk about Product Management. The following 5 have been the most helpful ones. 1. Mind the Product This channel covers a wide range of topics, including product strategy, leadership, and product development. …

I like taking notes. Especially when someone mentions an idea, a destination or a book. Here is a collation of book titles I noted down last year whenever one of my mentors spoke about it. The topics of these books mostly span leadership, product management and general life lessons. …

Product design is a complex discipline. It takes a huge effort from creative minds to make it work. Determining if the proposed design is effective for the product is a decision that often PM/PO has to make. Sometimes, this can lead to long design discussions, often going too deep into…

Working with a good manager is a blessing. Yet, working with a bad one can’t be called a curse for every bad experience has in it a good lesson to learn — En route your career, you’ll come across many individuals whose actions directly affect you. Of all those people, perhaps, the person whose deeds will impact you the most will be your immediate manager. Working with a good manager is a blessing. Yet, working with a bad one can’t be called…

Practice Won’t Make You Perfect If You Do It the Wrong Way — “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” — Alvin Toffler Have you ever come across people who will stick to their initial beliefs despite facts proving otherwise? We shouldn't blame them. It is, in…