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Switching Costs: The Hidden Barrier to Growth

We obsess over building better features, creating delightful user experiences, & delivering value. But what happens when, despite all…

1d ago

Switching Costs: The Hidden Barrier to Growth

1d ago

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What Space Physics Taught Me About Product-Market Fit: Finding Your Product’s L1

Product Management often feels like navigating deep space, trying to steer a product to its ideal trajectory while balancing complex forces

Nov 12

What Space Physics Taught Me About Product-Market Fit: Finding Your Product’s L1

Nov 12

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7 Dysfunctions of Product Teams

Working closely with many product management teams I’ve seen successes, but I’ve also seen the challenges that can derail even the best…

Nov 12

7 Dysfunctions of Product Teams

Nov 12

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The Product-Led Growth Trap: Why Your PLG Strategy Might Be Silently Killing Your Growth

I’ve watched startups fall into the PLG Trap pursuing product-led growth at all costs while their CAC skyrocket and conversion rate…

Oct 24

The Product-Led Growth Trap: Why Your PLG Strategy Might Be Silently Killing Your Growth

Oct 24

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Balancing Adjacent vs. Moonshot Initiatives: A Guide to Strategic Innovation

On one path lies the comfortable territory of adjacent innovations. On the other, the alluring yet daunting realm of moonshot initiatives.

Oct 21

Balancing Adjacent vs. Moonshot Initiatives: A Guide to Strategic Innovation

Oct 21

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Navigating Cognitive Biases in Product Management: Trust Your Instincts, But Verify

Product managers rely on instinct born from experience & focus on data, user feedback, & market trends. Cognitive biases biases can…

Oct 17

Navigating Cognitive Biases in Product Management: Trust Your Instincts, But Verify

Oct 17

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Is Agile Broken? The Rise of Agile Theater

In recent years, a growing chorus of voices in the tech industry has been asking a provocative question: Is Agile broken?

Oct 16

Is Agile Broken? The Rise of Agile Theater

Oct 16

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Avoiding Confirmation Bias When Applying The Jobs To Be Done Framework

The Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) framework could be the game-changer you seek. But beware of confirmation bias that can lead you astray.

May 8

Avoiding Confirmation Bias When Applying The Jobs To Be Done Framework

May 8

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Strive for Clarity, Not Certainty

As a product management consultant, I often find clients struggling to find certainty in an environment with incomplete data and unclear or…

Apr 16

Strive for Clarity, Not Certainty

Apr 16

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Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication

Great products are simple. That’s why they are so hard. The challenge is achieving that simplicity.

Nov 14, 2023

Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication

Nov 14, 2023

Robert Otto

Robert Otto

25 years leading product at tech companies. Writes about product, strategy, innovation & tech. Fractional CPO. Founder of New England Product Group ne-pg.com

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