You’ve probably heard the saying, What gets measured gets managed. But just setting big goals—like OKRs—isn’t enough on its own. If you’re not careful, those goals can pile up, get stuck, or drift out of sight. Before long, you’re wading through what I call the OKR swamp—lots of plans, not much progress. A straightforward way …
Everyone’s asking: How can we use GenAI to grow faster? Sell more? Keep customers longer? Here’s the thing—rolling out GenAI across your business isn’t just about flipping a switch. It’s messy. There’s uncertainty. You’ll try things that don’t work. You’ll learn. You’ll adjust. In other words, it’s precisely the kind of challenge that benefits from …
You start hearing about the next thing—EOS, Agile, Scaling Up, AI. At some point, there’s enough FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) that you feel like you SHOULD do something about it. I’ve had numerous business leaders reach out and ask me to help them “do the thing” (the latest example being AI Transformation). When that’s the …
The next time a big consultancy pitches a transformation – let’s say a project to product transformation – ask them how they recommend managing it. And see if what they describe looks more like a Project or a Product. For example, Will they measure vanity metrics or product metrics? It just goes to show how …
How do you manage your cross-organization initiatives? How can we leverage the project to product shift for cross-org work? What can we learn from Scrum Product Ownership?
Context is King You’ve probably encountered this term in the context of AI. You won’t get far with AI, even with amazing prompting techniques, if AI doesn’t have the right context. Many people focus on the Data aspect of context – what’s in our CRM, in our collaboration tools, in our ERP, in any of …
When Vered and I got married, my father-in-law gave me a very nice watch as a wedding gift. I didn’t wear a watch that often at the time. I wore the watch, but it didn’t transform me. It provided the service of telling the time, but even back in 2004, we had phones that had …
Can GenAI vibe coding be useful for real MVPs? If not, how CAN it be useful for discovery/experimentation?
AI isn’t replacing all software engineers anytime soon. So what is the impact it can have on the product development experience and outcomes?
Ever get the feeling you’re the “agile person” in the room—brought in to run ceremonies, fix Jira boards, or play Scrum cop, but never actually invited to shape real strategy? If that hits close to home, you’ll want to listen in on my latest conversation with Michael Gerharz. Michael’s a computer scientist by training, but …