It's all in the Name
The names your teams use for Epics, Features, and Stories reveal whether you're in solution mode or outcome mode. Why renaming is more than semantics — it reshapes how your organization thinks about what it builds.
Product Operating Model + Product Orientation
- · Agile
"Transformed". Yet still the same. An All Too Familiar Agile Story
They formed agile teams. They track stories in JIRA. They do three questions daily. They've "transformed." And yet nothing meaningful has changed. The all-too-familiar gap between agile theater and real product orientation.
Product Thinking for Product Leaders: How to Apply It to Your Organization
How product leaders can use product thinking on the product organization itself, with experiments, minimum viable changes, and evidence-based adaptation.
Tackling Projects in a Product Operating Model World - Aka Herding Wildcats Down Waterfalls
Projects are second-class citizens in a Product Operating Model — until a strategic cross-product initiative shows up. How to manage projects without reverting to waterfall while preserving product team empowerment.