Dear all, recently I was watching yet another late night talk show (the benefits of extended home office!) discussing the current crisis. As part of the conversation, the host asked the Bavarian state premier, who was video-conferenced in, which methods and heuristics...

Dear all,  at this moment we all are facing major disruption, for once unfortunately not technology driven. To deal with it, we'll have to change. Think about what was, what is, and what will be. To spark some thoughts, this week's reads cover three different aspects...

Dear all, we're a comparably small company and in our field of work, remote work is the rule rather than the exception. Therefore our office has never been much more than an informal Friday gathering place. We have been using messaging (Slack, iMessage), shared...

Dear all, in the current crisis, many people, including managers, are working remotely for the first time. We have had multiple conversations about what’s required to make working from a home office productive while maintaining everyone’s health. Here are a few short...

Dear all, this week's Weekend Reading is early and we are not suggesting any new reading materials. As many of us are finding ourselves grounded in laudable voluntary or involuntary social distancing or even quarantine schemes (here is a Medium post that - among other...

Dear all, to develop products successfully, it requires learning strategies and team alignment. The larger the product organisation becomes, the more important these factors are. Objectives and Key Results are a proven means to steer the implementation and continuous...

Dear all, during a workshop last week with a client's IT "product team" and their "business" counterparts, we experienced a typical conflict. Working through a particularly thorny backlog of requirements from the business’ side, we came across an item, which described...

Dear all, trick question: What do Elon Musk and Alexander the Great have in common? Answer: They probably apply/have applied the same critical thinking method, First Principles Thinking. A first principle is "the first basis from which a thing is known" as Aristotle...