Practical tips and examples on what PMs can do to work more collaboratively with other teams. elezea.com/2023/03/how-to…

When leaders think that people can be moved around between projects and “initiatives” at will and without knock-on effects, they run headlong into the basics of systems thinking. elezea.com/2023/03/why-st…

Genevieve Conley Gambill shares a framework for helping our managers understand our skills, our work, and our career goals better. elezea.com/2023/03/how-to…

Sheril Mathews shares some some great advice on how to show up for our teams in authentic ways (spoiler: it’s about getting in the trenches with our teams). elezea.com/2023/03/authen…

Feeding sensitivie business data to ChatGPT, the importance of understanding neurodivergent employees, a fatherhood lens on “The Last of Us”. elezea.com/2023/03/link-r…

The business strategies of both Taylor Swift and Fender Guitars serve as great cases studies on what good product management is all about. elezea.com/2023/03/taylor…

Why product managers have to consider Go to Market efforts while they are still deep in the understanding/planning phase of a project elezea.com/2023/03/how-yo…

“When you don’t focus only on making money and have reached a certain level, everything becomes about quality.” elezea.com/2023/03/hyper-…

How the "fog of war"—both in its military and gaming contexts—can guide our thinking about product planning, prioritization, and execution. elezea.com/2023/03/produc…

IKEA’s drones for stock inventory, Blockbuster might be making a comeback, the vibe shift from seriousness to whimsy. elezea.com/2023/03/link-r…

Andrew Gosine describes how their team lived out one of Slack’s primary design principles, which is to design with users, not just for them elezea.com/2023/03/design…

When onboarding an executive into a new role, answer questions such as "Where can the new executive find real data to inform themselves, rather than relying on existing narratives?" elezea.com/2023/03/how-to…

Bill Gates wrote a very insightful take on AI, but the idea that generative AI will free up our time to do more valuable and fun things is not backed up by history at all. elezea.com/2023/03/ai-bil…

In this article I present a method for planning and goal-setting that works well for empowered, autonomous teams. I summarize the EOS and W Planning frameworks, and give specific examples of how they can be combined and used in practice. elezea.com/2023/03/okr-al…

The leadership qualities that build trust, the dangers of centralized AI, the LinkedIn ghostwriters who make thousands of dollars a month. elezea.com/2023/04/link-r…

Elena Verna has a great summary of leading metrics for B2B SaaS companies, including some really useful benchmarks. elezea.com/2023/04/12-met…

Lara Hogan provides a helpful analogy for leaders on what to do when meetings go off the rails. elezea.com/2023/04/leader…

A helpful exploration of the two vectors that product teams need to be organized around: area of focus and level of accountability. elezea.com/2023/04/4-effe…

I built a mini-site for my obsession with music. Here are some notes about what the site does, how it works, and also what the build experience was like as a non-developer trying to learn. elezea.com/2023/04/buildi…