Become a more effective leader at work without pretending to be someone you’re not

No two leaders are the same but there’s much we can learn from the most effective people in the best organisations. Read this and reflect on how you’re doing.

How to tell the difference between a leader and a manager

What makes a great leader, and how is that different to a great manager? Find out!

How to manage conflict in a workshop or meeting

If you get enough passionate people in a room to talk about problems and make decisions, conflict in a workshop or meeting is almost inevitable. Here's how to turn a bit of conflict into something more purposeful.

How to use Popcorn Boards: Leadership via Incremental Change

A Popcorn Board is a “to do” list board or a Kanban board used for tracking hypotheses. This framework is a powerful tool to introduce to your team because it tracks your problems and treats ideas/work as experiments, rather than...

Leadership Tool: 3-point Cynefin Framework (Video Tutorial)

You may have heard of Cynefin, Dave Snowden's framework for understanding order, complexity and chaos. It's recently been featured in an EU fieldbook for managing crisis. And what is product work if not managing a constant crisis?

An Introduction to Wardley Mapping with Ben Mosior (Video Tutorial)

During this session we were joined by Ben Mosior, who walked us through the benefits of Wardley Mapping and how to create our own.

Six tips for building effective product teams

Building an effective team is crucial for designing great products. Every team is unique, but there are some common traits in those that are most successful. Emulate those traits with these six vital components of a great product team.

What should a product manager do in their first month?

Joining a new product team is like starting at a football club. You're eager to play, but you don't know their tactics or strategy. You have to train with the team to learn how they play before you can help...

How I created our product differentiation strategy

Find out how to make your own Strategy Canvas with our PDF template and Google Sheets template. Blue Ocean Strategy is a way creating a new market for yourself, where there is no one else!