Earlier this month we had our first Honeycomb all-hands offsite in three years … our first one since February of 2020, before the plague. It was wonderful and glorious and silly and energizin…

By Charity Majors

Providing career development to all employees requires clear pathways for growth and opportunities to build new skills.

By George Westerman and Abbie Lundberg

A real estate investor constructs a rental property and skimps on quality. Every time the contractor asks the investor, "do you want to do X, which will cost more but will last longer, or Y, which is cheaper and will not last as long" the investor says Y. Unless, of course, the contractor says "X is more expensive, but in the long run it will save you money," in which case the investor says, X.

By John Cutler

I’ve used this technique for several years since learning about it from Dr Sal Freudenberg – thank you Sal! The illustration above is from a “Taming Unicorns with Technology” workshop I ran with Katie Roberts, where we described how using this rather than MoSCoW or other techniques helped hugely with discussions and decision making. Using ... Read more

By Neil Vass

It's not always so easy being green in product management. Listen to our conversation with Amy Wagner, Agile Consultant & Coach, where we discuss permaculture for agile teams and why it's important to inherit a green culture in product.

Learn how engineers and designers collaborate at Spotify: what works well, what can go wrong... and everything in between!

By Simon Child, Filipa Silva, Faith McAllister, Elias Lind

In trying to “protect” their teams, many managers become what the authors refer to as “umbrella managers”: well-intentioned leaders who want to protect their teams from all inclement organizational weather. But this type of leadership comes with a heavy price for the manager, the team, and the organization.

By Luis Velasquez and Kristin Gleitsman

A new team gathers, and, like magic, it operates like a well-oiled machine. It’s the dream, right? Usually, there is work to be done to help a team swiftly find its shape or to help a malnourished t…

By Dan Abel

In this article, Alexander Steinhart and Paulo Caroli discuss seven facilitation principles for building responsible products to make a positive impact in the world.

By Alexander Steinhart and Paulo Caroli