It’s a common misconception that working synchronously is better for creativity. And while there are benefits for ideation, synchronous work is also stifling a lot of people’s creativity. New research studying men and women Baul folk musicians in India shows that recording musical parts asynchronously led to greater creative freedom, and thus greater creativity, for women musicians, while no variation was noted among men musicians.

By Aruna Ranganathan

There’s certainly been a ton of talk about the concept of psychological safety over the last few years. However, most of that talk seems to revolve primarily around the definition of the concept rather than about how to bring the concept into practice. Fortunately, we’re here to help! Here are five practices you can experiment with to foster a safe working environment.

By Joost Minnaar

Although DEI initiatives are increasingly common today, few companies actually bother to test their efficacy. In this article, drawing on their experience as academics and consultants who have studied the issue extensively, the authors describe the benefits of targeted A/B testing for DEI initiatives, cite company examples that they’ve been involved with, and offer practical guidance for companies interested in doing testing of their own.

By Edward Chang, Erika Kirgios, James Elfer, Katryn Wright, and Guusje Lindemann

When tasked with implementing large-scale organizational change, leaders often give too much attention to the what of change — such as a new organization strategy, operating model or acquisition integration — not the how — the particular way they will approach such changes.

By Deborah Rowland, Michael Thorley, and Nicole Brauckmann

I used to do a lot of assumption mapping and elicitation exercises. One of the significant challenges was what to do with all of the discomfort and anxiety-inducing assumptions. Teams understood the theory—why it might benefit them to surface assumptions, designate “operating assumptions”, prioritize risky assumptions, and make plans to reduce uncertainty where it counts. But putting that into practice was hard.

By John Cutler

Why is it so difficult for organisations to become outcome led and what is the role of product leaders in making an outcome-led approach work?

By Dave Martin

This is a set of format ideas for blog posts, with links to real-world examples.

It might be helpful for teams who want to use a blog to work in the open, but aren’t sure what good blogging looks like

By Giles Turnbull

The advantages of fostering diversity within product management and actionable steps that can be taken to promote inclusion.

By Naimeesha Murthy