The Adam Thomas Product Newsletter

Product managers face constant pressure to innovate, but research suggests the majority of ideas have no impact on a company’s bottom line. So, how can you tell which ideas you should focus on?
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Asking good questions is an important part of product management, but we can easily fall into a trap where too many questions obscure our goal.
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Product teams often know that a project needs to change direction, but they don’t have a way to make that change safely and quickly. Survival Metrics ...
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To ensure your product team is truly following the Agile Manifesto, you have to give yourselves time to adjust. That can’t happen when you’re stuck in a positive feedback loop.
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Product management requires flexibility and adaptability in its practitioners. So, with so much nuance, how do we define what product managers actually…
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Projections are useful because they give the rest of the organization a concrete idea of what you’re working on. Unfortunately, they can also set…
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Hiring is one of the most important parts of product leadership. Use these principles to make sure you’re landing the best talent.
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As product manager, how do you take your plans from theory to action? Simple: Tell the ...
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What kind of relationship do you have with your company’s customer success team? I often ask product teams this question, and the answer is usually ...
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What if there was a way to figure out the problems that a project would encounter before you started work on it?
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Case studies are one of the most useful items in the product management toolkit. To build effective ones, you need to follow a simple but vital set of…
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The strategy, by way of a roadmap, is the document that drives team alignment. When a group of people adopts a strategy ...
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The Adam Thomas Product Newsletter

Biweekly bits of accumulated wisdom on product management, leadership, and strategy (with a touch of culture and behavioral psychology) to propel your team forward.
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