Career
Essays on navigating your career
The Job Decision MatrixBy far, my most popular essay. Hundreds of folks have used the tool embedded in this post to get clear on their thinking (and feelings) about their career and the next job.
You are Thinking of Your Career Trajectory WrongMost people think about their career trajectory as being like a bell-curve or that of a cannon ball fired from a cannon. For 99% of all successful people, this is completely the wrong way to think about it.
Merit Badges: A Mental Model for SuccessMy favorite way of thinking about my own success in life. I’ve gotten great feedback that this was helpful to others.
Leadership
Tenets, mechanisms, practice
TenetsWrite the tenets that settle arguments before they start. Debate them while you still have energy.
MechanismsGood intentions are never enough. A complete closed loop: the tool, the adoption, and the inspection.
Tig's Toolbox for Product ManagementThe inventory of posts I send people who want to get better at the job: the work, working backwards, writing it down, choosing, and mechanisms.
Execution
Working backwards, plans, and dates
Work Backwards From The CustomerNever start with the technology. Start with the customer experience, then invent what has to be true.
The 5PsPurpose, Principles, Priorities, People, Plan. Inspect any plan and see which P is missing.
The Most Dangerous Lie in Project PlansPlans that fake the people. If the names are not real, the date is not real.
Hiring
Who you let in the door
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