Product Management: Saying No Without Shutting Them Down
As a product manager, one of the hardest things you have to do is say ‘no’ to ideas, suggestions, requests and urgent demands from customers and internal stakeholders. However, adding the word ‘no’ to your management vocabulary is essential in order to make those difficult product decisions. You ... →
Bringing Product Management to the Next Level at Livescale
Livescale is a software company in Montreal bringing brands an innovative live video shopping solution to create authentic and engaging relationships with customers. Thanks to Livescale, live shopping allows brands to monetize their social influence, promote their products on video, and sell onli... →
To Manage a Product Roadmap, You Must Be a Diplomat, Strategist and Defender
It takes commitment to maintain the high level of trust required for company wide buy-in and follow-through. Here are the 3 roles Product Managers must perform to achieve roadmap leadership: The Diplomat It’s not our role to dictate through authority where the product should go. Instead, we ne... →
Empathy is the mother of all product roadmaps
Empathy is key to building great products. Give it to your office community, and they will love you. Be a good listener. Encourage them to talk about their product ideas. Talk in term of their interests, let them feel that the idea is theirs and use it to firm up your roadmap. The empathic compon... →