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Strategic alignment across product and field is complex and not easy to get right, but it's a pleasure to work alongside Brett Crane, Trevor Jett (Childers), and Jarod Greene. It's wonderful to be in conversation with them, sharing what we have learned, in this webinar: https://lnkd.in/gc-qp7Hk

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At Speakeasy we love working with devex leaders like Michael Heap to continuously raise the bar for what is "best in class" 🔥 We've been super lucky to work with him on what makes a great developer experience for iac and terraform. Come hear him and Thomas Rooney talk through how you can leverage OpenAPI and your API supply chain to build a provider and unlock the Terraform ecosystem. Link to the livestream in the comments 👇 #terraform #codegeneration #openapi

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Check out our second AI feature we've added to the platform below!

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Exciting to see Adaptive tackling the slow payments issue in construction with innovative financial management tools! 🏗️ It's clear their platform addresses crucial inefficiencies in the payment chain, benefiting small- and medium-sized businesses in the industry. The team has closed their $19 million Series A round—looking forward to seeing how they expand and enhance financial workflows for even more construction companies. 💡 A great example of tech-driven solutions making a big impact where it's needed most! 🚀 #ConstructionTech #FinancialInnovation #SMBs https://lnkd.in/eBJq3Q93

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“If there is no clear owner, then it’s the PM that owns it.” I sat down with Esteban Contreras from #ProductState to discuss Product leadership, or Prioritization process at Productboard. We also dug into the concept of Extreme Ownership, which is a principle I firmly believe in. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eVN47mWn #productmanagement #productexcellence #ownership

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Normally I'm a huge, huge fan of John Cutler and his newsletter, which you *should* subscribe to if you want to learn how to be an effective dev or PM. However, his missive yesterday is off the mark. What he's observing is 100% a failure of leadership. People can blame the tools all they want, but if you're not creating a culture that supports these principles they go nowhere. https://lnkd.in/gdCg3-VR #PMI #softwaredevelopment #productmanagement #agile

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In my experience of interviewing and working with many product leaders, a common trait among the great ones is treating their craft more as a science than an art. Delighting users, creating magical experiences, and ultimately developing software that users love to use is a science. An immediate red flag during interviews is when product leaders can't express details beyond "talking to customers" on how they build lovable products. While talking to customers is paramount, I listen for the structure and tools they use to become customer-centric and experts in the users they serve. Here’s what I look for: Methods to Listen For When Evaluating How Product Leaders Create Lovable Products: 🗺️ Journey Mapping: Understand what users do before and after they interact with your product or attempt to accomplish their job. 🔑 Key Moments Identification: Reveal the key moments that matter in the user journey. 😌 Emotional State Awareness: Understand the emotional states of users and how they change as they progress through the journey. 📊 Data Collection and Analysis: Collect and analyze data to understand funnels, drop-off rates, attrition, etc. I’m also on the lookout for specific techniques on how the product leader builds high-performing product teams. Here are some of the practices to listen for: 🏆 Recognition and Rewards: Establish clear KPIs that define success, create accountability, and drive alignment. Implement a system for recognizing and rewarding team achievements and individual contributions. 🤝 Consistent 1-on-1s: Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to mentor and guide the career and development of the product management team. 👥 Team Collaboration: Allow teams to craft their process and evolve it over time. My favorite team performance ceremony is the retrospective, where the team can gather in a safe place and collectively define how they will improve. 🔄 Cross-Functional Alignment: Create alignment between product, engineering, sales, marketing, and leadership. This involves regular cross-functional meetings, transparent communication of goals and progress, and a unified vision that ties the efforts of all departments together. Ensuring that all teams are moving in the same direction is crucial for driving consistent and sustainable growth. Overall, there are many important items across both themes that define effective product leadership. By listening for a product leader who employs these structured methods, companies can make a better hire to turn insights into actionable strategies, ensuring that the user experience is not left to chance but meticulously crafted and continuously improved, while building and managing high-performing teams that drive success.

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Does anyone out there know of a service that makes managing localized pricing for IAP on the App Store and Google Play easier? Ideally a tool that would handle bulk changes, make recommendations for rounding to user-friendly numbers, and make it easy to implement those changes. Something like Corrily, but for IAP?

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As VP of Product at Copper, I've seen some amazing things our customers have done with Pipelines. It's crazy how creative they get. Since making our customers happy is A1 for us, I'm always meeting with them to hear their thoughts, and what I kept hearing was that Pipelines could be even more useful for all sorts of different applications, not just sales. So, inspired by our awesome customers and our love for innovation, we've been working on making Pipelines more flexible. This way, we can help businesses successfully engage with customers from initial interest to delivering projects and creating loyal, repeat customers. So yes, Copper Pipelines are great for sales, but guess what? They actually have a wide range of practical applications: - Project management: Track key stages, assign tasks, and monitor progress in real-time. Flexible pipelines keep everything efficient from start to finish. - Client onboarding: Guide clients through the onboarding process with customized Pipelines that visualize and facilitate your process, ensuring a smooth onboarding experience for your customers. - Order Fulfillment: Accelerate your fulfillment processes with customized Pipelines for order tracking, inventory management, and shipping coordination. - Customer Support: Centralize issue management with Pipelines that facilitate task assignment, progress tracking, and timely resolution. There are endless ways to use pipelines. I encourage you to try a template to unlock the true power of Pipelines. Also, don’t forget to join us for our Product Pulse webinar at the end of the month to discover how you can leverage the full potential of Copper and drive success using Pipelines. https://lnkd.in/eksRg7WN Copper empowers businesses to own and manage their entire customer journey from start to finish. From handling invoices to meeting client expectations, Copper keeps everything organized and on track. I’m dying to know - how will you use Copper Pipelines to benefit your business? Let me know below! I can’t wait to read all of your creative suggestions that I haven’t thought of yet. 😉 #copperpipelines #projectmanagement #smb #crm #productpulse

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Just wrapped up Marty Cagan's latest book, "Transformed," and I must say, it's an absolute pleasure. Excited to share two crucial (for me) insights on fostering a truly effective product operating team: 1/ Ensure your team has direct (direct!) access to stakeholders across various domains—legal, marketing, you name it—alongside regular user interviews and robust data from analytics systems. 2/ Challenge your team with problems to solve, not just features to build. It's about cultivating a problem-solving mindset that drives innovation and meaningful solutions. Useful tip: move from feature-based roadmap to outcome-based roadmap. Have you ever met truly product-led teams?

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In today's fast-paced, results-oriented business culture, sometimes we forget that our greatest asset in achieving those results, fast, is our people. By seeing our reports as people, and loving and growing them, we're not just building them up; we're accelerating the growth of our business. Put people first and watch the results follow ❤️ 📈 #Leadership #Learning #Culture #Talent #BusinessGrowth

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It's hard to fully capture the joy of getting together with teammates you haven't seen in person for months (or more), but this video from our last TROOP SYNC annual all-hands in France goes a long way to showing why in-person meetings matter, especially when you work remotely. Yes, it's a big investment in time and money, but the ROI is exponential. We get time to dive into big topics, align on plans, strengthen relationships, and build shared memories--all of which keeps us going through whatever comes our way, until the next time we meet.  #BetterMeetingsStartwithTROOP #remotework #businesstravel

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I really enjoyed working with our team to put together The Pragmatic Guide to Composability, and I really appreciate the Forward by Brian Walker! We can all sometimes be guilty of using too much terminology and jargon. At the end of the day * every * enterprise brand is trying to achieve greater composability - making sure that all of their digital investments work together to serve their business and their customers. In this report we cover how composability isn't a new concept or a passing fad, we bust some myths that may hold brands back from building a strategy for greater composability, and we recommend starting points for brands that are setting out on the first steps toward composable commerce.

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🚀 Looking to talk to software engineering organizations! 🚀 At FIDIL, we are introducing https://fettle.dev – our innovative SaaS platform designed to ensure your engineering health is on track. We're on a mission to make engineering excellence accessible and measurable for every organization. That's why we're looking to speak with small to medium-sized businesses to understand your challenges and ensure Fettle is the perfect fit for you. With Fettle, you get: 📊 Out-of-the-box insights with our premade Fettle Functions. 🛠️ Customizable functions to meet your unique needs and goals. 🔍 Quantifiable insights to ensure your organization is progressing toward its engineering goals. 🛡️ Guardrails to prevent teams from veering off course. ✅ Accountability to ensure standards are consistently met. Would you be interested in a short chat to help us shape Fettle to meet your needs? Drop me a message or comment below, and let’s ensure your organization isn't just busy but also making meaningful progress! 💪 #EngineeringExcellence #TechInnovation #Startup #ProductDevelopment #CustomerFeedback

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The Khoros next-gen community platform is here, and it's a game-changer. But don't take our word for it! In this guest blog, longtime Khoros Communities end user and strategic community consultant, Brian Oblinger, shares his firsthand experience exploring the next-gen community platform and the enhancements and features you can expect to find in the updated version.

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🚀 Excited to share my recent interview with Harry Guinness for LeadDev on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and its potential to tackle generative AI hallucinations. In the article, we discuss: How RAG enhances large language models with up-to-date data. Benefits in reducing hallucinations and improving AI reliability. Practical applications and cost considerations. Challenges in deploying RAG pipelines. Proud to highlight how RAG can help establish "ground truth" and build traceable citations, enhancing AI transparency and trustworthiness. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gjarDhBX #AI #GenerativeAI #RAG #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #LeadDev #TechInnovation

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Recently, Eric Ignasik and Michael Sols from The Software House asked me about my first steps as a VP of Technology at Habito. It's been a fun 8 months in a supportive environment with fantastic people! 😉 This interview discusses a few improvements ‌I made with a big emphasis on why servant leadership is important to me. Hope you’ll learn from it, ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02Bw-Bv0 #softwaredevelopment #cto #softwaredelivery

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🔧 Attention Developers! Sing-up for the Composable.com Masterclass, led by Orium experts David Azoulay and Danny Lake, for a deep dive into building headless commerce storefronts using Composable UI. This session will focus on practical implementation using Next.js and React, demonstrating how to efficiently architect and design dynamic, scalable commerce platforms. Perfect for developers, architects, and designers eager to enhance their skills with real-world applications. 🗓️ Register today and level up your ecommerce solutions. #DeveloperTraining #TechSkills #NextJS #ReactDevelopment

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