Hi there, thank you for being here, at this point in time and space. I spent the past few days thinking about what I’ve learned over the past year. In 2021, I stretched my thinking on thorny topics such as product strategy, enabling context and synthesizing how frameworks may be combined. But I didn’t write a single blog post in... »
Introduction It has been (almost) a year since I’ve become a product manager. The journey has been nothing short of fun and excitement. I learned a lot of things along the way, and I also shared many of them (on Product Strategy and Product Development Frameworks). Last week, I was reflecting on what are the most important ideas that will... »
I have written about product strategy as well as product development frameworks that are the bread and butter of my job as a product manager: JTBD, Opportunity-Solution Tree, The North Star Framework, Four Level of Strategy Deployment, Continuous Discovery, so on and so forth. They said that the road to expert product development is paved with novices trying to apply... »
Table of content Table of contents Introduction How Marquetly fell into the build trap Great product managers tend to be pulled back to the problem space until it’s properly explored and validated A good strategy should help organizations avoid the strategic gaps Use Product Kata to get closer to our goals Introduction Last month, I finished reading Escaping the build trap as... »
What is product strategy? If I have to settle on the most important aspect of product management, I would say it’s product strategy. But what is strategy, and more importantly, what is product strategy? If we look at Wikipedia, then a strategy is defined as “a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of... »
The Imposter Phenomenon refers to the notion that some individuals feel that they end up at esteemed positions not because of their competence but due to some oversight or pure luck. As a result, such individuals feel like “imposters”. Imposter “Syndrome” Photo by Lysander Yuen on Unsplash Because the phenomenon reflects a negative and critical self-conception, it is deemed by... »
Disclaimer: This blog is a bit long because it’s an attempt to synthesize from multiple sources, as well as from my own views. I am not an expert on this topic, so please treat it as a reference rather than something authoritative. Introduction My curiosity in trauma perhaps stems from my own experience, the fact that I seem to recover... »
In a previous blog post, I talked about taking notes in a more serious way in Obsidian, but what would a serious note looks like? https://dafuqis-that.com/2021/01/12/beginners-guide-to-serious-note-taking/ In this post, I describe the benefits of developing notes. I also hypothesize why we need to develop evergreen notes, rather than just regular notes. Finally, I make a case for why an evergreen... »
Introduction Insight is usually described as a phenomenon accompanied by an Aha moment which occurs when there’s a conscious change in a person’s representation of a situation, event or a problem. A common component of insight problem solving is an impasse which precedes the Aha moment, although it may not always be present. This is important because we can see some connections between the practice of... »
Introduction Note-taking is an activity that gets practiced a lot, but not a lot of practices get articulated and then popularized. Today I want to talk about some thoughts I have regarding the principles behind practicing taking notes seriously. I think it is important to have as a self-development toolkit as well as a competitive advantage in your professional development.... »