Source: Conversations with Vikrama Dhiman on "Demystifying Product Management Titles" on Leher (https://leher.co/9NQj), March 24th, 2021
Category: Craft
The Product Management Grid
I no longer assume I know what someone actually does when they say they are a Product Manager. This year, I had a chance to have over 40 or so 1:1s with folks from outside of work in different stages of their product management journey. No two roles were the same. I distilled our conversations… Continue reading The Product Management Grid
Do You Need to be a Product Manager to Apply Product Thinking?
Lately, I have been getting a few queries from recent graduates on how to seek a job for a product manager (PM) role. My two cents: don’t. Trying to be a PM straight out of school is like attempting a competitive sport because you have read the rules and watched it unfold from the stadium… Continue reading Do You Need to be a Product Manager to Apply Product Thinking?
The Art of Engineering
An artist creates her work as an aggregate of her creativity applied across many layers of perception for an immersive experience for the audience, no matter if you are reading a poem, enjoying a book, or staring at a painting. In that sense, engineers may not be too different. What does an engineer do? To deliver… Continue reading The Art of Engineering
The Secret to Building Sustainable Businesses May Lie in our Ability to Sketch, Sing, and Scribe
We all appreciate what it takes for someone to run a marathon, even if not many of us have attempted it. At some point in our lives, we all have given a shot for a quick sprint or a long jog and know how hard it is to sustain it for 26.2 miles. However, it… Continue reading The Secret to Building Sustainable Businesses May Lie in our Ability to Sketch, Sing, and Scribe
The Digital Transformation Trap — Compromising Human Experience with Agility and Speed
The early years of computer programming had a singular focus on the underlying data and processes being automated with a naive disregard for the human working with the application. As the audience for the computer applications outgrew the back-office personnel to include everyday users, the discipline of human-centered design has become critical to elevate the… Continue reading The Digital Transformation Trap — Compromising Human Experience with Agility and Speed
The Making of a Megathon
There are many advantages to taking time off to try to build things in time-bound short burst hackathons. It allows engineers to get out of the comfort zone and challenge the status quo on unsolved problems. For most companies, it is a channel to attempt things out of the ordinary and for engineers to prove… Continue reading The Making of a Megathon
“Design For All” — A Transformation from Group Thinking to Design Thinking
Launching the latest technology-enabled solutions is a low hanging fruit for an organisation in pursuit of digital transformation. A sustainable change will depend on the extent to which teams and leaders who don’t do design believe in the value of thinking for design. The tangible benefits of user-centric methodologies and innovation centers will remain elusive… Continue reading “Design For All” — A Transformation from Group Thinking to Design Thinking
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