The Pills: Short Product Thoughts- Reasonable Product

#roadmap or no roadmap

I usually like to summarize this with the famous quote from Eisenhower, “Plans are nothing; planning is everything” The goal of the roadmap is NOT to be exhaustive, extremely detailed,...

I don’t believe that alignment is overrated but is absolutely true that alignment without understanding is counterproductive. You’d think you’re aligned, while in reality, everybody is pulling in a different...

being #credible as a product person

⚡ Here is a short outburst about PM credibility (with a concrete suggestion at the end 😎 ) ⚡ One of the dangerous things about #productmanagement , #ux and #design,...

When Price Influences the Value of your Product: The Battery Paradox

This story isn’t about perceived value—it’s about real value. At CES 2025, Bosch unveiled an innovative anti-theft feature for their eBike batteries. Integrated into their Flow+ subscription, it allows users...

Job to Be Done (JTBD): My Definition

A Job-to-Be-Done is a clear statement describing what a group of people is aiming to achieve or resolve in a specific context. The word “job” does not refer to the...

About #layoff and suistainable business

Is this an economic downturn? Or did we hire too much? When “Time to hire becomes the measure of success” companies kind of lose their North Star, get dazzled by...

#mentorship to grow in your Product Management career

Working in a favorable environment, with an inspiring boss, and on a challenging product, are probably the main ingredients to progress in your product management career. If you cannot count...

Pricing Maturity – The 4 A for strategic pricing organizations

When it comes to becoming true pricing champions, full pricing maturity does not come overnight. Companies must evolve through distinct stages to build a solid foundation and ultimately achieve mastery...

The worst Pricing Strategies

There is only one thing worse than a bad pricing strategy… having no pricing strategy at all and only one thing worse than having no pricing strategy… believing you have...

Are Senior PMs busier than Junior PMs?

Many professionals place great importance on titles, especially when they include terms like “strategic.” However, what is often overlooked is that having a strategy role is about genuinely having a...

2023 product #wishes

For this new year starting, I wish to my fellow product folks out there: Did I miss anything? Feel free to add your wishes to the list with a comment!...

Who owns pricing?

Diving into an intriguing old McKinsey report on pricing ownership within organizations https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2016/06/unlocking-the-potential-of-pricing.pdf I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at some “notable missing” pieces in the puzzle 😯 ....

Reasonable Product Pills: Short Product thoughts