Reasonable Product Pills: Short Product thoughts

Pricing is not based on cost… not on management’s gut feeling This post originally appeared on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jesperlhansson_bart-knows-activity-7050681190395105280-ux65

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,...

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 😯 ....

Shall I get a product certification? Or a Product Management training/class? Which book do I have to read to become a good PM? 🤔 I get these questions every day,...

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...

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...

I still see too many LinkedIn posts and so-called product frameworks telling what you can and cannot do in product organizations. In the years I’ve learned to be less dogmatic...

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...

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...

When it comes to pricing a new product or adjusting existing prices, many people face the same dilemma: Where do I start? Most teams and executives tend to fixate on...

Who has already paid for their perfumes or drinks on an Easyjet flight in full? Nobody really, right? 🤷‍♂️ Well, that’s part of what is called the “discount habit”. Yes,...

Is good Pricing necessarily about “making money”? Not really!And that’s where most Product Monetization exercises fail… lack of 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀! Many assume a product must “make money”, but this is...