Product Management fundamentals
what is a customer?
What is product managment?
A product exists for a reason. That reason is typically to solve a problem(s). Key questions to consider: – What problems do you want the product to solve? – Who has those problems? – How many problems can you effectively address without exceeding your natural capacities and capabilities. – How do you communicate the solution …
Where do our beliefs come from?
Barry Neil Kaufman is an emotional intelligence best-selling author who, in my opinion, fantastically answers this in his book Power Dialogues: The Ultimate System for Personal Change. I’ve provided the book excerpts below. Barry Kaufman studied under a psychotherapist named Bruce Di Marsico who put forward the idea that there are certain things we think …
What is a belief?
Something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion. Merriam-Webster Dictionary The word “belief” is just a way to label and describe what we think is true. For example, believing the world is flat means a person thinks that’s true. To disagree with that assertion is to say you don’t think …
What is value?
Phrases with the word value, like “this create value,” and “this is valuable,” are commonly used, but what does creating value actually mean? I’ll put forward that value is created when a problem is solved. I suggest using this definition whenever you see the word value being discussed and see if it doesn’t hold. It …
Fries without potatoes
AKA A fry experience without potatoes Using green plantains–which are plantains that haven’t ripened yet–to create a mildly crispy and mildly salted food may be an enjoyable alternative for those who enjoy eating fries but can’t eat potatoes for some reason or are open to trying something new. An example of using green plantains to …
Where do our thoughts come from?
In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which is an evidence-based therapeutic modality for reducing anxiety, core beliefs are thought to underlie automatic thoughts. Interestingly, I’d argue that beliefs are thoughts we’ve decided to “install” in our brains to help us process life. Julie Simmons, a licensed therapist, explains this point below: As such, beliefs are thoughts …
