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Product Management Confessionals
April 11, 2021

Product Management Confessionals

Plus: how I learned to make Zoom tolerable

Building Products at Airbnb
March 15, 2021

Building Products at Airbnb

Snow White, storytelling, and a relentless focus on experiences

The Tools Don't Matter
March 1, 2021

The Tools Don't Matter

Why are product managers so obsessed with tools?

Stay Out of the Wind and Away From the Back
February 18, 2021

Stay Out of the Wind and Away From the Back

How should PMs pick projects at big tech companies?

From One to Infinity and Beyond: Avoiding Second Product Syndrome
February 15, 2021

From One to Infinity and Beyond: Avoiding Second Product Syndrome

Launching a second product is hard. Plus: the early days at Amazon, CNET, and Microsoft

What Makes A Strong Product Culture?
February 2, 2021

What Makes A Strong Product Culture?

How a company's view of technology, product leadership, and empowerment contribute to product success

January 25, 2021

Thank You. Here Are Some More Donuts.

A short follow-up to last week's newsletter

January 21, 2021

Remember Me?

Bring the Donuts is back, and as sweet as ever

Predicting the Future
September 28, 2017

Predicting the Future

Mother of all markets or a pipe dream driven by greed?

Lots of Good Stuff for Product Managers
September 21, 2017

Lots of Good Stuff for Product Managers

Note-taking techniques, Women in Product and more

Becoming a Great Product Leader
May 31, 2017

Becoming a Great Product Leader

Three outstanding new books

A Certain Ratio
March 27, 2017

A Certain Ratio

What's the ideal number of engineers for every PM?

How I Read More Books
February 22, 2017

How I Read More Books

I read 61 books last year and it was easier than I thought

January 10, 2017

My Most Popular of 2016

Plus staying focused and asking good questions

Getting the Job Done
November 1, 2016

Getting the Job Done

Why judgment matters more then outcomes

The Thirty-Year Plan
October 4, 2016

The Thirty-Year Plan

The far future is upon us

Deciding to Make a Decision
September 27, 2016

Deciding to Make a Decision

Why ambiguity is the worst thing in product management

Dual-Track PM Ladders
August 31, 2016

Dual-Track PM Ladders

Product vs. managerial career paths

Off the Rails
August 9, 2016

Off the Rails

Balancing product impact and seniority in a PM career

Machine Learning for Product Managers
July 27, 2016

Machine Learning for Product Managers

How do you get started with machine learning?

One-On-Ones Are Essential
July 12, 2016

One-On-Ones Are Essential

How do you make the most of one-on-ones?

The Authenticity Gap
June 7, 2016

The Authenticity Gap

Is “being authentic” easier said than done?

Advice for Early Career PMs
June 1, 2016

Advice for Early Career PMs

How do you launch a product management career?

The Future Was Already Here
May 24, 2016

The Future Was Already Here

How fast does technology move?

Being Your True Self
May 17, 2016

Being Your True Self

Does authenticity matter in the workplace?

When Product Culture is Rotten
May 10, 2016

When Product Culture is Rotten

Can you change your company's culture?

Blameless Post Mortems
April 20, 2016

Blameless Post Mortems

How do you respond when things go wrong?

To Invent You Have to Experiment
April 12, 2016

To Invent You Have to Experiment

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and successful failure

Only One Priority
April 6, 2016

Only One Priority

How do you accomplish the most important tasks?

How I Manage My Inbox
March 30, 2016

How I Manage My Inbox

How do you keep your email under control?

Don't Ship the Org Chart, Part 2
March 23, 2016

Don't Ship the Org Chart, Part 2

How do you organize engineering around use cases?

Three... Two... One... Go
March 16, 2016

Three... Two... One... Go

How do you make sure your new PM is successful?

March 8, 2016

The Design Sprint

How to build and test an idea in 40 hours

The PM Mind Meld
March 2, 2016

The PM Mind Meld

How do you keep the CEO and PM on the same page?

Don’t Ship the Org Chart, Part 1
February 24, 2016

Don’t Ship the Org Chart, Part 1

How do you divide ownership between PMs?

Mind The Product
February 19, 2016

Mind The Product

The secret to moonshots, Disney’s vision, and reading more books

Product Manager Zero
February 12, 2016

Product Manager Zero

When should you hire your first PM?

Liberal Arts and Technical Enoughness
February 7, 2016

Liberal Arts and Technical Enoughness

Should product managers have a computer science degree?

Empathy and Product Management
January 31, 2016

Empathy and Product Management

How important is empathy in product management?

Ken Norton spent more than fourteen years at Google where he led product initiatives for Docs, Calendar, Google Mobile Maps, and GV (formerly Google Ventures).