People, product and systems
I’ve been writing again. After nearly four years of letting my website collect digital dust—publishing only a few posts while my day job consumed all my creative energy. I finally felt the itch to both write and fix the stagnant...
Something humbling happened last week: three hours of my life disappeared into a blank document with barely a paragraph to show for it.
Every company claims to be disciplined about prioritization; most roadmaps look like feature buffets with everything marked “high priority.” The space between strategic intention and daily execution is littered with good ideas that never shipped.
The math of product is simple but brutal: too many demands, not enough resources. Your backlog isn’t just full—it’s a graveyard of good intentions. When every feature is called “critical,” nothing actually gets built well. This isn’t about managing tasks...
You ship feature after feature, your development team works overtime, your backlog is always full—yet customer satisfaction remains flat and business metrics barely budge. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. Most product organizations have fallen into what Melissa Perri calls “the...