Reflection December 4, 2022 Our team worked on “plates,” which we envisioned as a platform helping to connect people over convenient, affordable meals. When we began, I had… Continue Reading
Art of the OKR & Babies, Bathwater and Goal-Setting November 11, 2022 If our team was aiming to launch our product, Plates, it would be helpful to define OKRs in order to help further energize the… Continue Reading
CASE STUDY: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics) November 10, 2022 In the case study “Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up?,” Susan is a new intern at a technology security company. In her first meeting… Continue Reading
Second Thoughts About a Strategy Shift (on Pricing) November 10, 2022 In the Harvard Business Review case study “Second Thoughts About a Strategy Shift,” Augustín Rey, the president of a century-old retailer Emilia, strongly believed… Continue Reading
We Know What You Did November 1, 2022 An advertising revenue model for our product might be a method to provide an additional revenue stream besides restaurant order commission, which could… Continue Reading
User Story Mapping October 16, 2022 “Shared documents aren’t shared understanding.” This statement, from the section “Read This First” in User Story Mapping, underpins the idea that different people have… Continue Reading
Can One Business Unit Have Two Revenue Models? October 7, 2022 In the Harvard Business Review case study “Can One Business Unit Have Two Revenue Models?” by Marco Bertini and Nader Tavassoli (2015), a chief… Continue Reading
Was Design Thinking Designed Not to Work? October 6, 2022 Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test. In past classes and workshops, I have seen these five steps presented in a zigzag of connected hexagons to… Continue Reading
Product Management in Practice September 30, 2022 In my view, a product manager is a conduit for inter- and intra- communication with internal and external stakeholders, guiding a product or feature… Continue Reading