Mindfulness for product people: gain perspective, make better decisions
Observing and then acting intentionally, instead of reacting, is the key to good decision-making. How do you get there? Through mindfulness.
Setting a product organization up for success - Scandinavian Product Newsletter
Excited to have joined Afonso Malo Franco in his "Product In Practice" series where he highlights the best product leaders in Scandinavia.
Lessons learned by building a successful product organization - A conversation with Egon Zehnder
In a conversation with Sara Najafi from Egon Zehnder, I went through three key factors to building thriving product organizations.
Four Years as CPO: my 4 Key Lessons
4 years as a CPO taught me some lessons on trust, teamwork, communication, and setting boundaries. Dive into my insights.
The dark side of fast delivery
Don’t let speed blindside you, some procrastination will make your final product better.
Concrete tips to start your product-lead transformation
The key enablers for our product-led journey, and some hands-on examples of how you can start yours.
Driving product change - how to choose evolution or revolution?
How do you drive change in product organization? Do you tend to approach it as an evolution or a revolution? These are my pros and cons, I would love to hear yours.
How to decide on what to decide
The hard truth is that you can’t constantly be choosing. So how do you choose what to choose?
On workplace expectations in a polarized world
What do you do when polarized views affect the expectations of the workplace and ways of working?
My main takeaways from Empowered
In Empowered Marty Cagan and Chris Jones describe the characteristics of product leaders of the most successful organizations in the world. Their description of product leadership is both fantastic and daunting to me. Here are my takeaways
Product strategy: Unlearning how to communicate in a remote setting
I believe that when working on a product strategy one key element for its success is communication. But how do you do it when a global pandemic has changed the rules of the game? I summarized my unlearning approach in this post.
My journey to becoming a woman in tech
Today is international women’s day, the perfect occasion to reflect on what it means and what it takes to be a woman in tech. These are my story and my learnings. If I did it, you can too!
The best tips from legendary sport coaches applied to product
What can product people learn from the most legendary sports coach out there? Watching The playbook, a new Netflix tv series, made me reflect on the rules to lead a successful team.
Bonus content: some extra series tip at the end, we all need some good entertainment time :)
Mental models to get to your goals
During the spring I had the pleasure of listening to a lecture by Eva Dixon that really helped me with concrete mental models that can be used to reframe my thinking and align with my goals. I thought that sharing them was the perfect way to end the year and thank 2020 for being so rough and teaching me the art of refocusing.
Stop glamorizing busy
There is a myth that if you are not able to manage many different things in parallel then you are not fit for product. The more I work with product development, the more I realize that there is nothing more wrong than this assumption.
Where does innovation come from?
I recently read ”Always day one - how the tech titans plan to stay on top forever” by Alex Kantrowitz. While reading I really started to reflect on the quality a leader is supposed to have and on what society depicts success as.