“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.”[1] I believe this to be true—and yet, if I were judged by what I do evey day, and not what I do once in a while, I’d be found wanting. Up until the past few years of my life my [...]
Author: mikalfm
Product Management is an Apprentice Craft

Product management is about street-smarts, not booksmarts. Concept in brief. Product Management is an apprentice craft. It's learned in the real world, not in a textbook. It's not gained by hubris; it's pursued through praxis, applied theory, aka shipping products. Concept in action. There are three types of investments you can make to develop product [...]
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To grow your career: Create less crap. Be more awesome.

Success is preparation. As a result of preparation, we recognize opportunities when they come near, like old acquaintances, familiar with a lot of catching up to do. Chase, Chancy and Creativity refers to this as Type III Chance: Chance III involves a special receptivity, discernment, and intuitive grasp of significance unique to one particular recipient. [...]