Archive of posts from December 2023

Daily Post #2213 • December 31 2023 • Experience

Where product roadmaps come from

A ‘customer journey’ is bigger than us.

Daily Post #2212 • December 30 2023 • Narrative

Leveraging customer-led growth

I posted this on LinkedIn this week, and thought I might share it with you here:

Daily Post #2211 • December 29 2023 • Narrative

Customer-led growth

Here’s how to leverage customer-led growth:

Daily Post #2210 • December 28 2023 • Experience

Simple product roadmaps

Building a product roadmap is simple.

Daily Post #2209 • December 27 2023 • Experience

Where success comes from

When you’re marketing a product, your success comes from helping customers succeed:

Daily Post #2208 • December 26 2023 • Narrative

Taking risks the non-risky way

When “taking risks” and “innovation” are successful, they have one thing in common:

Daily Post #2207 • December 25 2023 • Craft

What flexes?

There must be a point of flexibility in every project; either Scope, or Date.

Daily Post #2206 • December 24 2023 • Experience

Marketing cheat code

A good relationship with customers is a cheat code.

Daily Post #2205 • December 23 2023 • Experience

Product direction

Don’t develop a sense of direction.

Daily Post #2204 • December 22 2023 • Experience

Defining good communication

Good communication is a bigger deal than most of us really appreciate.

Daily Post #2203 • December 21 2023 • Craft

A better portfolio

A great design portfolio is great, but overly-polished button styles are only of real interest in FAANG.

Daily Post #2202 • December 20 2023 • Craft

Pitches, not blueprints

As a product builder, your sketches aren’t just blueprints. They’re pitches.

Daily Post #2201 • December 19 2023 • Experience

Not for me

Years ago, I discovered something about sales calls.

Daily Post #2200 • December 18 2023 • Craft

Marketing is art and science

Marketing is art and science.

Daily Post #2199 • December 17 2023 • Craft

Sustainability and notes to self

I like building good quality things.

Daily Post #2198 • December 16 2023 • Craft

How not to build your team

If you want to build a thriving, long-term, talented team…

Daily Post #2197 • December 15 2023 • Craft

Share it with ten test

Share your work with ten people.

Daily Post #2196 • December 14 2023 • Experience

Marketing snacks

Social media content should be like Pringles.

Daily Post #2195 • December 13 2023 • Momentum

Love this instead

Fall out of love with goals, vision boards, and reaching the top.

Daily Post #2194 • December 12 2023 • Experience

Commuting as a game

Driving in traffic is boring.

Daily Post #2193 • December 11 2023 • Experience

Nike’s cartoon

Nike made an ad.

Daily Post #2192 • December 10 2023 • Experience

Understanding freedom for creators

Many creators struggle to understand what freedom means.

Daily Post #2191 • December 09 2023 • Craft

Keep it up

Sometimes… when you’re hard at work on work that matters…

Daily Post #2190 • December 08 2023 • Resilience

Hope-straining

Hope is a lousy strategy when building your project.

Daily Post #2189 • December 07 2023 • Resilience

Hype and sustainability

Hype and sustainability don’t get along very well.

Daily Post #2188 • December 06 2023 • Resilience

Craft. Discipline. Chaos.

We’re taught to think these are good things, but I’m not convinced:

Daily Post #2187 • December 05 2023 • Experience

Survive to win

Look around.

Daily Post #2186 • December 04 2023 • Experience

Just 4 things

If you prefer to do 1 thing really well than 1,000 things you just kinda feel you have to do, this one’s for you.

Daily Post #2185 • December 03 2023 • Narrative

Don’t change the world

Many creaters and founders hate hearing this:

Daily Post #2184 • December 02 2023 • Craft

AI, the future, and your work

Conferring with AI in your business yet?

Daily Post #2183 • December 01 2023 • Narrative

Best for you

I did a words-per-minute typing test “for fun” last week.

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