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3 Ways To Help Your Team Succeed In 2025 - Mike Cohn Join us as we discuss these three amazing techniques and how they can impact your teams. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

The Top 10 Skills to Become a REAL Product Manager Create Your Own Product Join a Helpful Community Complete Affordable Courses To Gain Real Knowledge Follow The best Creators Read or Listen to Books On Top Products Rehearse Job Interviews Make It Your Hobby Knowledge > Certifications Get an Adjacent PM Job Practice Soft Skills How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com...

One Why Beats a Thousand Whats - Agile Sales & Marketing Market research is like archeology. It helps understand the past but tells us little about the future. It gives us many ‘whats’ but few ‘whys’. Of course, market research isn’t useless. But it can only go so far. Consumer research includes surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews, ethnographic studies, joint shopping trips, and other m...

Translating User Stories Into Value Stories Can Drive Action I’ve been seeing an increasing number of designers who don’t realize that design communication is a two-way street. There’s been an increasing focus on soft skills, like design communication, to navigate this turbulent job market. However, this doesn’t just mean teaching your team about the UX point of view. It also means knowing enough...

What Are The Best Ways To Learn Something New? Do you work as an apprentice? Do you observe others? Do you watch a video? Do you listen to a Podcast? Do you visit a library and research? How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.co...

Fundamental Product Management is Most Important In the AI Age Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) continues to expand its horizons across a myriad of industries, enabling product managers (PMs) of all domains with the chance to become AI-focused and more tech-savvy. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ -...

A Simple Practice To Prevent Wasteful Meetings Before each session, we need to clarify: 1️⃣ Required participants 👨‍⚖️ 👩‍⚖️ 2️⃣ Purpose 🤔 3️⃣ Desired outcome 🎯 4️⃣ How to prepare 🤔 5️⃣ Agenda 🗓 It’s super simple and offers some great advantages: ✅ If any of these parts are unclear, ask the organizer for clarification. ✅ If parts remain unclear, don’t join the session! ✅ Meetings are often...

Will The ScrumMaster Be Obsolete in 2025? If you hang out in the “Agile” bubble on LinkedIn, the dice have already been cast: Scrum is out (and the Scrum Master), and the new kid on the block is [insert your preferred successor framework choice here.] I’m not entirely certain about that, but several data points on my side suggest a decline in the Scrum Master’s role. How to connect with AgileDad:...

Why will you hate your next Product Management job as well? - Dr. Bart PM How is it that when you change Product Manager jobs, all looks so good initially and turns into the same shit as in your last role? Is it you? Is it the job itself? https://dr-bartosz-jaworski.medium.com/why-will-you-hate-your-next-product-management-job-as-well-0be09a34ccf3 How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https:/...

Happy Valentines Day! A Special Episode... We hope you enjoy this special Friday Episode to celebrate Valentines Day! Happy Birthday Justin! How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Three Ways To Refocus In Your Daily Scrum - Standup 1) Actually Stand Up 2) Socialize with Another Human Being 3) Take the Time to Practice Being Creative How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

End Team Disruption NOW! How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

The Customer is Mostly Wrong? - Could It Be True? Target customers are your perfect customers. You probably have a small slice of these and you likely know a handful of them by name. You almost consider these folks your friends. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgile...

Agile Is Dead! Who Cares? Many people despise Agile and claim it’s dead for good, while others still defend it. But now, with A gile Alliance joining the Project Management Institute (PMI) , the future is anything but certain. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDa...

Have you ever wondered whether or not you have bias? In this episode we discuss bias and the power of Empathy. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Four Levels of Product Growth The first level is sales. You hire salespeople who sell the product to customers by sending emails, visiting, calling, etc. While sales activity is critical in business, scaling is limited because you need more salespeople to sell more. The second level is marketing. Marketing activity is physical and digital, such as distributing flyers, launching TV commercials, adv...

What to Do When Scrum Meetings Go Wrong - Mike Cohn I hate getting stuck in traffic. I grew up in Los Angeles and lived in New York, so I should probably be used to it. I’m not. As frustrating as I find traffic, I’ve never gotten angry at the lines on the highway. The lines on the highway are there to help me and the other drivers go faster than we could without them. They tell us which direction...

The Holy Triad of Product Management Tools Customer Journey Maps User Empathy Maps User Story Maps How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Best Techniques to Deliver Bad News As a Product Manager Do you also feel frustration when, as a Product Manager, you are the bearer of bad news about failures and delays? How can it be done in the least painful way for both parties? How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/Real...

Its Never Too Late For Second Chances Let 2025 be the year we mend our hearts and our thoughts... How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

10 Product Management Predictions for 2025! 10) More Rigorous Testing Practices- Smarter Experimentation 9) Reduced Team Empowerment 8) PM Industry Growth 7) PM Specialization 6) Product Leaders as General Managers 5) Less SAFe 4) Product Ops Will Grow 3) PO Will Evolve Into PM 2) AI Will Make PM Easier 1) Product Led Growth Is Realized

Is Your Agile Training Worth The Money? - Mike Cohn Providing agile training to teams is an investment. With any investment, it is wise to assess the return you can expect. So let me ask you: How much value did your last team training deliver? What benefits did you receive? What tangible improvements did your team realize? If you can’t answer these questions, you shouldn’t spend another dime on tr...

Now Is The Time For Customer Delight! Delight is all about creating moments where your user goes, “Wow!” These moments are usually not [directly] revenue-driving (or even core features), but they are the parts of your experience that your user remembers. They’re small moments, like confetti animation when a user makes a deposit, a third-party data aggregator seamlessly pulling in data and populati...

How To Be A Rockstar Product Manager? You should join a rock band of course... Or you could listen to these helpful tips. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

The 15-Minute Worry Hack You NEED to try this hack.. Your family and Team will appreciate it! How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/