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In the early stages of product Communities of Practice (CoPs), you simply need to provide the time and space for people to gather and share knowledge. But eventually, as your CoP matures and grows larger, you’ll probably want to establish some regular rituals, whether it’s meetings, workshops, casual get-togethers, or places to share information. Good rituals are like glue: They hold things together and provide a certain rhythm to community activities.
Read MoreWhen maturing a Community of Practice (CoP), you might want to create community guidelines that encourage freedom of speech but prevent the spread of disinformation and ensure your community is a safe place to share and learn together. But how do you know what to include? For this post, I have three examples of CoP guidelines you can steal (use exactly as they are written) or simply use as inspiration.
Read MoreIn this post, you’ll have the chance to comb through the results from the survey respondents who participate in cross-organizational CoPs. These are CoPs that are offered by a person, company, or entity outside of your employer. For these types of CoPs, members generally choose to participate and may even need to pay a fee for their membership.
Read MoreIn this post, you’ll have the chance to comb through the results from the survey respondents who participate in company internal CoPs. As it is likely super boring for you to go through all the answers in detail, I’ve aggregated similar answers and each bullet point summarizes them. The examples in parentheses are quotes so that you get an idea of exactly how people were phrasing things.
Read MoreI dedicated a large portion of 2022 to learning all about product Communities of Practice (CoP). My research involved two main activities: conducting in-depth interviews with CoP leaders/organizers and running a survey of CoP participants. The survey results were such a treasure trove of information that I couldn’t fit it all into a single blog post….
Read MoreAre you a Head of Product, Product Team Lead, or CPO looking for someone to support you as you set about developing a strong product organisation? Look no further. I can help you to become the confident and self-aware product leader you want to be.
Read MoreOver the past few years, I’ve received an increasing number of requests from aspiring product coaches. I was curious about why that was the case, then overwhelmed by the number of requests, and ultimately decided to share some of my thoughts on this topic.
Read More2022 is almost over, but I have one final Community of Practice (CoP) interview to share with you! This one is a little different since I’ve been working with Sarah Reeves and StepStone to help build out and mature the product CoP. Be sure to check this interview out if you’re especially interested in the early stages of getting a CoP up and running.
Read MoreKeeping focus is definitely a challenge as a one-woman show. And that is why I put together this annual blog post: Because it helps me with exactly that. Gaining focus. I come back to this post multiple times throughout the year and I sometimes use it when I have to politely explain to people why I can’t do what they want me to do (speak at a meetup, share my opinion on software they are developing, give them some advice, speak at their conference, write a chapter of their book, the list goes on and on!).
Read MoreWe all know: constraints are good. They are the fuel for our creative thinking. But for life choices and career planning, I see too many people accepting constraints way too easily. They are living on autopilot. Instead of creating their own future, they are more accepting of the future others have in mind for them.
Read MoreThroughout 2022, I’ve been conducting interviews with people who lead and participate in product Communities of Practice (CoP). I’m excited to share the next installment in my series, featuring Priya Biswas, Director of Product Management, Business Analysis and Organizational Change Management Practice at ATB Financial.
Read MoreI recently attended a product meetup and have to share an observation: Many of us could better introduce ourselves. So I’m sharing real-life examples with this post of how an improved introduction could look like.
Read MoreFrom MTP Engage Hamburg to Product at Heart - what you can expect and why you should get your tickets early. Read the full story here.
Read MoreWe’re back with the next interview in our series of discussions with product Community of Practice (CoP) leaders. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Nesrine Changuel, a Product Manager for Chrome iOS, who’s based at Google’s Paris office.
Read MoreAs part of my ongoing research into product Communities of Practice (CoP), I have been conducting interviews with people who organize and participate in these communities, both within their companies and in the larger external product community. In today’s post, you’ll hear from Zainab Arilesere who is the Head of Product at Omnibiz Africa as well as the organizer of ProductTank Lagos.
Read MoreA CoP will help product people share best practices and ways to solve specific challenges. It will make it easier for product people to understand how your organization works and how to effectively work with others outside the product team. This post talks about how to get started with your product community and it contains tips on how to mature this community over time.
Read MoreFor the next post in the series of interviews about product Communities of Practice, we’ve got a real treat for you! Teresa Torres is a product discovery coach, teacher, and author of the wildly popular book Continuous Discovery Habits. In addition to these roles, she’s also the facilitator of the Continuous Discovery Habits community where product folks from all over the world come to cheer each other on as they build their skills around continuous discovery.
Read MoreIn an earlier post, I’ve already shared my key learnings from the conference program. Here are a few other learnings and observations—some from the attendees, some personally from myself.
Read MoreWe put a lot of thought into curating the content for the MTP Engage workshops and conference. Our goal was to provide a lot of thought-provoking and actionable material for experienced product people. Want to get an overview? I share some of the highlights and key takeaways in this blog post.
Read MoreMTP Engage Hamburg is a three-day event packed full of workshops, panel discussions, keynotes, and networking, so rather than try to cram everything into a single blog post, I’ll be writing a mini-series of MTP Engage Round-up posts. This first post focuses on the Product Leadership Forum portion of the event.
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