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How To Leverage Mimetic Theory For Product Innovation
What Is Memetic Theory I lightly covered mimetic theory in previous posts, a theory of human behavior posited by French philosopher Rene Girard. In short, the theory suggests that all conflict is…
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Time And Money: Every Second Adds Up
Typically, I write on innovation, startups, and the future, but today’s let’s talk a little about productivity. Right before the pandemic, I thought I was going to do a lot of traveling…
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The Product Manager’s Guide to the Product Lifecycle: A Simple Overview.
The product lifecycle is one of the most important concepts for any product manager. The stages in the process, such as identifying opportunities and defining requirements, are vital to ensuring that you…
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11 Ways To Integrate Innovation Into Product Management
So, you’re an innovator? A product manager needs to create something new and better than what’s out there already. Maybe your company needs to innovate to stay competitive or maintain its lead.…
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In A Complex World, Humans Are Slaves To The Exact
Do you know what product managers do? Do you know what startup founders do? In my view, the skill set for each of the above is pretty much the same. Product managers…
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The Dangerous And Radical And Disruptive Are Squashed
You are an innovator – and you are proud to be an innovator. You pride yourself on listening to your customer’s desires and building products which do just that. The only problem…
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infinite diversity in infinite combinations redux
If you don’t already know, I’m a huge Star Trek fan – I love all of the shows from the beginning. Not so much the recent TV series, as I feel that…
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Is Your Brain Afraid To Accept Reality Today?
I love science fiction – it’s amazing how prescient some authors actually are – I just completed reading a short story written in 1970 about a future society where the physical presence…
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don’t buy an electric car today, invent clean power generation tomorrow
Having a Tesla is all the rage around here – yes, I myself even put down a deposit on a Cybertruck – less for the fact that it’s electric and more for…
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how to discover the secrets of great new products: do the least you can do, fake it before you make it, and don’t be afraid of embarrassment
Many startup founders (or corporate innovators) have an issue with the concept of an MVP. The definition of a Minimum Viable Product varies greatly – but in the purest sense, it should be…
