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12 Powerful Lessons for Product Managers from The KLF’s “The Manual”
Long before the rise of The Lean Startup, Customer Development, Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) there was The KLF’s The Manual (1988). It offered a strikingly prescient blueprint for achieving success through innovation, resourcefulness, and structured creativity. The Manual is a satirical guide to scoring a UK #1 single without musical skill or financial backing. By dissecting its methodology, product leaders can extract principles for driving innovation, resource optimization, and market disruption.
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GM’s Strategic Move to Control Its In-car Software Ecosystem and Data
GM’s move to replace Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with an in-house platform offers powerful lessons for product leaders how to balance market forces for deeper control over user experience.
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Bridging the Gap Between Product and Business Development: Strategies for Alignment
Organizations that successfully align product and business development achieve greater efficiency, faster market entry, and higher customer satisfaction.
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Digital Practitioner Body of Knowledge (DPBoK): A Comprehensive Guide for Digital Professionals
The Digital Practitioner Body of Knowledge™ (DPBoK™) by The Open Group is a robust toolset to accelerate digital transformation and develop innovative products.
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Product-led Growth as an Entire Company Initiative
Companies misjudge growth by expecting it to be the responsibility of a single group, but it requires a collective effort. Product-led growth (PLG) is driven by the product, necessitating cross-functional collaboration. Key metrics for success include user retention, time-to-value, and activation rate, emphasizing a user-centric strategy for sustained engagement.
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3 Reasons Why Products Fail
Product development can be an exciting journey, filled with innovation and possibilities. Yet, not every new product ends up being a success.