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Eira is an editor for Mind the Product. She's been a business journalist, editor, and copywriter for longer than she cares to think about.

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<h3>Aligning product roadmaps with senior leaders: A strategic approach</h3>
<p>Senior product manager Tom Fox explores key strategies to align product roadmaps with senior leaders, emphasising the importance of business metrics, stakeholder sign-off, and other important elements.</p>
<p>Tom looks at the importance of defining clear metrics from the outset, where it’s important to align on collaboration and communication, how to build a culture of accountability, and more besides. As he says: “Aligning roadmaps with senior leaders is both an art and a science.”</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/aligning-product-roadmaps-with-senior-leaders-a-strategic-approach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aligning product roadmaps with senior leaders: A strategic approach</a></span></p>
<h3>Decoding learning paths for product managers</h3>
<p>The range of educational possibilities for product managers has exploded in the last few years. A happy combination of commercial opportunity and demand has led to a busy market with lots of options for product managers to learn.</p>
<p>This guide looks at the many options and offers advice on how to find your best learning style, some cheap and effective ways to learn, and asks what the impact on new technologies like AI will have on product management education.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/decoding-learning-paths-for-product-managers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Decoding learning paths for product managers</a></span></p>
<h3>Everything you need to know about product messaging</h3>
<p>In this Product Experience podcast episode, Diane Wiredu, Founder and Messaging Strategist for Lion Works, underscores the significance of this key element. She offers a step-by-step guide on effective messaging, while also providing insights on engaging customers and growing products. As Diane says: “Crafting effective messaging is crucial for product success.”</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-product-messaging-diane-wiredu-messaging-strategist-b2b-saas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Everything you need to know about product messaging — Diane Wiredu</a></span></p>
<h3>Product managers, stop being jaded</h3>
<p>After layoffs, changes in company’ direction and a tight job market in tech, a lot of product managers are exhausted and not feeling motivated by their work, comments product leader Ipsita Basu.</p>
<p>You may feel bored, that you do nothing of value, that you have too much responsibility, too much accountability, or that there is too much politicking at the office. Ipsita offers some actionable suggestions about what to do if any of this applies to you. She closes with this comment: “Have a healthy distance from work. Your work is not your life. Your work does not define your identity and level of achievement. Do a good job and then shut off.”</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/product-managers-stop-being-jaded/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Product managers, stop being jaded</a></span></p>
<h3>How diverse teams unlock product innovation</h3>
<p>In this article, Leslie Grandy, Founder and Principal at The Product Guild, details how diverse teams drive 45% more revenue from innovation, and intentional design sparks extraordinary ideas.</p>
<p>Leslie shows how diverse teams are less prone to “groupthink” and more likely to consider a broader range of solutions before making decisions, and how diversity of thinking styles across a product team can also supercharge innovation. She concludes: “When we intentionally include different voices in our product development efforts, we open the doors to a world of creativity and innovation that can lead to groundbreaking products and services, ultimately driving greater success and competitiveness in the market. Embedding inclusivity into the core values of the organization is crucial. This means going beyond mere acceptance of diversity to actively celebrating and seeking it out.”</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/how-diverse-teams-unlock-product-innovation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How diverse teams unlock product innovation</a></span></p>

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Product Management

It’s the Strategy, stupid – Andrew Martinez-Fonts (VP Product, Honeysales)

LLM workflows for product managers: 3 key takeaways (Niloufar Salehi, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley) – ProductTank SF

How to survive the next phase of tech – Jonty Sharples (Product and Strategy Consultant)

Transformed: Moving to the product model by Marty Cagan

Product teams in flux – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: Berlin

AI in practice at Berlin’s leading companies – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: Berlin

Product teams in flux – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: Amsterdam

Product teams in flux – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: London

What’s next for product management in 2024? Nichole Mace (SVP Product and User Experience, Pendo)

February’s top product management reads

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