Putt's Law states that technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. Its corollary is unsettling: …
The Acceleration Trap: Why Deliberate Adaptation Beats Constant Motion
How fast is too fast? The instinct to accelerate—new structure, new process, new KPI—feels like leadership. But motion is not the same as progress. Inspired by Mike Fisher’s piece When Change Outruns …
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The Acceleration Trap: Why Constant Change Can Silence Real Progress
Change is a strategic weapon — until you use it like a machine gun. The recent piece When Change Outruns Us by Mike Fisher nails an uncomfortable truth many leaders avoid: organisations can die from …
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How to Sell Product Transformation to the Board — Lessons from SVPG and What To Do Next
Change in product management rarely fails because the engineering team can’t ship. It fails because executives feel threatened, metrics are misaligned, or the proposed change looks like an …
How to Sell Product Transformation to the Board: Lessons from SVPG’s Playbook
Change in product management is rarely a technical problem alone. It’s social, political and — crucially — narrative. If you’ve ever tried to nudge a product operating model into a large organisation, …
How to Frame Product Transformation So Executives Don’t Feel Threatened
Change in product management is rarely a technology problem. It’s a leadership conversation — and too often that conversation never happens because executives feel threatened. I recently shared a …
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