Product Management 101
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Great overview from Jason Knight on how to go about fractional work in product management. Relevant to many different types of fractional executive roles.
https://oneknightinproduct.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-fractional
Really interested to see this post from Jason Knight. It's one of the more valuable HBR articles in a long time... and I'm particularly interested in the section on #meetings.
- Jason's post is here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7148819511331176448/
Personally, I have long felt that the original article stating that "#ProductManagers&nb [more]
Rich Mironov posted this article over on LinkedIn:
- The Top 15 Jobs People Most want to Quit -- CNBC.com
It turns out that PM ranks above phlebo [more]
There seems to be more erosion of the idea that product management is necessary.
I definitely don't think that all PMs get it right all the time. I have met the PM persona who thinks that they should be the dictator of the product. They're not and they fail. I've also met the wet noodle product evangelists who think they are PMs. They are easily cut as they are completely inconsequential.
A good PM is focused on
- delivering products to customers that solve some problem [more]
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