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What is it that high performance product teams have that other teams lack? Successful product development is complex. It relies upon purposefully melding people, processes, and tools to deliver results. Given the complexities, organizations often lack data about what leads to a successful outcome or the factors that can aid organizations to be more successful.…

“Special webinar (#LearnToWin Webinar Building an Insanely Great Product Strategy by David Fradin) marks the launch of the IIM Lucknow Wylie Data-driven Product Management Executive Program which is offered in partnership between IIM Lucknow and Wylie Next. Product management is probably one of the most in-demand skills or job role today and only increasing in…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. In this section, I will discuss the impact of the Perfect Storm on the tremendous need for strategic talent development, how university alliances can help in that development, the importance of succession planning and mentoring. The Perfect…

With the coming "Perfect Storm," the staffing or support functions in the organization like Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Marketing Communications, Operations, Business Process improvements, and IT are being reimagined. With technology-driven automation and digitization, these functions can become more productive, expand their scope, and contribute to the success of the organization. In this section, I will discuss how each area can be reimagined.

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. The role of the product manager is expanding due to the growing importance of data in decision making, and increase in customer and design focus, and the evolution of software development methodologies like agile according to McKinsey…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. It is the Culture The Organization Organizing for Innovation Leadership Organizational Structure The Impact of Digital Who is the decider? Metrics for Innovation Summary Organizing for Innovation In this section, I will discuss how to organize for…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. Hardly a day passes without reading about a data breach/ cyber attack in some business enterprise or the other.  It is believed that more than 75% of the companies with any digital presence across the world have…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. We have already seen the strategic role of IT in the business functions of an enterprise.  As enterprises embrace decentralized operations in different geographical regions, many business support functions move closer to local decision-makers.  This helps business…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. The key to overall company and product success is focusing the entire business on the customer and the customer’s experience.  If done well, the profits will follow.  How the organization is structured is key to that success.…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Every product enterprise, no matter whether they are organized as a hierarchy, networked or matrix structure, will have executive making decisions every day.These decisions could be central to their role/ responsibility or associated with business support functions…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad In this section, I will discuss how to manage innovation, the cost of advanced technology, change oriented innovation, and all of the strategic management options.   Innovation is solving real problems fast, better, and perhaps at a…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. How to Organize Roles Focused on Partnerships and Alliances Channel Partner Affiliate Pricing Summary In this section, I discuss distribution channels, partners, affiliates and pricing strategy. The objective of using distribution channels, partners, and affiliates is to…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. Talent management includes: Digital Technologies Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) Top HR Challenges Major Disruptions Annual Reviews Coaching Corporate Universities Summary In this section I discuss what talent management includes, the impact of digital technologies and more data,…

An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Developing Strategic Leadership The greatest limitation on success and growth is the availability of leadership talent. The good thing is that leadership skills can be learned. Leadership builds on the company’s vision, values, and mission plus its…

Every product enterprise, no matter what products and/or services they deliver to their markets, face one common business challenge – CHANGE.  The ambition of every product enterprise is to be flexible to meet the changing requirements and continue to make the business sustainable. Example of such changes include:   Shift in customer requirements and expectations…

Here is the final episode of our podcast series “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode, we are featuring Albert Cheng, Director of Product at SoFi. Also available as a Videocast at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzBgndtgCSetzHJ5IqVoqLvy4lMh2_6nj Product Success Management Issues: Video Podcast Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with experienced product managers and…

  Here is another episode of our podcast series “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode, we are featuring Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, founder and CEO of InnoTivum Consulting (www.innotivum.com) and he works as a consultant, interim manager and trainer for software organizations, in particular in the areas of software product management, SaaS, IT strategy and business process…

This is the latest episode of our podcast series “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode we are featuring Raja Malpuri, he is currently the Associate Vice President of Product Management and Solutions, AS Pvt Ltd. Product Success Management Issues: Video Podcast Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with…

This is the sixth episode of our podcast “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode we are featuring Clarence Hempfield, he is currently the Vice President of Product Management, Location Intelligence at Pitney Bowes. Product Success Management Issues: Video Podcast Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with experienced product…