The Shippers Ep 034 with Kevin Packer

In this episode we meet Kevin Packer who put his decade of product management experience to work developing "values-based living"; a way of living like the the person you want to be. Kevin told me that empathetic communication is 80% of product management, and that he found writing online was a way to validate the ideas he wanted to turn into a book and lighting beacons to attract like-minded people.

7 basic questions that lead to an actually useful strategy, and how to answer them with a Wardley Map

If you want to figure out the best solution to a given problem, you have to first understand the situation you are in. Most people skip the “situation” step, and wind up with a strategy that isn’t anchored in reality. I’ve been working on a leadership development program about understanding, communicating, and executing strategy for … Continue reading 7 basic questions that lead to an actually useful strategy, and how to answer them with a Wardley Map