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Weekly briefings

Product Briefing – 24th November, 2022

A new calendar app with a twist, Amazon’s Alexa troubles, Notion adds AI writing capabilities and Shipt’s Director of Product shares a framework for hiring product people

Product Briefing – 10th November, 2022

A new customer service tool for product teams, Figma’s CEO talks acquisition, the layoffs continue, Zoom’s new set of products, how to structure your day using energy levels

Product Briefing – 3rd November, 2022

Slack’s new Threads feature, a new tool for the perfect memory, Uber impresses with earnings, Amazon’s principal product manager shares practical frameworks

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What to do When Your Product Backlog Runs Dry

How to keep your engineers well fed when the food runs out It’s happened to us all. You stare smugly at your backlog. It’s perfect. It’s a work of beauty and you’re all set for sprint planning tomorrow. You pat yourself on the back, grab a coffee and make a few little...

6 Unconventional Trello Board Templates for Product Managers

We take a look at 6 less common ways you can use Trello as a product manager We all love a bit of Trello. As product people it permeates our existence like coffee and pretentious notepads. And we’re all used to using Trello in fairly conventional ways; typically for...

5 Essential Business Skills for Product Managers

5 Essential Business Skills for Product Managers

Products are businesses. A solid foundation of business skills is critical for product managers. As product managers we are expected to possess a combination of business skills, technical knowledge and UX / design expertise. It's a hefty list of qualities as we rarely...

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