Minimum Viable Products: An Introduction for Product Managers Imagine a restaurant testing a new dish before adding it to the menu. Instead of investing in bulk ingredients, redesigning the menu, and training staff on a complex recipe, the chef first introduces it as[…]

In the first part of this article, I outlined seven critical traits of innovative teams that propel their businesses to success: Team Size, Team Construction, Team Duration, Team Alignment, Team Empowerment, Vision, and Culture. In this part, I’ll elaborate on the first three[…]

Innovation is often touted as the key to business success, but what does it entail beyond creating uniquely valuable products? The concept of innovation is frequently used broadly, and its precise definition is rarely explored in depth. Innovation alone does not guarantee success,[…]

The chief technology officer (CTO) is one of the least understood and most broad of all c-suite positions.  The role also varies quite a bit at different company stages.  What one company expects of its CTO may be entirely different from what the[…]

A couple of years ago, I posted some thoughts about high-level architecture and design goals, really they are just the tip of the iceberg.  Here are some additional engineering principles – predominately don’t over-engineer and leverage the cloud.  Complex systems are difficult and[…]

For some time now, technology appears to be trending away from selling products and towards selling products as a service.  Netflix lets you stream all the movies you want, Amazon delivers all the books you want.  Movies and books are migrating from nouns to verbs.[…]