Make Things That Matter - #53: Turning over a tough year

May 17, 2023

Adam Thomas: Operationalizing your product strategy

Adam Thomas is a coach that helps product teams operationalize strategy so they spend more time focused on building the right products and less time fighting fires. — Sign up here to get upcoming essays + episodes emailed to you. Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already would you do me a favor and take ~40 seconds to rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts ? It really helps. (Scroll to bottom of page for rate/review links.) — Links & resources mentioned: * Send episode feedback on Twitter @askotzko , or via email * Adam Thomas: website, LinkedIn, Twitter * Adam’s Maven workshop: Survival Metrics — Related episodes: * Melissa Perri: Product strategy and the missing middle — Books and media: * Good Strategy, Bad Strategy * The Crux — Other resources: * Warhammer 40K — Timestamps: [00:01:48] War gaming shaped product strategy [00:03:22] Warhammer 40K [00:07:11] Michael Jordan's Winning Shot [00:11:22] The whole person equation [00:14:15] Emotions in the workplace [00:17:54] Survival metrics [00:23:08] Implementing survival metrics [00:27:26] Trust issues in product development [00:30:05] Internal value exchange [00:34:33] Being "Product Led" is Misleading [00:36:26] Using survival metrics consistently [00:39:23] Focusing on important outcomes [00:45:12] Complying with regulations in finance [00:50:13] Questions to ask yourself This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

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