Published in Agile Insider·PinnedHow to handle negative feedback from your bossSome tips on using feedback to become better When I started out as a product manager, I had all the right checkboxes ticked. I had a computer science degree, I had worked as a software engineer and I was a freshly minted MBA graduate. …Feedback6 min readFeedback6 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Sep 6, 2022Using Contextual Nudges to improve feature discovery and adoptionThe biggest challenge of a product manager is to make the customers aware about the features in the product. Over time, products tend to start having many many features. Its unreasonable to expect the customers to know all the features, let alone remember to use these at the right time. …Feature Adoption4 min readFeature Adoption4 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Sep 1, 2022A guide to developing better relationships at workStrategies to build better relationships — Work fills a large part of your lives. Given that work takes so much time and energy of our lives, its only natural that you should try to make it more fulfilling and satisfying. “Do what you love” is one cliched advice for making work fulfilling and satisfying. But you…Workplace5 min readWorkplace5 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Aug 22, 2022How to involve customers at every stage of the product development processCo-create with your customers — The biggest fear of any product manager is building features that customer’s don’t end up using. Imagine spending weeks of effort developing something only to realize that this was not what the customer asking for. All product managers have been through such a situation atleast once in their career. In…Product Development4 min readProduct Development4 min read
Aug 5, 2022The challenge that got me started on the journey of mentoring product managersLife often throws opportunities at us in the form of challenges. I joined Airmeet as a remote product manager in April 2020. (Airmeet is a platform for conducting remote events and conferences) My first task when I joined Airmeet was this — Conduct an external event on the Airmeet platform…Challenge3 min readChallenge3 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jul 24, 2022How to improve your decision making skills and rise up in your careerOne clear indicator of your readiness for leadership positions is the soundness of your decision-making abilities. As you grow in your career, you will be called upon to take decisions on matters where a lot more uncertainty is involved and a significant amount of financial and human resources at stake. …Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Jul 14, 2022How can Product Managers work with Sales to drive better business outcomesSales performs the most important function of bringing in the money and helping the organization stay alive. More importantly, Sales is on the frontlines talking to the customers. Their conversations can be a treasure trove of insights for stakeholders across product, growth, marketing, design and customer success. If the product…Product Management6 min readProduct Management6 min read
Jul 5, 2022How I learned to not ignore people who point out flaws in meThere is always something about you which others will have a problem with. Somebody will have problem with the way you look. Somebody will have a problem with the way you talk. Somebody will have a problem with your lifestyle. Somebody will have a problem with the way you work. …Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Jul 3, 2022Prioritising the right feature set using theme based roadmappingThe highest leverage task that any product manager can do is prioritizing the features which their team will work on in the upcoming months. It’s a high risk, high reward responsibility. In the previous article, we discussed how to generate a solid backlog of customer ideas and problems. In this…Feature Prioritization6 min readFeature Prioritization6 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Jun 21, 2022A slightly technical introduction to Web based Video ConferencingIts 2021 and video conferencing has never been easier. No hardware equipment needs to be purchased, no desktop applications or ‘enterprise’ software needs to be installed. You just need to open your browser, type in the website URL, generate a link and begin talking. The simplicity, convenience and the reliability…Video Conferencing5 min readVideo Conferencing5 min read
