experiences, practices, advice, tips and tricks that really work in the world of managing interpersonal cooperation. I focus on topics around product management, which is a very diverse discipline that spans from talent management, strategy, business competitiveness, customer communication, market research, business solution architecture, understanding product research and development (engineering), as well as promotion and marketing. In a one word, Product MATTERING.

17 10, 2024

Mattering at Work: The Next Level of Workplace

2024-10-17T06:03:24+02:00October 17th, 2024|Featured, Management, Sigma, Teamware|

The evolving Happiness @ Work into Mattering @ Work (M@W) concept is a brilliant and thoughtful next step in organisational evolution and company culture. This shift focuses on the deeper psychological need for employees to feel that their presence, work, and contributions genuinely matter to themselves, their colleagues, leaders, customers, local communities and the organization as a whole. Here’s why Mattering @ Work will be a powerful evolution at the …

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17 10, 2024

Happiness at Work: Next Generation

2024-10-17T06:01:14+02:00October 17th, 2024|Featured, Management, Perspectives, Sigma, Teamware|

The next qualitative better level - generation of movement Happiness @ Work will aim at a more holistic and sustainable approach to well-being, engagement, and organizational culture plus orgs design. Here are some key elements of this #innovution (evolution & revolution at the same time): Beyond Individual Well-Being: Focus on Collective Well-Being The focus should shift from isolated interventions targeting individual happiness to creating systems that enhance the collective …

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2 04, 2024

The Importance of Psychological Safety in Teams

2024-03-26T05:33:34+01:00April 2nd, 2024|Featured, Management, Sigma|

This article explores the concept of psychological safety and its role in building a resilient and cooperative team culture. It could provide tips for creating a psychologically safe workplace environment and highlight the benefits of doing so for team performance and well-being. Psychological safety has gained increasing attention in recent years as a critical component of building successful teams. Psychological safety refers to the belief that one can speak …

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27 03, 2024

Product Leadership that Matters

2024-03-26T05:34:31+01:00March 27th, 2024|Featured, Management, Sigma|

Product management is a multidisciplinary profession and is still in its infancy in many companies. It does not have the importance it deserves or needs to be addressed by most companies. Many companies have sections/divisions focused on sales, engineering – manufacturing, customer care or operations, rarely on product. At the top management level, there is very often infighting and power struggles over power and budget. Good product management can mediate …

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26 03, 2024

Overcoming Obstacles: How to Navigate Challenges as a Team

2024-03-26T05:35:26+01:00March 26th, 2024|Featured, Management, Sigma|

This article provides strategies for overcoming common obstacles and challenges that teams face, such as conflicts, communication breakdowns, and unexpected setbacks. It could include tips for building resilience and teamwork in the face of adversity. Navigating challenges and overcoming obstacles is an essential part of working as a team. Whether it's a conflict between team members, a breakdown in communication, or an unexpected setback, teams that can navigate these challenges …

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28 04, 2023

Excelent strategy is the backbone of great products

2023-04-28T17:18:40+02:00April 28th, 2023|Featured, Management|

Strategy is the guide to choosing what to do by priorities and guardian for making decisions in an environment with limited resources. Every good strategy has to have understandable milestones and tactics how to achieve. It has to be measurable to get to us continuous feedback if we are on a good track. Strategy is also a crucial backbone in balancing priorities every day, but not …

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7 10, 2022

Successful product managers are leaders, not bureaucrats!

2023-02-15T17:15:15+01:00October 7th, 2022|Featured, Management, Projects|

Why are so many developers, designers and bosses constantly arguing with product managers or often waving their hands at nonsense instead of actively seeking solutions together? In my experience, it's often a lack of respect + trust on both sides and a lack of leadership skills that block the smooth flow of cooperation across entire teams and partnership organisations. In many companies, the product manager is then often perceived as …

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26 04, 2022

Mission, vision, strategy, milestones, and what’s the point?

2023-04-28T17:17:46+02:00April 26th, 2022|Management, Perspectives|

I may start this article from the end, but in my experience from decades of practice, I will start with the essentials: Terminology. Unfortunately, many companies underestimate the alignment of the basic terminology teams use at all. My generation still experienced well-edited paper book professional terminology dictionaries, nowadays most people rely on what our little brother google feeds us, how our behavior on the net is classified and then what …

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25 04, 2022

Targeted Product Management

2022-04-26T12:34:35+02:00April 25th, 2022|Featured, Management, Projects|

In the last decades, I have always been around creating new products and complete software solutions in various positions. At the same time, I have studied how the best companies in the world do product-innovation. In a series of articles I will gradually cover the key themes and what works and what doesn't. I will summarize the most risky situations that occur in companies and possible ways to get out …

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