Archive
The Lost Art of Conversation
I’m concerned about the lost art of conversation. Not because I’m worried about dull dinner parties and tedious receptions I hasten to add. But, because I see it costing our clients time, money and competitive advantage. And that’s not something a good host can fix with wine and bon viveur!
In our role as digital product delivery specialists, we’re often asked to help organisations understand how they can improve working practice. Distilled, this quite simply translates to “how can we bring the right product to market faster?”. While there are many facets to the answer, a starting point must be an effective and efficient delivery team. Sadly, that’s often simpler in theory than in practice. The good news, however, is that one of the most common problems we uncover is very, very easy to fix. Communication.
Digital Product Management – Lean and Centralised?
Digital Product Management is a young discipline. It hardly existed only a few years ago – its functions typically falling under the remit of sales and marketing teams, project managers of course traditional product managers.
Now however it is recognised as unique and highly valued a discipline in its own right. Getting the digital product management mix right in a modern, fast moving and often highly transformative corporate environment is a regular topic of conversation with many of the organisations we engage with at Magic Milestones.
Alexander Craig's blog 