Steve on Managing Products
@sjohnson717.bsky.social
I help teams overcome the chaos in managing products. Author, speaker, guitar player, clean-shaven since 2024.
Website: www.productgrowthleaders.com
My latest ebook: https://www.productgrowthleaders.com/srpm
Website: www.productgrowthleaders.com
My latest ebook: https://www.productgrowthleaders.com/srpm
The Product Manager’s Paradox: Ownership Without Authority: https://lttr.ai/Ak4rk
#productmanagement #no_chaos
#productmanagement #no_chaos
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Product Manager’s Paradox: Ownership Without Authority: https://lttr.ai/Ak4rk
#productmanagement #no_chaos
#productmanagement #no_chaos
"Now, you might not feel like you can do much now, but that's just because, well, you're not a tree yet. You just have to give yourself some time. You're still a seed." — “Flik”, A Bug's Life
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Now, you might not feel like you can do much now, but that's just because, well, you're not a tree yet. You just have to give yourself some time. You're still a seed." — “Flik”, A Bug's Life
Jointly build a portfolio structure with strategic positioning to help teams align their roadmaps and technology plans, particularly making the products look similar and salvaging value from legacy products.
Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AknSA
#productmanagement #no_chaos
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Jointly build a portfolio structure with strategic positioning to help teams align their roadmaps and technology plans, particularly making the products look similar and salvaging value from legacy products.
Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AknSA
#productmanagement #no_chaos
Mergers and acquisitions: challenge or opportunity for product?
¸ https://lttr.ai/Akf1Q
#productmanagement #no_chaos
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Mergers and acquisitions: challenge or opportunity for product?
¸ https://lttr.ai/Akf1Q
#productmanagement #no_chaos
Who wants ana de armas to be the next James Bond?
Bluesky
wantsanadearmas.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Who wants ana de armas to be the next James Bond?
It's incredible how often devices blame me for not working. Instead of admitting "we f*cked up," Amazon reports, "You did something wrong," when I did exactly the same thing yesterday.
August 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's incredible how often devices blame me for not working. Instead of admitting "we f*cked up," Amazon reports, "You did something wrong," when I did exactly the same thing yesterday.
Through the ages, all great men have taught
Truth and happiness just can't be bought or sold
Tell me, why are you people so cold?
—Stevie Wonder
Truth and happiness just can't be bought or sold
Tell me, why are you people so cold?
—Stevie Wonder
June 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Through the ages, all great men have taught
Truth and happiness just can't be bought or sold
Tell me, why are you people so cold?
—Stevie Wonder
Truth and happiness just can't be bought or sold
Tell me, why are you people so cold?
—Stevie Wonder
Heat like we had today (almost 100 degrees) is why I went into computers.
June 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Heat like we had today (almost 100 degrees) is why I went into computers.
Has any other president in history dropped the F-bomb in public?
June 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Has any other president in history dropped the F-bomb in public?
In honor of Brian Wilson, I am planning to watch Love and Mercy. I love John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks, but I’m approaching the movie with some dread. After all it’s a lovely and terrible story.
June 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In honor of Brian Wilson, I am planning to watch Love and Mercy. I love John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks, but I’m approaching the movie with some dread. After all it’s a lovely and terrible story.
Another delightful ebook from @deanpeters.bsky.social:
"The Ancient Art of Product." Including "Be not a monkey of the ticket."
deanpeters.substack.com/p/the-ancien...
"The Ancient Art of Product." Including "Be not a monkey of the ticket."
deanpeters.substack.com/p/the-ancien...
The Ancient Art of Product
You were hired to lead, not to fling Jira tickets. This is your call to clarity—part strategy scroll, part PM survival manual. Learn to choose the right battles, sell with stories, and build products ...
deanpeters.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Another delightful ebook from @deanpeters.bsky.social:
"The Ancient Art of Product." Including "Be not a monkey of the ticket."
deanpeters.substack.com/p/the-ancien...
"The Ancient Art of Product." Including "Be not a monkey of the ticket."
deanpeters.substack.com/p/the-ancien...
Before you spend much more time on AI, could you please get copy-and-paste to work? I spend much more time reformatting than I do getting AI to answer my prompts.
May 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Before you spend much more time on AI, could you please get copy-and-paste to work? I spend much more time reformatting than I do getting AI to answer my prompts.
Have you ever had that moment when you say, “Gosh, this is exactly my situation.” That's how I felt when reading the book Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders by Bruce McCarthy & Melissa Appel
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Aligned
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May 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Have you ever had that moment when you say, “Gosh, this is exactly my situation.” That's how I felt when reading the book Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders by Bruce McCarthy & Melissa Appel
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...
I know everybody is crazy about AI right now, but while you're waiting to find a viable business model, could you please make your applications copy-and-paste without making me spend an hour reformatting?
May 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I know everybody is crazy about AI right now, but while you're waiting to find a viable business model, could you please make your applications copy-and-paste without making me spend an hour reformatting?
Reposted by Steve on Managing Products
“You changed the meaning of that word!”
No, we didn’t.
Language is basically one big game of telephone.
No, we didn’t.
Language is basically one big game of telephone.
May 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“You changed the meaning of that word!”
No, we didn’t.
Language is basically one big game of telephone.
No, we didn’t.
Language is basically one big game of telephone.
“The product trio is great… until it isn’t.”
You’ve probably heard it: product manager, designer, tech lead. But when it’s time to actually plan a release and launch to market—you need a fourth voice.
Add Product Growth to the core team to make a Product Quad.
youtube.com/shorts/bHQT6...
You’ve probably heard it: product manager, designer, tech lead. But when it’s time to actually plan a release and launch to market—you need a fourth voice.
Add Product Growth to the core team to make a Product Quad.
youtube.com/shorts/bHQT6...
Why You Need a Product Quad, Not Just a Trio
YouTube video by Steve on Managing Products
youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“The product trio is great… until it isn’t.”
You’ve probably heard it: product manager, designer, tech lead. But when it’s time to actually plan a release and launch to market—you need a fourth voice.
Add Product Growth to the core team to make a Product Quad.
youtube.com/shorts/bHQT6...
You’ve probably heard it: product manager, designer, tech lead. But when it’s time to actually plan a release and launch to market—you need a fourth voice.
Add Product Growth to the core team to make a Product Quad.
youtube.com/shorts/bHQT6...
Channel surfing is always a bad idea. Found a movie about WWII—that I have already seen. See you in 2 hours.
April 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Channel surfing is always a bad idea. Found a movie about WWII—that I have already seen. See you in 2 hours.
Anxious shareholders and 401(k) obsessives should probably stay off their phones this week. (That's my plan.)
April 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Anxious shareholders and 401(k) obsessives should probably stay off their phones this week. (That's my plan.)
Good chat with @productnerd.bsky.social and @talkingroadmaps.bsky.social on the roles of product management and product ops. May describes product ops as product management of product management.
(Plus a nice shout to me! YAY!)
#roadmap #product #process.
(Plus a nice shout to me! YAY!)
#roadmap #product #process.
April 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Good chat with @productnerd.bsky.social and @talkingroadmaps.bsky.social on the roles of product management and product ops. May describes product ops as product management of product management.
(Plus a nice shout to me! YAY!)
#roadmap #product #process.
(Plus a nice shout to me! YAY!)
#roadmap #product #process.
Jefferson Smith: I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
April 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Jefferson Smith: I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
I’m buying a lot of electronics now. I hope I won’t need to buy anything other than food for the next 3.75 years.
April 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m buying a lot of electronics now. I hope I won’t need to buy anything other than food for the next 3.75 years.
As of early 2025, the U.S. national debt is around $34 trillion.
The combined net worth of all U.S. billionaires is roughly $5.5 trillion (give or take)—probably less after Friday's slump. Taking *everything* from the billionaires still doesn't solve the problem.
The combined net worth of all U.S. billionaires is roughly $5.5 trillion (give or take)—probably less after Friday's slump. Taking *everything* from the billionaires still doesn't solve the problem.
April 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As of early 2025, the U.S. national debt is around $34 trillion.
The combined net worth of all U.S. billionaires is roughly $5.5 trillion (give or take)—probably less after Friday's slump. Taking *everything* from the billionaires still doesn't solve the problem.
The combined net worth of all U.S. billionaires is roughly $5.5 trillion (give or take)—probably less after Friday's slump. Taking *everything* from the billionaires still doesn't solve the problem.