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John Cutler Chicago talk: "10 Hard Lessons I've Learned About Navigating (and Thriving In) The Beautiful Mess"

John Cutler pre-event leadership roundtable discussion

John Cutler Chicago ProductTank event with audience

Post-event dinner with event leaders and Chicago Product Alliance organizers.

I had the privilege of hosting/attending @johncutle.fish's Chicago ProductTank event Thursday. A favorite quote: "Change is about people negotiating with their self-identity."

So much of product work is helping people navigate uncertainty, not just mechanics. Thanks for the wisdom and warmth, John!

🌟 Expertise on Demand - Is a Fractional Role in Your Business Future? (Issue 140) Listen now | My guest for this episode is David Jesse, Executive Product Leader, advisor, coach, and founder of Crescendo Product Group. His company enables product teams to deliver progressively stro...

Happy to share I was on the @invinciblecareer.com podcast with @larrycornett.coach.

The theme is "Expertise on Demand - Is a Fractional Role in Your Business Future?" though we discussed a bunch of other topics. Enjoy!

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I spoke with @jozeran.bsky.social from @tempusai.bsky.social for the Products That Count Product Talk podcast. The theme was building high-impact product teams through disciplined leadership and customer focus 🎙️

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Too Many Metrics: How to Focus What You Measure for Better Product Decisions and Outcomes — Crescendo Product Group -- David Jesse transformation and leadership coaching Most product teams want to be data-driven & outcome-oriented. But there's a common pitfall: measuring everything. The result? An ever-expanding collection of metrics that individually tell you somethi...

📊 Too Many Metrics: The Product Team's Dilemma

I've seen product teams track too many metrics & wonder why they can't make good decisions.

I share how to build a focused metrics framework to connect feature usage to meaningful outcomes.

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Strong lineup of Chicago events:

Eric Metelka: Building an Experimentation Culture
📅 May 21
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Mahesh Yadav Agentic AI PM: Demystifying the AI Buzz
📅 Jun 3
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John Cutler The Beautiful Mess of PM
📅 Jun 12
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@chiprodalliance.bsky.social

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Is Your Product Team More Than the Sum of Its Parts? — Crescendo Product Group -- David Jesse transformation and leadership coaching Learn about factors impacting the effectiveness and satisfaction of product teams -- and what you can do to improve these.

Is your product team greater than the sum of its parts?

Research shows team dynamics predict performance better than individual talent. A few key attributes separate true teams from mere groups.

Read what these are and how you can develop them: www.buildcrescendo.com/blog/collect...

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D&D is a game where you sit around arguing about your plan for 25 minutes and then do not follow that plan

I always say that playing Dungeons & Dragons teaches you all the skills to do Product Management

And all the time, tourists pack shorts and t-shirts because it's California.

Must be worth a lot of $$ to the economy when they have to buy sweatshirts at the Golden Gate Bridge gift shop.