Jock Busuttil's Blog: I Manage Products

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

Services are inherited, messy, and rarely a clean slate

There are different types of prioritisation, and we should consider them in combination

The knowledge economy is being upended by genAI

This week, Scott Colfer invites us to take a walk through ...

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

Why is it so hard to forecast return on investment (ROI) for a product?

ROI is not the only measure of product value

You can take account of uncertainty in your estimates in a systematic way

Whether or not you believe we’re in an AI bubble that continue...

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

Defend against short-termism by making your team’s strategic thinking visible

People are increasingly working to live, not living to work

Teams should only split their Decision Stack when their answers to “How?” diverge

Repetition and reward are intrinsic t...

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

Rank stacking has fallen out of favour because it breeds internal sabotage and mediocrity

Orgs drift between varying degrees of horizontal and vertical ‘coupling’

We are arguably in 3 AI bubbles: speculative, infrastructure and hype

Better methods than roadmap...

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

Product managers have to fill the gap when strategy is absent

When taking a decision, first consider how reversible it it is

Communities of practice evolve through different stages, which need different approaches

Despite narrowly missing ...

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

Fight enshittification by encouraging interoperability and openness in your product ecosystem

You can prove a concept by building something janky and cheap that shows it working for real

OKRs do not exist in isolation – context, strategy and culture se...

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

People are rarely idiots — assume they’re rational actors with good intent

Sometimes you have to compromise on finding the ideal job

What truly differentiates you from the rest of the market when anyone can build anything?

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

A PM’s vibe coded prototype is just another way to dictate requirements to the team

Just because you can build features more quickly doesn’t mean you should build them

Greater strategic discipline than ever is needed to build worthwhile products

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

AI may help you ship faster, but validating what you shipped still takes time

In large complex organisations, transparent, written communication helps to avoid misinterpretation

A strategy is just a wishlist if you never actually follow through on a decision

PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.

every PRODUCTHEAD edition is online for you to refer back to

There may be multiple ‘truths’ about the work depending on how different people frame it

Different groups of people will adopt strategy in stages, and have differing information needs

Fostering collaboration is the necessary first step for an organisation to work with mo...