Success isn’t what holds teams back—it’s what keeps them stuck.
I call it The Success Trap—when teams stop questioning, stop adapting, and start optimizing for yesterday’s wins instead of tomorrow’s.
I break it all down here: https://medium.com/thrivve-partners/the-success-trap-how-winning-teams-get-stuck-and-what-to-do-about-it-8c2ada9494d9
Let me know what you think!
15.3.2025 20:23Success isn’t what holds teams back—it’s what keeps them stuck.I call it The Success Trap—when teams stop questioning, stop...I DON’T DO GOALS!!
That's how my conversation went earlier when I was asked about my New Year's resolutions, and I have blogged about why here: I'd love to hear you thoughts #productmanagement https://medium.com/thrivve-partners/from-resolutions-to-revelations-why-greatness-cant-be-planned-even-in-january-26d1a2617d84
2.1.2025 22:02I DON’T DO GOALS!!That's how my conversation went earlier when I was asked about my New Year's resolutions, and I have blogged...As a follow-up to the piece I wrote a few weeks back on F.A.S.S.T.E.R, I have written a follow-up = > let me know what you think? https://medium.com/thrivve-partners/adapt-continuously-part-1-riding-the-waves-of-change-in-product-development-3b8fcd755b3e #productmgmt #product
15.8.2024 15:55As a follow-up to the piece I wrote a few weeks back on F.A.S.S.T.E.R, I have written a follow-up = > let me know what you think?...I have written a thing based on some work I did with a client in the U.S. over the last couple of weeks; I'd love to hear your thoughts. "Thinking F.A.S.S.T.E.R. — A Principle-Based Toolset For Modern Product Delivery" https://medium.com/thrivve-partners/thinking-f-a-s-s-t-e-r-a-principle-based-toolset-for-modern-product-delivery-30cb3a2712a1 #product
13.7.2024 08:20I have written a thing based on some work I did with a client in the U.S. over the last couple of weeks; I'd love to hear your thoughts....I am really looking forward to this webinar with @johannarothman and #ProKanban next week - will you make it? https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:7160957234913419265 #flow #metrics
14.2.2024 19:12I am really looking forward to this webinar with @johannarothman and #ProKanban next week - will you make it?...Anyone else tried @deepnote as a super powered Jupiter notebook replacement? It is excellent #JustSaying #DataWrangler
1.2.2024 17:26Anyone else tried @deepnote as a super powered Jupiter notebook replacement? It is excellent #JustSaying #DataWranglerI am on a panel at https://balife.co.uk/ this April, talking about collaboration and building relationships on cross functional #product teams - I read this from Ant Murphy and there are a lot of parallels in our thinking https://www.antmurphy.me/newsletter/2020/03/31/product-vs-design-vs-tech-a-partnership-not-a-battlefield
27.1.2024 10:25I am on a panel at https://balife.co.uk/ this April, talking about collaboration and building relationships on cross functional #product...I love this #lego - one for the big kids in us https://playincluded.com/en-gb/the-brick-by-brick-programme
17.11.2023 08:26I love this #lego - one for the big kids in us https://playincluded.com/en-gb/the-brick-by-brick-programmeWhile trying to get data out of JIRA today, so I could generate some flow analytics and insights on a new teams i am working with, I found myself writing #python code for the first time in years, and I loved it! If there is one thing I regret loosing is my ability to knock out code at will #exdev
11.10.2023 23:13While trying to get data out of JIRA today, so I could generate some flow analytics and insights on a new teams i am working with, I found...I love that @tastapod ripped McKinsey a new one on this lazy ill-informed piece they wrote about measuring developer productivity 👏 https://dannorth.net/mckinsey-review/
5.10.2023 18:21I love that @tastapod ripped McKinsey a new one on this lazy ill-informed piece they wrote about measuring developer productivity 👏...“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science” - James Clerk Maxwell. Don't ever be scared to say “I don’t know”, that's not a failure but a necessary step toward enlightenment #productmanagement
2.10.2023 22:36“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science” - James Clerk Maxwell. Don't ever be scared to say...I have been waiting for this one from @dreasaez and Dave Martin - grab your copy now while it's 99p on Amazon!!
30.9.2023 09:57I have been waiting for this one from @dreasaez and Dave Martin - grab your copy now while it's 99p on Amazon!!So I have only gone and done it - 23andme kit has been dispatched; this should be a blast 😁 #letsfindout
27.9.2023 21:31So I have only gone and done it - 23andme kit has been dispatched; this should be a blast 😁 #letsfindoutA really non-obvious point from @johannarothman, and a great takeaway from Drunk Agile 😍 ‘I'd never realised that high WIP is the source of much of the team dysfunction. The higher the WIP, the more management pressure to work alone—even if that's the wrong action.’ Read the rest over here https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2023/09/want-better-and-faster-results-increase-team-size-and-reduce-wip/ #agile
27.9.2023 19:26A really non-obvious point from @johannarothman, and a great takeaway from Drunk Agile 😍 ‘I'd never realised that high WIP is the...I spent 4 sessions with Itamar Gilad this month on his #productmgmt course, and I grabbed a copy of his book today - have you got yours yet? The course was excellent...
21.9.2023 13:59I spent 4 sessions with Itamar Gilad this month on his #productmgmt course, and I grabbed a copy of his book today - have you got yours yet?...I loved ‘thinking in bets’, so I’m reading this by Annie Duke now; what are you reading?
20.9.2023 22:31I loved ‘thinking in bets’, so I’m reading this by Annie Duke now; what are you reading?This is fascinating - how being more human with #AI prompting makes for better results https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/telling-ai-model-to-take-a-deep-breath-causes-math-scores-to-soar-in-study/
20.9.2023 13:48This is fascinating - how being more human with #AI prompting makes for better results...I rather liked this from @prateeksingh - the anti-agile manifesto #agile https://singhpr.medium.com/the-anti-agile-manifesto-8dae4cd83485
18.9.2023 07:47I rather liked this from @prateeksingh - the anti-agile manifesto #agile https://singhpr.medium.com/the-anti-agile-manifesto-8dae4cd83485Me - ‘let’s talk about the current sources of dissatisfaction with your process that you think #kanban will help you address’
New team - ‘you don’t have to plan, and stuff takes as long as it takes, you just keep going’
This is often where it starts - I have heard this before 🙂 I love the getting started…
13.9.2023 09:00Me - ‘let’s talk about the current sources of dissatisfaction with your process that you think #kanban will help you address’New team...I love this post from @NickBrown - I have been experimenting with #flow metrics for epics and features, and there are lots of ideas here that both resonated and informed my approach https://medium.com/asos-techblog/mastering-flow-metrics-for-epics-and-features-395d54726383
12.9.2023 20:13I love this post from @NickBrown - I have been experimenting with #flow metrics for epics and features, and there are lots of ideas here...