Discover what it takes to succeed as an innovation manager—key skills, tools, habits, and strategies to drive impact and lead innovation with confidence.
Emergent leadership: The trait that smart, innovative companies seek out in employees
Emergent leaders step up and lead when qualified but are comfortable in the background, too.
The Best Innovation Process - Definition, Steps and Examples
The best innovation processes are structured, repeatable, and suited to their context. Discover 6 real-world examples of how companies innovate.
Want to Instantly Become a Better Leader? Science Says 3 Simple Habits Will Make You More Influential and Charismatic
Simple things you can immediately start doing, without changing your leadership style. (Or yourself.)
Bob Moesta - Jobs-to-be-Done Find Out the Why!
What Makes for a Good Product Manager?
Learn what qualities to look for in an exceptional product manager
6 Internal Sources of Innovation | ITONICS
Discover 6 key internal sources of innovation with real company examples. Learn how leadership, R&D, labs, and employees can drive new product ideas.
Don't solve problems if you want to be a great manager.
What makes a great manager isn't the problems they solve, but the questions they ask. Start with these 16 questions here.
The product manager role is a mistake
The popular model Software product companies aren’t usually started by people with a strong background in building software products. Those who most likely end up founding businesses are good at getting funding, and at understanding their target industry. They’ve been in their industry for a long time, know their industry inside out, convinced themselves this means they can do it, and used their relationships and skills to get the money necessary to start a company. These people tend to lead everything personally, and a lot could be said about the damage domain experts cause to their own companies when they lead things. Somebody already did it though, and they did it so well that there’s no point in me doing a worse job.
(PDF) Leadership Failure in the Eyes of Subordinates: Perception, Antecedents, and Consequences *
PDF | Effective leaders and leadership behaviors and practices are well-researched areas in the domain of leadership and management. However,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Mastering Success: Navigating Within Your Circle of Competence
Understanding where you have an edge and where you don't can help you prevent problems, spot opportunities others miss, and rapidly learn. We all have a circle of competence - an area in which we have a lot of earned knowledge.
Your People
In your career as a geek, there's a list of essential career intangibles. These are the things you need to do in order to be successful, which are also maddenin
Engineering Career Paths at Big Tech and High-Growth Startups
Levels at big tech, the most common career paths, and what comes after making it to Staff
The Rage to Master: The One Unusual Thing All Entrepreneurs Must Have to Win
Insight into how Unusual Academy leverages the principles of deep practice and master coaching to grow the best entrepreneurs.
Open Innovation: Strategies and Examples | ITONICS
Learn what open innovation is and how it benefits companies. Explore real examples and see what tools can help you innovate through external collaboration.
The surprising traits of good remote leaders
Strong in-person leadership skills don’t necessarily translate to being a good virtual leader. Instead, organisation and competency reign supreme.
Engineering managers have a new job description
Why engineering managers are expected to be hands-on again and how AI tools are making it possible to stay technically sharp while still leading.
