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Julian Connor

@JulianConnor

Product @Atlassian. Previously @SafetyCultureHQ, @Domaincomau, @Indeed, and @guardian. Recovering strategy consultant.

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Joined May 2012
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On @ditheringfm today @gruber spoke about the need for new innovations to be 10x better. A possible origin is the 9x Effect coined by John Gourville which postulates that innovators overestimate the value of their innovation by 3x and consumers undervalue it by 3x.
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Ever wondered what the difference is between traditional product teams, and the "growth" or "platform" varieties? It can become clearer if you think of a product as an amusement park... #prodmgmt medium.com/@julian.connor/co…
Core, Platform, Growth — three types of product team, explained

Core, Platform, Growth — three types of product team, explained

How thinking of product as an amusement park help us understand the difference between core, platform and growth product teams.

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Strategy is not trying to do everything - and nine more things strategy definitely is not. medium.com/@julian.connor/th…
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In my latest blog, I explore how strategy should flow from the overarching goals of the business, and in turn inform them - and in particular how to pair top-down direction with and bottom-up feedback to achieve this #strategy #prodmgmt #business medium.com/@julian.connor/to…
To execute your strategy, you need to make it flow

To execute your strategy, you need to make it flow

Top-down business objectives and bottom-up feedback loops allow a strategy to flow: here’s how to make these mechanisms effective.

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Surfing is a sport which I have come to love, despite not discovering it until my mid-twenties. My journey to learn and improve has also made me a better product manager. #prodmgmt #productmanagement link.medium.com/sI1CsKnN91
Some thoughts on how to improve a products chance at selling itself #productmanagement #prodmgmt link.medium.com/8aa0HOAaY1

The 5 Steps to Create a Product that Sells Itself.

Hint — there is more to it than pop-ups and paywalls

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Three questions to help understand whether you are succeeding as a product manager. #prodmgmt #productmanagement link.medium.com/YMDT2sgbJ1
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For all the product bookworms out there - medium.com/@julian.connor/a-… #ProductManagement #prodmgmt
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New blog digging into the North Star metric, some of the challenges and benefits in having one and how to incorporate it into your product strategy and roadmap. medium.com/@julian.connor/a-… #prodmgmt #productmanagement #productmgmt #metrics
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Really enjoyed giving my lighting talk at #LTPCON yesterday. For anyone who missed it, I've described the Food Truck Test and how it helps you make better MVPs in the following blog- medium.com/@julian.connor/bu…

Building Better MVPs with the Food Truck Test

3 questions to help ensure the MVPs you build are genuinely great.

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Ever wondered what you could be doing to become a better product manager? Here are some practical activities to get you started. link.medium.com/LCqLbqtrG0

How to become a great product manager.

28 practical activities to help you transform from a good product manager into a great one.

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Spotify continues their drive into podcasts. Unparelled choice coupled with unique content is the pathway to platform-of-choice: this deal adds a little bit more of the unique. bit.ly/2Ist2V5
“There are only two ways to make money in business: one is to bundle; the other is unbundle.” Jim Barksdale, former CEO and President of Netscape. Check out this blog on how bundling and unbundling can be pathways to business model disruption. link.medium.com/r2MqhdV2qW

To bundle, or not to bundle: that is the question.

A central theme of the digital age has been a cycle of business model disruption with established institutions being broken down and…

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