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10 November 2019Kinda without category

My meetings become better with one simple rule

I’m a manager so I have lots of meetings. Some of them are interesting, energetic or well structured. When such meetings finished I feel satisfied with the results. I feel that we accomplished something meaningful and we’ll change the world for the better. Let’s call them Meetings Type-A. But some meetings are awful. They are […]

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29 September 2018communication

Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication

What’s the difference, which one to choose and how to establish effective communication within the team ?‍?‍ Have you ever had a feeling that some topics or questions should be discussed in a different way? For example: there is a pending issue which should be resolved in minutes and somebody sends an email when he […]

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18 August 2018Kinda without category

Focus. Slow down to speed up

I think you’ve noticed that the world is moving with the enormous pace. It’s hard to keep up with the number of news, ideas, buzzwords, etc. And I bet you’d like to achieve more, deliver better results and win all the battles. The truth is that you can’t be on top in everything. We can’t […]

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23 April 2018process

Don’t forget about your health. Your Process Health

Let’s talk about health. But not about your physical health — your process health. Didn’t you know that each process has it’s own health? Have you noticed that sometimes you have some process or flow but you don’t get the result you want? Maybe your process is sick? If you feel that something is wrong with it, […]

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21 April 2018process

Capacity Management or how to bring the right people to the right place

A month ago, I changed my position in the company and became the leader of the PMO (project, portfolio or program management office — pick the one you like). Our main goal is to make things work efficiently. We all know it’s hard. Let me share the approach I took to improve one of the biggest and […]

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12 January 2018process, product development

Simple Product Backlog prioritization

Prioritization is the key to successful product management. There are lots of tools which help the team to prioritize the tasks and keep the track on progress. Remember, it doesn’t matter which tool you’re using if you can’t set the right priorities. A while ago Intercom wrote about simple prioritization for product managers. I’d like to […]

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1 January 2018communication, leadership, process

Effective Teamwork starts with shared Terms, Rules and Goals

Understanding in the first placeRecently I’ve read this amazing article about design adventures in Spotify and I started to think about how important are shared principles, vocabulary, goals and terms to the team. As a project manager, I’m working on different web and mobile projects at the same time. I truly believe that success or failure of […]

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30 December 2017leadership

Leadership and simple rules in tough times

Today we’ll talk about leadership. If you’re building product or team you have to obtain some leadership skills to make things work. You can be an expert in some field and could do a wonderful job in your area but you’ll never achieve the highest results by yourself. The team can do much more than […]

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15 June 2016process, product development

5 Rules You Need to Follow While Doing E-commerce in the UK

OK, you’re based in the UK and you have a product to sell. What’s next? First and foremost, you need to have a website where you can offer your products round the clock to large numbers of users. We are experienced in creating e-commerce platforms for our UK customers and we want to share with […]

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5 April 2016insights from my projects, product development

Voice Recognition Tools Review. Alexa, PocketSphinx, Google API or Project Oxford?

Remember back when every sci-fi book, TV series and film had a computer that could be operated by voice? The hero simply speaks, and the computer answers (though, it doesn’t always give the answer the hero is looking for…). Well, the future is here — and there’s much more to it than you probably thought when you were […]

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