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A digital product strategy leader, I am passionate about mentoring and coaching product managers and forming high-performing, empowered teams that in turn build customer-centric digital products.

Are you giving back?

by Davidupdated on November 12, 2022November 13, 2022

We’ll all encounter challenges in our careers. Times when we feel overwhelmed and unsure of what to do. With recession concerns and increasing layoffs, many people are entering a season like that. This a perfect time to consider how we are giving back to others around us. In the past few weeks, I’ve invited several …

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Why Now?

by Davidupdated on November 11, 2022October 15, 2022

“Why Now?” is the million-dollar question that everyone dreaming of the next big idea needs to answer. There’s nothing new under the sun, so chances are that any idea you have has already been thought of. It has likely even tried and even more likely failed. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pursue an idea, though. …

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Is our digital future inclusive?

by Davidupdated on October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

As I create strategies for the future of digital banking, how can I be a part of ensuring it is inclusive? In your job, how can you help the future of digital be inclusive? As I create strategies for the future of digital banking, how can I be a part of ensuring it is inclusive? …

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Would you switch phones?

by Davidupdated on October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Would you replace your iPhone with an Android phone? What if the Android phone was 50% cheaper? 75% cheaper? I recently asked my undergraduate students this question, and all of the iPhone users (most of the class) gave a resounding answer of “No!” I’ve been primarily an Android user since the iPhone 3G, but I’ve …

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What Kind Of Team Are You Building?

by Davidupdated on July 11, 2021June 11, 2021

If asked what kind of team you are building, most of us would describe how we want to create an empowered team. But what are you actively doing to nurture that kind of team. Consider this, if this Friday was your last day in the office for the next 6 months, what would you prepare, …

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Distracted by shiny things?

by Davidupdated on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Several years ago a leader in the radio industry reminded me of how easily we get distracted by shiny new things. He pointed out that having great radio shows and lucrative advertising deals was seen as so important for a radio station. The first drove listenership and the second drove profits. As a radio station …

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What are you walling out?

by Davidupdated on November 21, 2020November 30, 2020

I find myself quick to say no, to shut out an idea that I don’t like at first glance. Sometimes it’s a coping mechanism because I feel too busy. Other times it’s because I prejudged without fully understanding. But Robert Frost in his poem, “Mending Wall” puts it this way: “Before I build a wall …

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Books for a quiet Thanksgiving

by Davidupdated on November 20, 2020November 24, 2020

Since I was a kid, I’ve loved to read, but as I’ve gotten older, I found myself more distracted and with less focused time to read. This Thanksgiving we find ourselves with more downtime than usual, and so I thought I’d share two books that have been valuable to me over the years, and that …

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Are you leaving dirty dishes?

by Davidupdated on November 20, 2020November 23, 2020

The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes by Phyllis Krasilosky is an old kids story where a man decides one day, tired after a big meal, to put off doing the dishes. The next day, the same thing happened, and the next, and the next, until there are no dishes left! You can find the …

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Are you running an assembly line?

by Davidupdated on November 19, 2020November 18, 2020

Many companies want to be innovative. They launch innovation programs, hackathons, and more. Then they go out and manage as if their company was an assembly line. They create standardized processes, controls and approvals, hierarchies and reporting structures, meetings about meetings. All of these to refine a process leading in the wrong direction. How can …

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