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Dec 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As we near the end of our #TwelveDaysOfProductChristmas, we go back to my interview with @allenholub and ask ourselves.. is Scrum "agile"? Do we need to use all the stuff that's in it? Are structured frameworks bad? For all this & more, check out the interview on your podcast app The more structure you have...
Like many of you, I've been following Allen for a while on Twitter, and I'm aware that he's a polarising figure for some in the agile community. His spicy, somewhat fundamentalist takes jar with some but I've got a lot of time for the discussions they provoke.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I got on the call with Allen - I mean, sure, I used to be a developer but I'm a product nerd now, and Allen can be somewhat dismissive of product people. That said, it was a great, good-natured conversation & shows the man behind the Tweets
Ultimately, it was a wide-ranging and thought-provoking conversation and I recommend all agile, product & tech people give it a listen and make their own minds up. Check it out on your favourite podcast app, or check this link out:

oneknightinproduct.com/allen-holub

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Last but definitely not least in #TwelveDaysOfProductChristmas, we have my chat with @cwodtke, author of numerous books, including The Team That Managed Itself & Radical Focus. I chatted with Christina about empowered teams, learning organisations & OKRs. Check it out right now! The muscle that OKRs really...
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For today's #TwelveDaysOfProductChristmas, we return to @parkercrystal_ to answer that age-old question "How do I get into product management?" - I chatted to Crystal about her journey into product management and how she's trying to help others get in. Check it out now! Every PM I meet... they all...
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Dec 11, 2022
Here's a hot & spicy @oneknightinprod episode with @saeedwkhan where we talk about the 5 Dysfunctions of Product Management teams. Saeed has some tough love for PMs & product leaders, but it is love!

Check it out on your podcast app or the link in the thread.

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1. It's important to be honest about the state of product management

It's not about being negative or blaming "bad product managers" for everything. But, there are repeated dysfunctions across a large number of companies and we can't fix them if we ignore them.
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Nov 20, 2022
Many product companies struggle with malfunctioning product management teams & dream of a world with no PMs where their rock star programmers can just build, build, build but these organisations don't need NO product managers, they need BETTER product managers.

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🔥 People that aren't PMs doing things that aren't product management
🔥 Poorly trained/coached PMs trying their best
🔥 Good PMs not getting a chance to do their job
🔥 Poor product leadership

Some can suffer from multiple/all
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