Ed Biden
Product/leadership advisor; thoughtful posts on CTO/CPO/CPTO org models and strategic technology leadership.
Replace Cascading OKRs with a Strategic Solar System
Don’t cascade OKRs. Build a Solar System Many teams cascade OKRs. But this often creates silos and false alignment. Wednesday 18 March 17:00 – 18:00 GMT Link: https://luma.com/cteiwnl4 In this session, you will learn: • Why cascading OKRs creates silos and false alignment • How the OKR Solar System reframes OKRs around strategic themes and shared outcomes • What it takes to design and run a non-cascading OKR system that enables focus, collaboration, and adaptability 1/2
Treat Discovery as a Service, Not a Blocker
Discovery isn't a phase in your process. It's a service you offer your organisation. Imagine you get a feature request from a stakeholder 😬 They want it built. "Just a small thing." Won't take long. Will be great. Most PMs respond with: • "No"...
Prove Your Head of Product Worth Before Promotion
Happening today. How to become a Head of Product Monday 16 March 17:00 – 18:00 GMT Hosted by Ed Biden (Hustle Badger co-founder) Register: https://luma.com/0ogtitig Moving from an individual contributor (PM / Snr PM) to a manager (Group PM / Head of / Director) is...
Free Practical Product Webinars Featuring Top Industry Leaders
7 new webinar recordings on YouTube. All free, all practical. 4x Awesome Guest Speakers: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 Petra Wille (author, Strong Product People) The jump from IC to leader changes everything. What stays the same, what doesn't,...
All Goal‑setting Frameworks Share Identical Pyramid Structure
OKRs, OSTs, Lean Value Trees... none of them matter. They all solve the same problem: how do you make sure everything your team does actually connects to your goal. And they all use the same structure to do it: •...
High Performance Means Building Conditions for Team Results
"High performance" is one of the most abused terms in business. It's vague enough to mean anything. Boards love it because it sounds strategic. Senior leaders love it because it gives them cover to fire people fast and call it...
Build High‑Performance Product Teams with Proven Templates
Building a High Performance Product Team 📅 Tuesday, 10 March ⏰ 17:00 – 18:00 GMT 📍 Register: https://luma.com/rpc851ts How are the best product organisations actually built? Join this workshop where we’ll share practical tips and free templates to help you: • Define what good looks...
Stop Waiting for Empowerment, Start Owning Your Role
Stop waiting to be empowered. Start taking ownership. I hear this constantly: • "We're not empowered." • "Leadership won't let us make decisions." • "The org isn't set up for us to succeed." And from CEOs, the mirror image: • "They don't take ownership." •...
Close Your AI Experience Gap in Four Weeks
You're making decisions about AI every day. But you've never built anything with it. That's not a knowledge gap. It's an experience gap. And it changes how you lead. Our 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 course closes it in 4 weeks. ...
Quantify Product’s ROI: Board Demands Clear Value
Product is one of the biggest investments in a B2B scale-up — yet its commercial impact is often unclear. When the board asks, “What value did product actually create this quarter?” many teams struggle to answer clearly. 🗓 Wednesday, 4 March ⏰ 17:00 – 18:00...
From IC to Product Leader: Identity Shift, Not Promotion
🚀 IC to Product Leader isn’t a promotion. It’s an identity shift. Happening TODAY. We’re hosting a high-signal fireside chat with Petra Wille — author of STRONG Product People — to unpack what really changes when you step into product leadership. 🗓 23 February ⏰...
Product‑led Promises Often Mask Missing Accountability
For most companies, going "product-led" is a complete disaster, and they soon revert to a feature factory. It's a predictable pattern: • Product teams cheer. • Leadership steps back. • Accountability quietly disappears. • Then… it all blows up. WHAT COMPANIES THINK THEY ARE...
AI Productivity Tricks Don’t Scale to Real Team Workflows
Most AI productivity hacks you see on LinkedIn don't work. They work for one person, on their own laptop, with no one else involved. That's not your reality. Your reality is shared Google Docs with 14 contributors. Confluence pages that...