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  • When Product Management Becomes the HOA of Innovation

    April 12, 2025 If you’ve ever lived in a neighborhood governed by a particularly overzealous homeowners association (HOA), you know the feeling: every decision is slow, the rules feel arbitrary, and creativity gets boxed in by a fear of change. Now, imagine if your product management team operated the same way. Unfortunately, in some organizations, Read.

  • When SAFe Values Collide with Reality: A Leader’s Dilemma on Prioritizing People Over Product

    The organization I work at utilizes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). We hold SAFe ceremonies and religiously attend quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning. We use words like product owner, scrum master, thought leaders, release on demand, team of teams, growth mindset, lean thinking, etc. Let us just say, IFYKYK. SAFe prides itself on indoctrinating organizations Read.