I’M STUCKOR,

HOW TO GET MOVING WHEN MOVING IS HARD

Product Tank Brighton / March 2016

Randy Silver

You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. 

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The scariest thing in the world…

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if you’re a writer.

Fortunately, you’re part of a team.

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Acceptance

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Get Unstuck

Stop banging your head against the wall

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Find your inspiration

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Consume information

• Podcasts• Articles• Movies• Books

Art

Get distractedGet boredExerciseHelp with another area/taskBuy someone coffee. Or lunch. Or beer.

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Get productiveDo something. (Anything.) Make a tweak. Analyse results.Solve a low-priority issue.Talk to users. To sales. To support. (Why aren’t you doing this anyway?) https://www.flickr.com/photos/captin_nod/8887780860http://quotesgram.com/good-writer-quotes/

Fix You• Knowledge• Training• Communications

Fix Them• Sponsorship• Incentives

Fix You• Knowledge• Training• Communications

Fix Them• Sponsorship• Incentives

No Fix• Culture• Structure

Fix You• Knowledge• Training• Communications

Organisational ennui

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Network

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Volunteer

“every relationship you are in will fail, until one doesn't”

-Dan Savage

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Your company will never love you.

*unless you own it

https://xkcd.com/317/

• Be patient• Figure out what

you want to do• Figure out what’s

stopping you• Make a decision• Act

Finally…

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• • And, because

you’re a Product Manager… iterate!

randy.silver@gmail.com@randy_silver