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Driving alignment around “What's going to be true soon?” before thinking about “How do we succeed?”
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🍰 The joy of hosting parties
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📖 Four Novels That Product Managers Will Enjoy
Fiction books about building things, working in tech, or being part of large systems.
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💎 Hidden Gems for PM's Inside Taylor Swift Lyrics
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💎 Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader
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🎂 Celebrating 17 years at Microsoft
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Burnout & Boredom: A Manager’s Pandemic Retrospective on Mental Health
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🔦 How You Can Find Learning Opportunities Everywhere
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🎒 My Back to School Survival Guide
“In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer’s dog days, and…
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🎂 Celebrating 18 Years at Microsoft
Career, product making, and leadership stories
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Adam Harmetz
Progress Update: 23 for 2023
Accountability check in for my 2023 goals
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🏄‍♂️ My Career Highlight Reel
The top learnings, big story arcs, and high moments, succinctly told
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International Travel with Kids Ages 5-9
Tips, Tricks, and How We Planned
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Helen H.
💎 Hidden Gems for PM's Inside Taylor Swift Lyrics
Eras Tour (Mind the Beet's Version)
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🥗 The Family Dinner Table: Our Approach
Dinner time questions we ask our kids, games that pass the time, and our family dinner rules.
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Mind the Beet
Mind the Beet
Two working parents (both product leaders in tech) discuss our journey with career, parenting, and life. We publish every Sunday. Subscribing is free.
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