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📚 4 Books for Me This Fall
Follow along with what I plan to read
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Adam Harmetz
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August 2024

🎒 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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Helen H.
🎂 Celebrating 19 Years at Microsoft with 19 Lessons
A note to my younger self about my product building journey
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Adam Harmetz
How I Advocate for My People
Supporting my teams, kids, family and friends in tough moments
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Helen H.
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July 2024

⚒️ Community, Resilency, and Purpose: Themes from My Product Making Career
What I've learned to value in a product culture
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Adam Harmetz
24 for 2024 Progress Check In
👋🏻 Helen here with an update on my goals for 2024 since we are about halfway through the year.
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Helen H.
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🏊🏻‍♀️ Novice Swim Mom Retrospective
Why swim is right for our family and how to get on a swim team
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Helen H.

June 2024

⛰️+ ☀️ Enjoying the Mountains East of Seattle
A guidebook to a classic PNW summer weekend
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Adam Harmetz
🏆 Helen's Sabbatical Beginnings - FAQ
First two weeks of time off - themes, questions, and content recs
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Helen H.
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🕵️ Developing an Eye for High Craft Product Making
How to raise the bar as a PM on a UX team
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Adam Harmetz
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Three Key Lessons from a Growth Stage Start-Up
How to keep raising the bar, to value strong go to market relationships and to hire for resilience
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Helen H.

May 2024

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