Product Leadership, digital innovation & org transformation. Ex- @thoughtworks, @futureplc
Joined October 2006
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Sheen Yap retweeted
21 Sep 2021
Since time immemorial, when a CEO asks a PM at Product Review, “what do you need to 10X users/revenue?”, “what will make you go faster?”, etc the PM steadfastly responds “We need [N] more engineers”. The Eng Mgr nods approvingly.
A story thread, with some hard truths to swallow:
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Sheen Yap retweeted
25 Aug 2021
I'm very concerned about the number of teams I'm seeing dealing with remote workers by reverting back to written requirements documents. Just published an article describing why: svpg.com/discovery-vs-docume…
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Sheen Yap retweeted
6 Jul 2021
It’s a rarity, and I hope it’ll be less rare in the future, but I wrote this on the mindset that kills product thinking
jpattonassociates.com/mindse…
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Sheen Yap retweeted
11 Jun 2021
The Rise and Fall of Evernote
The Failed Growth Strategies that Led to a Death Spiral📉
A thread👇👇
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Sheen Yap retweeted
15 Feb 2021
Why KPIs Don’t Work; And How To Fix Them @Forbes @ForbesLeaders KPIs require a shift to 21st century management forbes.com/sites/stevedennin… @GDruckerForum @rstraub46 @NickHixsonUK @raymond_hofmann @AthenaElectra @bill_fischer
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Sheen Yap retweeted
22 Jan 2021
I am very please to announce that the Chinese language version of our book "EDGE Value-driven Digital Transformation" is now available. @LindaKLuu @jimhighsmith
book.douban.com/subject/3522… #digitaltransformation
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Sheen Yap retweeted
8 Jan 2021
I was at Amzn in 2000 when the internet bubble popped. Capital markets dried up & we were burning $1B/yr. Our biggest expense was datacenter -> expensive Sun servers. We spent a year ripping out Sun & replacing with HP/Linux, which formed the foundation for AWS. The backstory:
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Sheen Yap retweeted
4 Aug 2020
I just posted an article about a problem I continue to encounter in pockets all over the world, which is teams having very fundamental misconceptions about the purpose and content of a product vision: svpg.com/product-vision-vs-m…
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Sheen Yap retweeted
7 Jul 2020
Really pleased to have my first article published by @hackernoon! In it, I share some ideas from different disciplines that changed the way I think about #prodmgmt. If you have time, I'd really appreciate you checking it out!
hackernoon.com/10-ideas-to-m…
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Sheen Yap retweeted
19 Jun 2020
New essay up. Why Figma Wins
- Why browser-first matters
- Figma is built for design, not just designers
- Intra-company network effects bringing designers to decision making table
- Global network effects, pushing progress, & how to become a platform
kwokchain.com/2020/06/19/why…
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Sheen Yap retweeted
20 Jun 2020
Companies will fail until the PO role is not understood!
4 typical misunderstandings of a PO limit the odds of maximizing the value.
1 - Waiter
2- Manager
3 - Architect
4 - Protector
Many times I wondered, am I really a PO?
medium.com/serious-scrum/why…
#agile #scrum #prodmgmt
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Sheen Yap retweeted
17 Jun 2020
Hidden in the Digital News Report 2020 is a secret blueprint for building a successful online news organisation (in Europe). Here's your ten-tweet guide. #dnr20
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Sheen Yap retweeted
10 Jun 2020
At ThoughtWorks, we stand in solidarity against racism and police violence. ThoughtWorks employees wrote a statement to share our thoughts on these injustices and their different expressions, faced by marginalized people all over the world. thght.works/3her77t
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Sheen Yap retweeted
1 Jun 2020
We've been discussing the best product management books @thoughtworks. Here's my top 5:
⭐️ The Lean Product Playbook
⭐️ Business Model Generation
⭐️ Hooked
⭐️ Crossing The Chasm
⭐️ Scaling Lean
See the rest of the list here - buff.ly/2XaLZUQ - #prodmgmt
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Superb piece from Dan McClure on avoiding the oversimplification of innovation: Mastering Disruption - The Art of Agile Complexity bit.ly/2UjXtny #Agile #Leadership #Strategy
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Proud to be a co-author of @TheAIBook - the first crowdsourced book on the application of AI in financial services. Get your copy here fintechcircle.com/ai-book/
#AI #FinTech #FinancialServices #AIBook #ML @thoughtworks
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Sheen Yap retweeted
7 May 2020
I just published "How to be a Good Corporate Tourist" Fellow #consultants, this one is for you. link.medium.com/PHDvm3qwh6
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What do the crises of 2000 and 2008 teach us about today’s? Ross Pettit provides crucial advice for organisations:
The Agile Manager: Conserve or Invest? rosspettit.com/2020/04/conse…