Archive - Cutting Through Chaos

CTC8: Getting feedback: Lessons from a passive product survey

You don’t need a big research project to learn something useful

May 26 •

CTC7: How to spot a stale product idea

How to tell when an old idea has lost its spark — and why it’s okay to let it go.

May 11 •

April 2025

CTC6: How to avoid confirmation bias when gathering feedback

Stay curious: how to avoid only hearing what you want when gathering feedback.

Apr 28 •

CTC5: Don’t neglect the product backlog

Don’t obsess over it, either.

Apr 21 •

CTC4: The Focus Week

Ever feel that you're working on too many things at once?

Apr 13 •

CTC3: How I use structure to drive product clarity

Why process helps product managers cut through chaos — and how I use structure to create clarity, not busywork.

Apr 6 •

March 2025

CTC2: How to organise feedback without flooding your backlog

Here's how to stop your backlog from becoming a mess.

Mar 30 •

CTC1: Starting a new project

As product managers, we sometimes need to be project managers too.

Mar 23 •

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