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TBM 27b/52: Why Most Strategies Lack Clarity
NEW: Check out my three (free) Miro templates: Competitive Analysis, Can / Should, and Mandate Levels. If you’ve read TBM for a while, these will look…
John Cutler
Jun 24
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TBM 27/52: When Is Change More Likely?
When I’ve noticed actual change happen, it is most often accompanied by: New collaboration patterns New power dynamics Exposure to new insights and…
John Cutler
Jun 23
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TBM 26/52: Scaled Feature Factories
In interacting with companies that don’t sell digital products—but who are investing heavily in digital capabilities—I’ve noticed a pattern. I call the…
John Cutler
Jun 16
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TBM 25/52: In Defense of Frameworks (and Process)
In this post I am going to defend frameworks and processes. “That’s unlike you,” remarked a friend. “I thought you were all about flexibility and…
John Cutler
Jun 8
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TBM 24/52: Your Head Hurts. But Why?
Dissonance, coherence, and labeling.
John Cutler
Jun 2
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TBM 23/52: Your Company = The Product
In B2B SaaS it is important to think of your whole company as The Product. You can't view one team in isolation. A "win" in one part of your company…
John Cutler
May 26
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TBM 22/52: The Perfect Manager/Leader
Short post today. I really worry sometimes about (some) people in tech. I see people putting themselves under so much pressure to be the perfect manager…
John Cutler
May 19
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TBM 21/52: Old Guard, New Guard
The old guard knows how to navigate the mess. The new guard sees the mess, and wants to avoid it. ➖ The old guard applies knowing (but tired) eyes. The…
John Cutler
May 11
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TBM 20/54: "You're Making This Too Complicated"
Messes, Action, and Junk Drawers
John Cutler
May 5
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20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) Thinker
This list has received positive feedback. It seems to have struck a nerve. Sending it to coincide with Monday morning to help folks navigate their week…
John Cutler
Apr 30
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TBM 19/52: A Portfolio of Bets
I encourage teams to think about their roadmap as a portfolio of bets. Different initiatives have different risk/reward profiles. When the strategy and…
John Cutler
Apr 28
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Invitation to Amplify (and a comped hotel room in Vegas)
Last week I invited TBM readers to my company’s annual conference. The event is hybrid—we’ll be “live” in Las Vegas, and we’ll also stream the talks. I…
John Cutler
Apr 26
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