I love learning about how to better build better products. These are some of my all time favourite blog posts on the subject:

(I’ll keep updating this list when I read something extra-special)

So you want to manage a product? by Rohini Vibha
This is the one I share when people ask: “What does a Product Manager do?”

Everyone is totally just winging it, all the time by Oliver Burkeman
Re-reading this always helps me bounce back from a bout of Imposter Syndrome.

Product strategy means saying no by Des Traynor
This is a great list, and knowing it well can help you catch yourself when your guard is down and you’re tempted to “just say yes” to some feature request.

Software Inventory by Joel Spolsky
An all time great blog post, on how to keep your backlog sane.

Eager Seller and Stony Buyers by John Gourville
Just because you’ve built a new product or feature and think it’s cool, why should anyone else care?

Product Land (Part 2) by Richard Pope
Techniques for thinking about problems in different ways. Reading this is like when Neo learns to see the Matrix.

What Google Learned From its Quest to Build the Perfect Team by Charles Duhigg
After thousands of hours of research, Google concluded that the secret to high performing teams is ‘psychological safety’. The best teams weren’t the ones with the smartest or most experienced people, but the ones where everyone on the team felt free to contribute without fear or rebuke, rejection, embarrassment. This is fundamental in how you as a PM get your team collaborating.