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29 Apr 2002

As you’ve no doubt noticed, things have changed around here and now you know what I’ve been busy doing. I’ve been working on launching a consulting company.

Kalsey Consulting Group provides design, development, planning, and management for Web sites, intranets, and extranets. When we take on a project, we learn all about your business and then tackle the unique problems you face.

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Being a product manager means never having to say, "that's not my job."
Too Big To Fail (Apr 9)
When a company piles resources on a new product idea, it doesn't have room to fail. That keeps it from succeeding.
Go small (Apr 4)
The strengths of a large organization are the opposite of what makes innovation work. Starting something new requires that you start with a small team.
Start with a Belief (Apr 1)
You can't use data to build products unless you start with a hypothesis.
Mastery doesn’t come from perfect planning (Dec 21)
In a ceramics class, one group focused on a single perfect dish, while another made many with no quality focus. The result? A lesson in the value of practice over perfection.
The Dark Side of Input Metrics (Nov 27)
Using input metrics in the wrong way can cause unexpected behaviors, stifled creativity, and micromanagement.

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