Product With JnrJose

The Illusion of Progress

Why you continue to play Whack-A-Mole

Jan 16 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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The Hamster Wheel

Why You’re Tired

Jan 8 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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September 2025

Your Product is a Pot of Jollof

Why Your Engineers Care

Sep 3, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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August 2025

The Imposter in the Planning Meeting

Can We Skip To The Good Part? The best teams I've ever seen run on a simple, powerful idea: a balanced partnership between a Product Manager (that's…

Aug 19, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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February 2025

Designers and the Product team

Tim Brown, in Change by Design, talks about how design isn’t a department, it’s a mindset. He writes:“Design thinking is a discipline that uses the…

Feb 26, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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The Topology of a Product Team (Part 2)

At the heart of every successful product team is the Product Trio, or what I like to call the Triplets—Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and…

Feb 19, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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The Topology of a Product Team

There’s this weird myth that if you hire enough product managers, designers, and engineers, poof, you become a product-driven company. Spoiler: you…

Feb 12, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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January 2025

The Product Career Path

This confusion about roles isn’t just a matter of titles. It impacts how product professionals grow in their careers and how organizations support their…

Jan 23, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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Clarity and Focus In The Product Team

Having worked with multiple teams across various organizations, each with distinct methods of communicating vision and providing clarity, I’ve observed…

Jan 8, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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Product vs. Project

The tendency to treat products like projects—sets the stage for a fundamental misalignment in goals, strategies, and outcomes.Where one approach…

Jan 1, 2025 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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December 2024

The Cost of Over-Engineered Processes

Discover how focusing on solving customer problems over rigid processes can transform product delivery, foster innovation, and drive meaningful value.

Dec 25, 2024 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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What does it cost to build your Product?

Discover the overlooked costs of product development—from misalignment and engineering debt to emotional and process inefficiencies. Learn how leaders…

Dec 18, 2024 • Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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