Product With JnrJose

Your Product is a Pot of Jollof

Why Your Engineers Care

Sep 3 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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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What does it cost to use your Product?

Explore the true cost of products beyond price. Learn how factors like time, cognitive load, emotional investment, and user trust influence adoption…

Dec 11, 2024 • 

Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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Solving "Wicked" Problems using the "First Principle"

In my last episode, I explored the concept of Wicked Problems, Simple Solutions. When faced with tough challenges in product development, it’s easy to…

Dec 4, 2024 • 

Isaac Durotoye (JnrJose)

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