Hi–I’m Todd. I help managers and product teams maximize outcomes while respecting people.

— My Pursuit of Lean Leverage —

More. Better. Faster. Cheaper. The tireless pursuit of ever-increasing product output just keeps going and going.

Not only does it persist, it seems to be amplifying in intensity. This monotonous, beating drum is driven louder by a heightened competitive environment. And the recent rise in artificial intelligence is speeding up the rhythm to a frenetic pace. 

This beat is not an energizing rhythm. What I see in most cases is exhausted product teams, barely hanging on. Output has become the goal, the anti-purpose that doesn’t inspire. The resulting demanding pace produces unsustainable, empty, ineffective results.

Product professionals these days talk a lot about outcomes over output. But let’s be honest, many of us simply don’t walk the talk.

We need a jolt in a different direction:

Instead of doing more, we need to do something non-instinctual. We need to do less, better, while respecting people.

We need Enabling Leaders to craft an environment where successful product teams can thrive. One where Learning, Improvement, Focus, Teamwork, Engagement, and Safety pulse through the culture.

This is my pursuit, my goal for making the world of product management and development better for everyone.