Sitemap - 2025 - Maarten’s Newsletter

Spit-Shining the AI Bubble

The 5C Strategy Framework: Why Most Companies Suck at Strategy

Introducing Roman Estimation in Your Organization

Blood, Sweat and Roadmaps

"What's It Like To Be a Product Manager?"

Maarten's Guide to Shipping With Impossible Deadlines V0.8

Late Vs. Early Disappointment

Pinky And the Brain Teams: Part Deux

Product Management — Saying ‘No’ to Frankenstein Octopus Products

Atlassian is #@!%-ing the Customer

How 'Mimetic Signal' Is Destroying Online Platforms Like LinkedIn

We ♥️ Making Shit Up to Pretend We're Not Making Shit Up

Convincing People is Hard

'Pinky and the Brain' Teams Are Screwing Up Your Business

Use Constraint Hacking to Stop Being a Victim of Your Situation

The Danger of Expertise

Agile or Agility is Never the Goal

Tell a Story That's Easily Retold

The Return of the Scrum Master

The Explosive Nature of 'Big Bang' Rewrites

The Dutch Government Bans Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Fooled by Proxies

Vibe Agile

The First Rule of Product Management

The 5 Obstacles to High-Performing Product Teams

"What Framework Will Replace Scrum?"

The Inability to Set Goals Exposes Your Existing Problems

Why Most Organizations Produce Brittle Teams Instead of Elastic Teams

Roman Estimation: A Simple, Easy and Quick Alternative to Story Points

Distrust Breeds More Distrust

Institutionalized Competing Interests: Part II

The Unintended Accountability Sink of Scrum

Writing as a Thinking Tool is a Superpower

AIShittification: How AI Shits Over Online Communities

Institutionalized Competing Interests: Part I

The Fear of Making the Wrong Choice

The OKR Deception

Value = Money?

Creativity: The Art of Noticing What's Around You

Audiobook Giveaway: Driving Value with Sprint Goals