I recently watched an interview with Barack Obama in which he was talking about the "ship of state" and the impact of leaders as himself on its course. He described how the "captain" behind the wheel could steer with all his might and only turn such a big ship 1 degree. He shared that in… Continue reading Introducing the Growth practice in a company is a big ship that we can steer 1 degree at a time
Research suggests that some of us think of our future selves as strangers. This disconnection creates an "empathy Gap" with that "future stranger" that could influence our present decisions and our progress toward our personal goals. This means that "present Pablo" wants to be fit someday, but today, he eats that KFC bucket and skips gym in part because of how… Continue reading What can you do today to be the company you want tomorrow.
I've never been away from work a month before. This last vacation was the longest in my career and also, the most disconnected from work. This was the case because of how far we were (Japan) and because we chose to disconnect. This trip with my wife, gave us perspective, time to rest, and to think. Here are 3… Continue reading The optics after a long vacation
(A version of this article will also be published in Open LMS blog) Growth thinking is a term primarily used in the context of startups and software companies in business environments. It is an approach to strategies to maximize Growth, typically measured in the number of users, and do it by spending as little budget… Continue reading Growth thinking and experimentation in education: 3 key factors to get started
In March of 2020, I began my shift from being Director of Product Management for Open LMS to focus instead on kicking off a new reseller program. Quite a challenge not only because this was new to me, but because we were doing this as a company independent of Blackboard, our former owner, and during… Continue reading A product guy leading a reseller program: 3 things I learned + books to check out
Pablo Borbón 