Explore in this blog post, an anthropological approach to job hunting, which goes beyond surface-level factors like salary and benefits. By leveraging Lindsey’s anthropology background, she assesses potential employers on various cultural dimensions - their mission and vision statements (cultural artifacts), organizational values and norms (cultural DNA), power structures and decision-making styles (hieroglyphs of influence), strengths and weaknesses (cultural landscape), evolution over time (fossil record of change), and their products or services (material culture). She believes this method can help discern if a prospective employer aligns with one's personal and professional values, fostering a fulfilling career path.

In my previous post about Top-Notch Tech Teams, I emphasized the importance of developing, or identifying, your organization's Target Operating Model. Let’s get into more details on what a TOM is and how to craft it!

Learn from real stories of growth, struggle, and learning shared by an experienced professional. Navigate changing dynamics, foster cross-functional collaboration, make data-driven decisions, optimize processes, and develop leadership and people management skills. Embrace the compelling journey of plot twists, climaxes, and triumphant resolutions. Enhance your expertise and propel your career in product operations management.

A piece comparing Product Operations (Product Ops) and Developer Experience (DevEx) – since The SPACE of Developer Productivity made it around my circles. Discover the shared language, explore the parallels in feedback loops and metrics, and learn how they focus on different, yet complementary, aspects of the product development lifecycle.