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Product Management is Dead; Long Live Product Management – Last Part – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #720 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #720 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Canva Studio Photo Credit: Christina Morillo Photo Credit: Marcus Aurelius These articles took some insights and the title from INSEAD articles by Ayman Jawhar whose links appear at the end. The original articles are not about pharmaceuticals. As mentioned in the previous post, we shall see the possible solutions. Following are the suggestions. Couple of context setting points. I joined Twitter quite early and I post links to my blogs and vlogs, but not much else. I view it every day however, and get many news from there...

Product Management is Dead; Long Live Product Management – Part 5 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #719 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #719 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. These articles take some insights and the title from INSEAD articles by Ayman Jawhar whose links appear at the end. The original articles are not about pharmaceuticals. Photo Credit: Alena Darmel Photo Credit: Eva Bronzini Tools and Processes The fourth (last) component of culture is the nuts and bolts of the system. Developed corporates have elaborates processes which are designed to facilitate smooth flow of work. The hierarchies are defined, approval processes are in place, and things are expected to move in an orderly manner. Every o...

Product Management is Dead; Long Live Product Management – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #718 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #718 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Mikael Blomkvist Photo Credit: Vlada Karpovich These articles take some insights and the title from INSEAD articles by Ayman Jawhar whose links appear at the end. The original articles are not about pharmaceuticals. Product Management is considered a given in pharmaceutical companies, or is it? Majority of the 700 odd pharma companies operating in Pakistan do not have a product manager. They are doing business all the same, in fact, some are doing very big business. Then what is the difference that a product manager brings,...

Product Management is Dead; Long Live Product Management – Part 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #717 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #717 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Anna Shvets Photo Credit: Antoni Shkraba These articles take some insights and the title from INSEAD articles by Ayman Jawahar whose links appear at the end. The original articles are not about pharmaceuticals. The second argument from Ayman Jawahar is that product management is not a role.  [Quote] Decouple product management from outdated organizational theories, and stop thinking about it as a role – instead, think of it as a culture. [Unquote] Product managers have a defined role in pharmaceutical industry, and the...

Product Management is Dead; Long Live Product Management – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #716 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #716 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Karolina Grabowska Photo Credit: Ketut Subiyanto These articles take some insights and the title from INSEAD articles by Ayman Jawahar whose links appear at the end. The original articles are not about pharmaceuticals. Ayman Jawahar argues that the ‘perfect combination of skills like business acumen, market orientation, technical skills, and soft skills’ to make a great product manager are no more perfect. He says that we need to understand and redefine the role of product manager from a more meaningful, tasteful, and human...

Product Management is Dead; Long Live Product Management – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #715 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #715 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Edmond Dantés Photo Credit: Gustavo Fring This article takes some insights and the title from INSEAD articles by Ayman Jawahar whose links appear at the end. The original articles are not about pharmaceuticals. The management thinking worldwide has changed and is still changing constantly. As new challenges appear, new strategies are required to tackle these. The most recent example is that of COVID19 which led to prolonged work from home which is still continuing in most places. The unprecedented rise of all things digital has chan...