Janna Bastow
@simplybastow.com
Product nerd. Will rant about roadmaps if poked. Probably posting about cats though.
writer speaker artist chaotic good ADHD
🇨🇦/🇬🇧/🏳️🌈/she/they
writer speaker artist chaotic good ADHD
🇨🇦/🇬🇧/🏳️🌈/she/they
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excellent post from @simplybastow.com on enshittification, why it happens, and what product people need to do to stop it.
Fighting the Enshittification of Products: Why Good Products Go Bad and What to Do About It
That slow worsening of the products you once loved. Recognize these enshittification examples? Here's how to stop it happening to your product.
www.prodpad.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
excellent post from @simplybastow.com on enshittification, why it happens, and what product people need to do to stop it.
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Tune in to the season finale of Productly Speaking with Janna Bastow where we talk about roadmapping and how AI will impact the field of product management!
LIsten here: www.productlyspeaking.com/s3e5
#podcast #productmanagament #roadmap #ai
LIsten here: www.productlyspeaking.com/s3e5
#podcast #productmanagament #roadmap #ai
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tune in to the season finale of Productly Speaking with Janna Bastow where we talk about roadmapping and how AI will impact the field of product management!
LIsten here: www.productlyspeaking.com/s3e5
#podcast #productmanagament #roadmap #ai
LIsten here: www.productlyspeaking.com/s3e5
#podcast #productmanagament #roadmap #ai
Ebi Atawodi sharing the vision statement from YouTube Studio here at #mtpcon 🤩
Uses the same classic format that our @prodpad.com CoPilot is tuned to use as it guides you on crafting your own vision statement 🌟
Uses the same classic format that our @prodpad.com CoPilot is tuned to use as it guides you on crafting your own vision statement 🌟
March 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ebi Atawodi sharing the vision statement from YouTube Studio here at #mtpcon 🤩
Uses the same classic format that our @prodpad.com CoPilot is tuned to use as it guides you on crafting your own vision statement 🌟
Uses the same classic format that our @prodpad.com CoPilot is tuned to use as it guides you on crafting your own vision statement 🌟
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🛑 Roadmapping mistakes and how to avoid them 🛑
Join roadmapping experts @ctodd.bsky.social and @simplybastow.com as they share the pitfalls and challenges of modern roadmapping and share strategies to sidestep these challenges.
The webinar is tomorrow 🚨👇
www.prodpad.com/webinars/how...
Join roadmapping experts @ctodd.bsky.social and @simplybastow.com as they share the pitfalls and challenges of modern roadmapping and share strategies to sidestep these challenges.
The webinar is tomorrow 🚨👇
www.prodpad.com/webinars/how...
The New Pitfalls of Product Roadmapping with C.Todd Lombardo | ProdPad
Product Management Webinar: Product Roadmapping The New Pitfalls of Product Roadmapping with C.Todd Lombardo Tuesday 11th February 9am PDT / 12pm EDT
www.prodpad.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🛑 Roadmapping mistakes and how to avoid them 🛑
Join roadmapping experts @ctodd.bsky.social and @simplybastow.com as they share the pitfalls and challenges of modern roadmapping and share strategies to sidestep these challenges.
The webinar is tomorrow 🚨👇
www.prodpad.com/webinars/how...
Join roadmapping experts @ctodd.bsky.social and @simplybastow.com as they share the pitfalls and challenges of modern roadmapping and share strategies to sidestep these challenges.
The webinar is tomorrow 🚨👇
www.prodpad.com/webinars/how...
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We’ve invited a roadmapping expert, @ctodd.bsky.social to our upcoming webinar with @simplybastow.com to reveal exactly what’s going wrong with modern roadmaps and share strategies to sidestep the challenges accompanying them.
Register today.👇 hubs.ly/Q033bMrZ0
The New Pitfalls of Product Roadmapping with C.Todd Lombardo | ProdPad
Product Management Webinar: Product Roadmapping The New Pitfalls of Product Roadmapping with C.Todd Lombardo Tuesday 11th February 9am PDT / 12pm EDT
hubs.ly
January 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We’ve invited a roadmapping expert, @ctodd.bsky.social to our upcoming webinar with @simplybastow.com to reveal exactly what’s going wrong with modern roadmaps and share strategies to sidestep the challenges accompanying them.
Register today.👇 hubs.ly/Q033bMrZ0
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That time of year is coming... No, we're not talking about the holidays, we're talking about setting your OKRs. 👀
Here's something to make the OKR process much easier👇 with 25 ready-made examples and advice from top product minds, you'll get it done in no time.
www.prodpad.com/downloads/ul...
Here's something to make the OKR process much easier👇 with 25 ready-made examples and advice from top product minds, you'll get it done in no time.
www.prodpad.com/downloads/ul...
The Ultimate Collection of Product OKR Examples
Kick-start your goal setting with 25 ready-made product OKRs for different scenarios. Download your free copy today.
www.prodpad.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:49 PM
That time of year is coming... No, we're not talking about the holidays, we're talking about setting your OKRs. 👀
Here's something to make the OKR process much easier👇 with 25 ready-made examples and advice from top product minds, you'll get it done in no time.
www.prodpad.com/downloads/ul...
Here's something to make the OKR process much easier👇 with 25 ready-made examples and advice from top product minds, you'll get it done in no time.
www.prodpad.com/downloads/ul...
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@simplybastow.com do you have any suggestions for teams that are going 0-to-1 for an enterprise product?
Enterprise sales cycles need commitment to features.
If the team works in a Now-Next-Later framework, it seems like you can't start the sales cycle until you have MVP. Am I wrong?
Enterprise sales cycles need commitment to features.
If the team works in a Now-Next-Later framework, it seems like you can't start the sales cycle until you have MVP. Am I wrong?
December 12, 2024 at 5:29 PM
@simplybastow.com do you have any suggestions for teams that are going 0-to-1 for an enterprise product?
Enterprise sales cycles need commitment to features.
If the team works in a Now-Next-Later framework, it seems like you can't start the sales cycle until you have MVP. Am I wrong?
Enterprise sales cycles need commitment to features.
If the team works in a Now-Next-Later framework, it seems like you can't start the sales cycle until you have MVP. Am I wrong?
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Traditional roadmaps are long gone. However, @simplybastow.com's Now, Next, Later model makes a lot of sense.
You can get away with 1Q stuff in small companies. Larger companies require much more planning and need a way for departments and organizations to align. A roadmap makes this easier.
You can get away with 1Q stuff in small companies. Larger companies require much more planning and need a way for departments and organizations to align. A roadmap makes this easier.
November 26, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Traditional roadmaps are long gone. However, @simplybastow.com's Now, Next, Later model makes a lot of sense.
You can get away with 1Q stuff in small companies. Larger companies require much more planning and need a way for departments and organizations to align. A roadmap makes this easier.
You can get away with 1Q stuff in small companies. Larger companies require much more planning and need a way for departments and organizations to align. A roadmap makes this easier.
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On this thought train, does anyone have any good Product Management Books they've recently read and recommend?
We know the staples but we're always keen to learn more and support our product peeps. So, any new recommendations? 🙏💬👇
We know the staples but we're always keen to learn more and support our product peeps. So, any new recommendations? 🙏💬👇
Hi! 💕 I mostly talk about product management, crypto, startups, autism, long covid, technology. Please recommend some folks I could follow 🙏
November 26, 2024 at 11:40 AM
On this thought train, does anyone have any good Product Management Books they've recently read and recommend?
We know the staples but we're always keen to learn more and support our product peeps. So, any new recommendations? 🙏💬👇
We know the staples but we're always keen to learn more and support our product peeps. So, any new recommendations? 🙏💬👇
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Letting go is hard, but it’s necessary.
In fact, feature or product removal is often the smartest decision a Product Manager can make to improve focus and free up resources for what really matters.
Join Stephanie Musat and @simplybastow.com to learn more in our upcoming webinar.
hubs.ly/Q02Zm91V0
In fact, feature or product removal is often the smartest decision a Product Manager can make to improve focus and free up resources for what really matters.
Join Stephanie Musat and @simplybastow.com to learn more in our upcoming webinar.
hubs.ly/Q02Zm91V0
Why, How, and When to Kill a Product or Feature with Stephanie Musat | ProdPad
Product Management Webinar: Sunsetting a Product or Feature Why, How, and When to Kill a Product or Feature with Stephanie Musat Friday 13th December 9am
https://hubs.ly/Q02Zm91V0👇
November 26, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Letting go is hard, but it’s necessary.
In fact, feature or product removal is often the smartest decision a Product Manager can make to improve focus and free up resources for what really matters.
Join Stephanie Musat and @simplybastow.com to learn more in our upcoming webinar.
hubs.ly/Q02Zm91V0
In fact, feature or product removal is often the smartest decision a Product Manager can make to improve focus and free up resources for what really matters.
Join Stephanie Musat and @simplybastow.com to learn more in our upcoming webinar.
hubs.ly/Q02Zm91V0
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Hot take from @simplybastow.com's webinar: "Growth Product Management isn't a separate specialty, it should just be a core part of good Product Management."
You can watch it here: www.prodpad.com/webinars/gro... 👈
You can watch it here: www.prodpad.com/webinars/gro... 👈
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Hot take from @simplybastow.com's webinar: "Growth Product Management isn't a separate specialty, it should just be a core part of good Product Management."
You can watch it here: www.prodpad.com/webinars/gro... 👈
You can watch it here: www.prodpad.com/webinars/gro... 👈
Oh hey new followers 👋
I might get around to doing product rants here but right now all I have energy for is cat content.
I might get around to doing product rants here but right now all I have energy for is cat content.
November 15, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Oh hey new followers 👋
I might get around to doing product rants here but right now all I have energy for is cat content.
I might get around to doing product rants here but right now all I have energy for is cat content.
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This week's product management blog post: hilton.org.uk/blog/roadmap...
Feature roadmap transformation
How to migrate to a now/next/later product roadmap, one step at a time
hilton.org.uk
December 5, 2023 at 11:43 AM
This week's product management blog post: hilton.org.uk/blog/roadmap...
Anyone spotted any Black Friday deals on new boilers? Ours just gave up the ghost 🥶
November 25, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Anyone spotted any Black Friday deals on new boilers? Ours just gave up the ghost 🥶
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Oh Lordy, this is perfect.
My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
November 15, 2023 at 4:31 AM
Oh Lordy, this is perfect.
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In honour of being moved to the fungi servers, here's a fun fact about Amanita muscaria AKA fly agaric: It can cause hallucinations! Its psychoactive compounds like muscimol have even sparked theories about influencing imagery of Santa Claus's flying reindeer & is used in Siberian shamanic rituals 🍄
November 15, 2023 at 6:04 AM
In honour of being moved to the fungi servers, here's a fun fact about Amanita muscaria AKA fly agaric: It can cause hallucinations! Its psychoactive compounds like muscimol have even sparked theories about influencing imagery of Santa Claus's flying reindeer & is used in Siberian shamanic rituals 🍄
Saw Ben Folds in concert last night, yeahhhh. Then raided the merch stand for a neat new t-shirt and the last vinyl on offer 😁
November 11, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Saw Ben Folds in concert last night, yeahhhh. Then raided the merch stand for a neat new t-shirt and the last vinyl on offer 😁
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there could be anywhere from 2-9 cats in this picture
November 7, 2023 at 10:36 PM
there could be anywhere from 2-9 cats in this picture
A puddle of cat. A tangle of toebeans.
November 7, 2023 at 7:08 PM
A puddle of cat. A tangle of toebeans.
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I'm so happy that we, like... *have* Super Mario.
Like, that it exists in the form its in right now at all.
I can't imagine someone pitching, from scratch, a jovial all-ages game about two middle-aged plumbers jumping around a mushroom-themed fairy tale world to a modern game/animation studio.
Like, that it exists in the form its in right now at all.
I can't imagine someone pitching, from scratch, a jovial all-ages game about two middle-aged plumbers jumping around a mushroom-themed fairy tale world to a modern game/animation studio.
August 22, 2023 at 1:19 AM
I'm so happy that we, like... *have* Super Mario.
Like, that it exists in the form its in right now at all.
I can't imagine someone pitching, from scratch, a jovial all-ages game about two middle-aged plumbers jumping around a mushroom-themed fairy tale world to a modern game/animation studio.
Like, that it exists in the form its in right now at all.
I can't imagine someone pitching, from scratch, a jovial all-ages game about two middle-aged plumbers jumping around a mushroom-themed fairy tale world to a modern game/animation studio.
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@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com your inspiration at work here, my daughter & her bestie ready for some trick or treating!
October 29, 2023 at 7:55 PM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com your inspiration at work here, my daughter & her bestie ready for some trick or treating!
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Science fact: due to a rare genetic mutation cats always generate a small bubble of weekend that completely envelops them.
There was some research into making the bubbles human-sized. But it included making the cats human-sized, which turned out to be inadvisable.
🧪
There was some research into making the bubbles human-sized. But it included making the cats human-sized, which turned out to be inadvisable.
🧪
October 27, 2023 at 7:47 AM
Science fact: due to a rare genetic mutation cats always generate a small bubble of weekend that completely envelops them.
There was some research into making the bubbles human-sized. But it included making the cats human-sized, which turned out to be inadvisable.
🧪
There was some research into making the bubbles human-sized. But it included making the cats human-sized, which turned out to be inadvisable.
🧪
Currently on the ferry to Isle of Wight, remembering the time I organised the tickets for our team offsite here, but I accidentally bought my co-founder's ticket for the right time but in the wrong direction 😂
Sorry @simoncast.bsky.social
Sorry @simoncast.bsky.social
October 21, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Currently on the ferry to Isle of Wight, remembering the time I organised the tickets for our team offsite here, but I accidentally bought my co-founder's ticket for the right time but in the wrong direction 😂
Sorry @simoncast.bsky.social
Sorry @simoncast.bsky.social