I was recently working with a client who had deep domain expertise, but very little product management and SaaS experience, and this is fairly typical for the kinds of engagements I join where software development is outsourced. They asked about Read more…
Founder, Becca Williams, is proud to announce that Thought Distillery has become a member of 1% for the Planet. Through this commitment, Becca has chosen to support GARNA, Greater Arkansas River Nature Association, in her local region of Chaffee County, Colorado. Read more…
🧑💻 In addition to serving as home base for Thought Distillery, where Becca Williams provides remote product management, strategy, + Agile product ownership services for values-driven software organizations, this space will serve as a testing ground for Becca’s big, bold Read more…
Just like all companies are technology companies, whether or not they acknowledge it, all companies also make social impact. They can be intentional about what that means and strive to minimize their carbon footprints and maximize the positive effect they Read more…
First, A Note About Privilege To have the resources and employment to even consider a move at this time and to base decision criteria on availability of high-speed internet is a place of privilege, I recognize. I share the resources Read more…
My husband, Adam, and I are considering a move to another part of the state of CO (or buying property here in the Pikes Peak region where we currently live) and existing search tools don’t suffice at all, so I’m Read more…
For the last five weeks, I’ve been incredibly grateful and honored to have participated in technology policy advocacy conversations through ACT | The App Association’s AppCon. I was enlightened by and reminded of the humanity on both sides of the Read more…
For the last several months, our family has had a dinner table tradition. We each share three gratitudes from the day. Recently, as part of our kids’ unschooling journey, we decided to start sharing something we learned from the day, Read more…
I like to dive in and take stock of what’s happening within an organization when I start a new consulting project/engagement. Over the years, I’ve boiled this down to a consistent set of questions and things I want to research. Read more…
Five years ago, I started logging ideas and observations in OneNote around pain points/sources of friction/other ideas related to things I’ve read/listened to in business models, customer experiences, technologies, process, civic engagement, and physical products. I’ve now compiled more than Read more…
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Sincerely,
Becca