Work With Maarten

In the age of AI, everybody wants you believe that if you're not shipping swiftly you're toast.

That's a complete lie. Shipping is not nearly enough. Putting a feature live is table stakes.

Delivering a feature is the easy part.

The hard part is in the subtracting: the editing and the removing. Delivering a feature is like telling a joke: it doesn't matter unless it makes people laugh.

More Isn't Better

Product Management is hard.

It’s like hosting a dinner party where everybody wants to put something different on the menu, and nobody in the kitchen has to listen to you.

Just like in a kitchen, it's easy to mistake being busy for making progress. Being too busy is the tax you pay for avoiding tough decisions.

My work is based on one simple truth: more effort doesn't equal more value. We want to do less but better.

I will help turn your busywork into breakthroughs.

Fractional Work

Struggling with building high-performing teams?

Experiencing scaling issues and facing difficulties having many teams work together?

How do you do roadmapping in way that works and doesn't frustrate people?

How do you include discovery as part of your way of working?

I have faced all these issues at different start-ups and scale-ups as Product Manager and Head of Product.

I can work with you in resolving these problems, and other challenges you may be facing.

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Speaking

I regularly speak at events and conferences all over the world on topics such as:

• Beating the Feature Factory
• The Bureaucratic Kraken of Misery (BKM)
• Blood, Sweat, and Roadmaps
• Driving Value With Sprint Goals
• Stakeholder Management
• Scaling Agile

And much more related to Product Management and Agile. Reach out here in case you want me to give a talk at your company or event.
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Training and Workshops

Looking for an in-company training to help your teams resolve the Product Management or Agile challenges your team is currently facing?
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I will work with you to facilitate a course that will make a difference and provides learnings that can be immediately applied to the job.

I design and facilitate trainings with collaborative approaches to harness the motivation and energy that's already present in a group.

Coaching

Do you have an inexperienced Product Owner or Product Manager who's just learning the ropes and could use some guidance?

Do you have an experienced Head of Product who could use a partner to bounce off some ideas and different approaches to tough issues?

I will work together with them to overcome internal obstacles and challenges. All coaching programs contain a free introductory session, so reach out in case you're interested.
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