Hi there.
Bruno here.
I'm Bruno Bergher, a software person motivated by bringing people together to craft great products. Over twenty years I've led product and design at Metabase, Gladly, Google, YouTube, and have been on the founding team behind Roomote.
Today I coach founders and product leaders growing into the execs they can become: running new functions, selling strategy, managing up, collaborating cross-functionaly and building their confidence. Learn more
Essays
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The best managers do nothing
Action items as symptoms
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Rank-order it all
If everything is in bold, nothing is in bold.
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Extraneous Schedules
Investigating natural consequences
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Getting useless feedback? It's your fault.
The four elements of effective asks
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Answering is easy, asking is harder
Leadership often is about not showing the way
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What My Children Can Teach You About Leadership (Part 1)
Big lessons from small humans
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How to Develop a Vision
Four steps towards imagination
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The Best Thing to Learn is Yourself
An argument for self-discovery, from the mundane to the existential
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How Old Romans Can Revamp Your 1:1s
Using the Stoics for more productive manager/employee conversations
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Why PMs don't improve as fast as designers
Using PM Crits to up-level your product management team.
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The way out of prescriptive feedback
A simple framework for alignment and freedom
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Cross-functional empathy for designers
A human-centric approach for working with humans.
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The Vicious Cycle of Shipping Slow
The hidden cost of taking too long
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Coherent, Not Consistent
Consistency in UI Design is overvalued
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The why and how of effective design critiques
Elevate your product, elevate your team
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The Design of Job Descriptions
A bottom-up, alignment-oriented approach
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Knowers and Learners
Two very different worldviews
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A Lightweight Branding Exercise for Startups
A bottom-up, alignment-oriented approach
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The Right Tool for the Job
Only pick up a hammer if you’re working with nails.