Chris Compston

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‘Be kind, have a sense of humour, fall in love, enjoy strawberries’ - Alan Turing

Celebrate the success of others as if it were your own.

I need to write something about pricing/value at some point.

If you're doing creative work, constraints & being scrappy often make for stronger work, but if you are paying someone else for their work or advice, paying more leads to better outcomes, because you'll pay attention and value the work.

Phew! At least now I know what errors to correct ... oh wait

How lovely and supportive of someone new to the industry

Good customer service?

Over Christmas I was so disappointed the restaurant had sold out of pigs in blankets … they went out and bought more just for me.

Nice.

The [Colour] [Animal]

Always a creative or marketing agency.

Bleh

Part of the fun of any new hobby is the associated spreadsheet

🎄🎅🏻 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I hope you are all going to enjoy the end of year break, I'm planning to totally switch of and relax with family and friends. 📵

See you all in 2026 ... something exciting is coming! 📚

YouTube video by CiferTech I Built a Cute Virtual Pet That Hunts Wi-Fi

Love this. If I knew anything about … well … all of this, I’d love to give it a go

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10% will dislike you no matter what.

10% will love you no matter what.

80% are undecided - that’s where your energy belongs.

Don’t chase critics or preach to the choir. Focus on the 80% who are open, listening, and reachable.

💙

Those times are very much over

Hiring Product Ops Talent What Product Ops leaders look for when building their teams

Last week we had our fourth Product Ops Leaders Forum call.

We had an international group of Product Ops Directors and Heads Of to discuss the challenges and themes of hiring talent in the space.

💜 As ever it was an engaging and open conversation; productopsleaders.substack.com/p/hiring-pro...

15 years since I last used Adobe InDesign. While it feels way more cumbersome than it used to, I'm surprised at how much my muscle memory for keyboard shortcuts has lasted!

📝 Writing the Make the Product Shift Reference Guide.

Details on chriscompston.com if you're interested to know more!

I’m not sure the “ex-[enter cool company name]” has ever been that impressive, but it’s even less so nowadays.

I knew the hiring was a mess right now … but damn 😆

"2025 [Anything] Wrapped!"

Damn, come up with your own ideas, at least a different word.

This alignment is wild

Product Excellence Isn't Accidental

Every product organisation needs one person who is focused on how it operates

chriscompston.substack.com/p/product-ex...

I find it hilarious that websites and apps are still adding the falling snow in December. Damn, I was doing that 20 years ago. ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

11.25 November Review Who owns the operating model in your product organisation?

My latest newsletter is out!

The two main topics I cover this month;

🚀 High-Performing Product Teams by Design - who owns your product operating model?

🎯 Optimising your Capabilities - start to think about the system and view it as a whole

chriscompston.substack.com/p/1125-novem...

Don't Track Tasks. Track Interruptions. TL;DR: Instead of tracking your time, try tracking the interruptions instead.

A little ramble on the value of tracking interruptions over tracking time on task. adrianhoward.com/posts/track-...

Every product organisation needs someone that is thinking about how they operate.

It doesn’t have to be a Product Ops person, although that certainly helps.

But someone needs to be spending at least 75% of their time optimising product practices. It’s no longer good enough to leave that to chance.

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The Scope Creep A chilling tale of deliverables, deadlines and doomed decisions

My battle with the Scope Creep lasted for 6 sprints and was ultimately consumed by the darkness. Can anyone save this cursed project? scope-creep.xyz/share/lantern #theScopeCreep

Dithering - Part 1 Understanding how dithering works, visually.

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