Benji Portwin3 Management Tips for Creating a High Trust CultureIt costs between 30%-50% of a person’s salary to replace them.3 min read·Mar 2, 2024--1--1
Benji PortwinHow Slack solved internal communications (and why email still sucks)So this is not a blog I thought I would ever write, as I simply didn’t consider myself an expert on the topic of internal communications…10 min read·Dec 28, 2023----
Benji PortwinCreating High Performing (Hybrid) Product/Eng TeamsThe most effective form of communication and collaboration is sitting physically in your own team room 5 days a week, however the…8 min read·Jul 28, 2023----
Benji PortwinTurns out Executive Teams are hard work — here are 5 challenges to overcome should you join one…Over the past 2.5 years I’ve spent my time and energy (as the Product Person) scaling the healthtech startup accurx. Their mission is to…8 min read·Oct 31, 2022--1--1
Benji PortwinWorking with a PA for the first timeHalf way through 2021 it became clear that I needed help.5 min read·Mar 18, 2022----
Benji Portwin12 things I learnt moving into Product LeadershipA leader is best when people barely know they exist, when their work is done, their aim is fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.8 min read·Feb 22, 2022--2--2
Benji Portwin3 reasons why in-person conferences are awesomeI was lucky enough to attend TuringFest in Edinburgh this past week — it was the first time I’d been to a multi-day in-person conference…4 min read·Nov 7, 2021----
Benji PortwininAccurxRunning Great Retros“Retrospectives are dedicated time to examine how something went and learn lessons for the future.”9 min read·May 16, 2021----
Benji PortwininAccurx6 OKR Tips from accuRxA brief overview of how we use OKRs to keep teams on track, that is slightly differently to other organisations :)6 min read·Jan 27, 2021--1--1