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I hear from lots of product leaders that it is "impossible to find qualified product managers!"

But when I dig deeper into their structure, incentives, roles, etc. I find environments that are hostile to *anyone* being successful...spare the most hardened, cut-throat PdMs. (1/3)
...you also find that senior product leadership is spending an inordinate amount of time "managing up" ... so much so that they have almost no time to coach and develop their team.

So the only solution is "fully formed" PdMs (2/3)
...I compare this to environments where #ux and developers are empowered, there are fewer backroom dealings, teams work at a sustainable pace, there is more time for mentorship, and the demands for "junior" PdMs are vastly different.

Worlds apart. (3/3)
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John Cutler
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Someone asked me today:

"Why are you so intent on defending #Agile. It has been corrupted. Just let it go!" I wanted to dig into that for a sec.

1/n-Some of the most talented, helpful, effective & inspiring ppl I know professionally have *some sort of* connection to Agile
2/n-I say *some sort of*, because the spectrum is vast.

Ppl imagine a cult. Tattoos. You believe EVERYTHING.

But the journeys ppl take are extremely varied. Maybe they worked at company X with Y. Maybe they wrote a book. Read a book. Invented a pattern. Gave a great talk.
3/n-I have a keen interest in not diminishing the work of people I have a great deal of respect for. I don't want those voices silenced/ridiculed.

I don't want their work repackaged as new without credit. That would be very sad, and a loss.

There's so much value there.
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John Cutler
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If the problem is "clear", why is it hard to break this cycle?

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1/n outcomes faltering tend to kick off all kinds of reactions that feed back into the problem
2/n a key wicked loop is that faltering outcomes trigger MORE upfront planning, MORE work in progress, LESS working together ... all kinds of things. Which impact outcomes.
3/n budget pressure makes shared teams MORE shared, with fewer team members, which feeds into MORE upfront planning, larger batches ... and sometimes more contractors...even further distanced from the work
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John Cutler
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Tend to notice these things when encountering healthier / more effective teams

1) Lots of organic/spontaneous functional and cross-functional collaboration

2) A sense of “flow”. Challenge w/meaningful (not theatrical) progress. Difficult but not dissonant. Focused *and* fun.
3) Fewer “emergencies” (things breaking, ppl freaking out, last minute meetings). When things do happen (rarely) the team is able to approach things calmly w/o blame

4) Shorter distance between the team and customers/users. A human connection. A partnership (of sorts).
5) More “let’s give it a try” or “that might work” or “we can always reverse that decision”. The team’s mission has gravity and resonates, but the day-to-day is not “do or die” or “this HAS to work or else!”
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Lots of accounts give personal & business advice. Some of it is sound.

But you should always add, "for me" at the end of every "Here's how to succeed at X" pitch.
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The Prime Minister’s speech is all the more painful today because she has literally done or pledged the exact opposite of so many of these messages over her Brexit premiership. She has wasted time & goodwill. gov.uk/government/spe…
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There were really good answers to the tweet suggesting that "algorithms can't be racist because they are math", so I made a top 10.

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Right let’s talk folks. About home. What’s in it anyway? Home is home right? Just like Brexit is Brexit, it can mean different things to different people. It’s just surprising how *many* people equate home with place. Home is not a house or town or country. 1/
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