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14 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Product Manager proposes X, a solution to a thorny product issue with major business impact.

CEO gently asks if we can do Y instead
(where Y is very different from X)

PM responds “sure, let's do Y”.

Should this make the CEO
a) happy, or
b) sad

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a) This should make the CEO happy
b) This should make the CEO sad
c) This should not affect the CEO either way
Substitute CEO with CPO / VP Product / Product Director / etc., depending on the size of your company.

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16 Nov
Three types of Product Managers, per @sachinrekhi:
1) Builders
2) Tuners
3) Innovators

I really like this framework because it’s quite accurate without being too prescriptive.

The blog post:
sachinrekhi.com/3-types-of-pro…

My high-level thoughts👇🏾
Each of the "3 Senses of a PM" maps to a type preference:
Analytical sense → Tuner
Product sense → Innovator
Execution sense → Builder

(*preference* being the key word there—in practice, each type will benefit from each of the 3 senses)

As a reminder:
When looking for your next PM job, ask the Hiring Manager the primary type for the role.

2 benefits
-If HM doesn’t know about these types, they’ll learn something new from you
-If HM can’t articulate the primary type, it’s at least a yellow flag (eg. HM lacks clarity of thought)
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15 Nov
Tao Te Ching is ~25 centuries old, written in 81 brief chapters.

Its word economy is exemplary—each reading reveals new layers.

Besides being a life manual, it imparts superb leadership wisdom.

A thread of 7 profound leadership lessons from Tao Te Ching: Image
1/
 Wise leaders lead from below Image
2/
 Wise leaders know it’s okay to not know everything Image
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14 Nov
The CEO Test, a thread about compromising with conviction:

(1/20)
The scene: At the Product Review

You share your detailed plan with the CEO. You glance at the execs. Their body language says it all. Something is wrong. The CEO says that your plan needs to be more ambitious. “Think bigger”, is the feedback you get afterwards from your manager.
My friend, you may have just failed The CEO Test.

Another scenario👇🏾
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12 Nov
Sometimes there's a difference between the product & The Product.

"the lowercase-p product" is the thing you’ve been assigned to directly work on.

But that’s not necessarily "The uppercase-p Product".

The Product is The Main Thing that makes or breaks the user value prop.

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Often:
product == Product

For example:
If you manage Google Calendar, the pixels on the screen (the product) are also what the user views as The Main Thing (The Product).
Sometimes:
product ≠ Product

For example:
If you manage the Netflix app, you are managing the product, but that isn't The Product

The Product is all the content that Netflix has licensed.

the product you manage is merely a delivery mechanism for the real Product for the user.
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10 Nov
What we need in Product Management:

1)
 Less “How will we build this?”
More “How will we differentiate?”

2)
 Less “How to enforce accountability?”
More “How to foster ownership?”

3)
 Less “What problems can we solve?”
More “What problems are worthwhile?”

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What we need:

4)
 Less “What is the 3-yr roadmap?”
More “What is the 3-yr strategy?”

5)
 Less “How to run growth experiments?”
More “How to get more distribution?”

6)
 Less “What is the process for X?”
More “What is the purpose of X?”
What we need:

7)
 Less “Does this team run well?”
More “Does this team learn well?”

8)
 Less “What are top user requests?”
More “What are top user needs?”

9)
 Less “What is the template for Y?”
More “What is my goal with Y?”
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7 Nov
When a team is so dysfunctional that it can only hire idiots: gonna call this “the Philly Four Seasons Effect” in honor of Team Trump’s epic stupidity.
If you're as intrigued as me, some very high quality replies here on what might have happened:
Me too
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