10 product concepts I see differently now
The first book about product management I ever read was Inspired. Now, almost 10 years later, it’s quite interesting to look back at my notes and see how my perspective has changed.
From the role of a PM within a team to what defines success and drives innovation, here are 𝟭𝟬 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. In both cases, I had the literature, but my experience and product sense have been refined over the years.
Some of the Biggest Shifts:
Empowerment: From expecting to be given a problem to solve to demonstrating competence, integrity, results, and taking accountability to be able to work on a problem to solve
Measuring Product Success: From focusing only on the product's ability to solve a customer problem to measuring success in terms of effect and ROI
Predictability: From refusing predictability to working with an outcome-based roadmap grounded in hypotheses, and changeable based on learnings
Managing Up: From convincing others and making my case to including others in the process and co-creating
Innovation: From solving new problems or old problems in new ways to realizing the importance of taking risks as a crucial driver of innovation
All my shifts in perspective are in the carousel below 👇🏻
Raise your hand if you have this ancient black version of Inspired. What’s your main shift in perspective since you first read it? 🤔
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