Time for a meta-thread on the Product Management content I’ve posted over the past 6 months.

This one is long, but I hope it can serve as a useful & quick reference for PMs.

It has 4 sections:
1. The PM Role
2. PM Skills
3. Strategy
4. PM Leadership

Are you ready?
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Section 1: The PM Role

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I really enjoyed summarizing Product Management in 1 tweet. https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1254064006412656640">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Tackling the eternal question "Is the PM the CEO of the product?" https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1258212702087864320">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Good Product Managers, Great Product Managers https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1249039638829793280">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Why Product Management is an important role https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1274430724959907840">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Product Management can be a lonely job https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1270564761478946817">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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The 4 possible stages of Product Management at companies https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1274835474985611264">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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A B2B Product Management Story https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1263890579701657601">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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On Managing B2B Products https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1270905866988863489">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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On Managing Consumer Products https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1271240038399918080">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
Let& #39;s move on to the next section.

Section 2: PM Skills

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PM Career Skills Map, a thread https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1264621650663727104">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Key to success in Product Management, in 2 words

The thread progressively builds up to 26 words https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1265858179318968321">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Probabilistic Thinking, its importance and how to build that skill https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1262757849488187394">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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High Agency, what it is, why it& #39;s important, and how to cultivate it https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1276956836856393728">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Be careful about how to tackle Proof of Worth tasks https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1266797669088804865">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Greatly improve your effectiveness as a PM with the LNO Effectiveness Framework.

As a bonus: can help reduce the stress of the PM job. https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1223814181436051456">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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The Agreed Target Quality Framework https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1223832383964639232">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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The 2 modes in which PMs operate https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1270222393022148609">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Pre-mortems are good. You should do them. This thread lays out how to make them fun and effective. https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1221257560033857536">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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A useful question to ask in B2B Product Management https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1258457060955484166">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Understanding and improving Product Sense https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1251716161827295232">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
Section 3: Strategy

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Product Strategy, in 1 tweet

The thread has a number of additional resources, including my main book recommendations for strategy https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1262072050815954944">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Good Product Strategy, Bad Product Strategy https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1244810075908128768">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Also important to understand what is NOT strategy https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1269329332536659968">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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More strategy books https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1247377548083748864">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
Section 4: PM Leadership

Last section, stay with me

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Be intentional about your PM Leadership approach https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1257867272116289537">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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A list of questions for evaluating product features

Learn about the power of asking the right questions as a PM leader https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1260034404463702020">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Leaders need to get comfortable with asking questions

There is power, not weakness, in asking questions https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1270514527705001985">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Product Reviews and Competent/Incompetent Executives https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1261307571782082560">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Book recommendations for new & aspiring managers, with a one-line summary of each book https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1247356879346401282">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Look out for the perils of OKR setting & planning https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1271864603891216385">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Don’t let your teams waste years because they were unwilling to “waste” weeks https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1267314303561986048">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Thread and video of my talk for PMs and leaders at SVPMA

(this was in Dec 2019, so not strictly within the past 6 months, but close enough) https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1223792722965757952">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
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Thread of my PM leadership talk at Products That Count

(this is older, but I find myself linking to this thread all the time when talking about PM career management & PM leadership) https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1055718652102594560">https://twitter.com/shreyas/s...
And that& #39;s it.

I hope this is useful.

Thanks for getting this far, and I wish you all the best!

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