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10 Core Product Management Lessons (a 
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1. Not all good ideas are worth tackling now (or ever, even)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: But sometimes immediate action is required
ToDo: Listen. Acknowledge. Make decision heuristics visible. Revise them with new information.
1. Not all good ideas are worth tackling now (or ever, even)
ToDo: Listen. Acknowledge. Make decision heuristics visible. Revise them with new information.
2. Your teams capacity to act/focus is, and will always be, limited
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Treating every minute as precious erodes creativity
ToDo: Limit work in progress. Seek unnatural levels of focus.
ToDo: Limit work in progress. Seek unnatural levels of focus.
3. Uncertainty signals opportunity
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Uncertainty can trigger anxiety/fear
ToDo: "Talk about uncertainty with certainty"
ToDo: "Talk about uncertainty with certainty"
4. Non-linear/exponential/stochastic/non-normal/phase-shifting effects are everywhere
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Business cadence is structured linearly
ToDo: Introduce these dynamics gently w/models. It will take time
ToDo: Introduce these dynamics gently w/models. It will take time
5. The days are long and the quarters/years are short
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Recency bias --when the days are long-- can lead you astray
ToDo: Keep multiple horizons in mind constantly
ToDo: Keep multiple horizons in mind constantly
6. Alignment is ephemeral and must be constantly supported
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Forcing alignment can trigger premature convergence
ToDo: Seek coherence over alignment. Continuously
ToDo: Seek coherence over alignment. Continuously
7. You will always be dancing up and down ""levels""
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Go high, you& #39;ll be asked to get more specific. Get specific...""high level""
ToDo: Visualize how things link/fit together (and keep time in mind see #5)
ToDo: Visualize how things link/fit together (and keep time in mind see #5)
8. Influence is mostly art and only partially math/science
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Saying something is "art" can exclude others and add opacity to the situation
ToDo: Embrace different forms of advocacy/influence
ToDo: Embrace different forms of advocacy/influence
9. There are many successful models of product management
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Someone in your org will want to copy X
ToDo: Make public your team& #39;s philosophy. Have a perspective. Not outsource to another company.
ToDo: Make public your team& #39;s philosophy. Have a perspective. Not outsource to another company.
10. Small shifts in decision quality and decision velocity can have outsized effects
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧩" title="Puzzle piece" aria-label="Emoji: Puzzle piece">: Some decisions are really, really important
ToDo: Do regular decision reviews with cross-functional perspectives.
ToDo: Do regular decision reviews with cross-functional perspectives.
