A very rare interview/podcast where someone is talking what actually happens in Product Management rather than the typical bookish/theoretical/ideal scenarios. Liked it.
Loved the strategy discussion (and template linked below). Also really appreciated the point about doing things that aren't your job; your job is to drive the outcome and often that means unsexy work, things falling through the cracks, etc. You have to play the long game of changing behavior, getting resource gaps filled, etc, but in the short term you just need to ship the thing so that means doing stuff that isn't your job. 👏
As to 58:33: stop being "data-driven", start being "data-informed". Get quantitative data (what, who, when, how much), but use it to get qualitative data (why does this happen) to get the insights where to go next and why.
@@maggiecrowley2202 Wow! I'm very excited to hear from you directly. Meant every word. I pretty much always write up an impact blog for every initiative. There was one that was stalled for a while because I haven't had time. Well, your words have inspired me to write some SQL and pull the numbers so I can close the loop on it. Keep sharing your awesome perspectives on PM, it's making an impact :)
Liked points - " I write strategy documents for me." Its a way to know you have done the work (properly). And then just share it. - "What has to be true about the world for that to be true.?
the second part is stolen/refereneced word-for-word from someone else that she did not credit for their work on strategy.... if youre reading this, you know im right.
Lenny, do we have that 39:20 template from company's vision to an individual team's priority? I didn't find it in links. This is a very critical for Product Leaders to make this super clear for all the teams: guys, this is our company mission and vision, and these are business goals, and these are product vision, and these are product goals, and ... -- I've heard about it several times, but haven't yet seen that template to be shared by anyone yet. Would be nice to have it too. Thank you!
Loved this episode! Maggie makes it SO real. Totally agree that usually PMs will talk a lot about the theory, and less about the ACTUAL JOBS TO BE DONE. So valuable, thank you! I'm a PMM working toward becoming a PM. This was so insightful.
This is one of my favorite episodes, I keep coming back to this. Thank you Lenny and Maggie
A very rare interview/podcast where someone is talking what actually happens in Product Management rather than the typical bookish/theoretical/ideal scenarios. Liked it.
Loved the strategy discussion (and template linked below). Also really appreciated the point about doing things that aren't your job; your job is to drive the outcome and often that means unsexy work, things falling through the cracks, etc. You have to play the long game of changing behavior, getting resource gaps filled, etc, but in the short term you just need to ship the thing so that means doing stuff that isn't your job. 👏
The thing I love about this episode is that it’s with a B2B company (Toast) PM, where as most other episodes are with consumer PMs
As to 58:33: stop being "data-driven", start being "data-informed". Get quantitative data (what, who, when, how much), but use it to get qualitative data (why does this happen) to get the insights where to go next and why.
hate to break it to you, but this vague simple advice gets people NOWHERE.!
maybe it’s just you that that advice doesn’t make sense, because it’s the right approach to use data to make better decisions
go ahead and apply it buddy - lets see what you actually achieve in reality.@@plvrzer
Loved this podcast! Thanks Lenny for asking the right questions and thanks to Maggie for being real ❤
Thank you for this incredible collaboration!
Great conversion from a real product leader. thank you both for the insightful time.
Great speaker, great material! THANK YOU!!!
She's awesome, would love to work for her. Totally agree with every point.
Thanks so much!
@@maggiecrowley2202 Wow! I'm very excited to hear from you directly. Meant every word.
I pretty much always write up an impact blog for every initiative. There was one that was stalled for a while because I haven't had time.
Well, your words have inspired me to write some SQL and pull the numbers so I can close the loop on it.
Keep sharing your awesome perspectives on PM, it's making an impact :)
Liked points
- " I write strategy documents for me." Its a way to know you have done the work (properly). And then just share it.
- "What has to be true about the world for that to be true.?
the second part is stolen/refereneced word-for-word from someone else that she did not credit for their work on strategy.... if youre reading this, you know im right.
@@user-kg1od9es5d what's the original source
Lenny, do we have that 39:20 template from company's vision to an individual team's priority? I didn't find it in links. This is a very critical for Product Leaders to make this super clear for all the teams: guys, this is our company mission and vision, and these are business goals, and these are product vision, and these are product goals, and ... -- I've heard about it several times, but haven't yet seen that template to be shared by anyone yet. Would be nice to have it too. Thank you!
Strategy Doc Template: docs.google.com/document/d/1frggEj_gfFD4--8eNkkyY-zHryXbN5uIS8uiMDCYVes/edit
So glad it was helpful!
Super informational,
Lenny, please share the name of the book you used to improve your writing skills
On Writing Well
Could you share the template mentioned in the 39th min please
docs.google.com/document/d/1frggEj_gfFD4--8eNkkyY-zHryXbN5uIS8uiMDCYVes/edit
@@LennysPodcast Thanks so much 👍
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Simplification is reduction of nuance. Incompetent simplification is a disaster.
Pretty poor explanation of what a product strategy is for someone who is of VP level....
what aspects did you miss or thought were not relevant? any interview you could link that did a better job?
Loved this episode! Maggie makes it SO real. Totally agree that usually PMs will talk a lot about the theory, and less about the ACTUAL JOBS TO BE DONE. So valuable, thank you! I'm a PMM working toward becoming a PM. This was so insightful.
Thank you!
So real and human set of guidelines. Ease to relate, amazing! Thanks for the great chat!
Best video I have seen on being a PM - nicely done. Ties in nicely with Essentialism as a core business value.
Excellent advice and great conversation