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 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.

@maggiecrowley2202

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

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

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. 👏

Best video I have seen on being a PM - nicely done. Ties in nicely with Essentialism as a core business value.

This is one of my favorite episodes, I keep coming back to this. Thank you Lenny and Maggie

So real and human set of guidelines. Ease to relate, amazing! Thanks for the great chat!

Loved this podcast! Thanks Lenny for asking the right questions and thanks to Maggie for being real ❤

Great conversion from a real product leader. thank you both for the insightful time.

Thank you for this incredible collaboration!

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.

@user-kg1od9es5d

6 ай бұрын

hate to break it to you, but this vague simple advice gets people NOWHERE.!

@plvrzer

4 ай бұрын

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

@user-kg1od9es5d

4 ай бұрын

go ahead and apply it buddy - lets see what you actually achieve in reality.@@plvrzer

Great speaker, great material! THANK YOU!!!

Excellent advice and great conversation

She's awesome, would love to work for her. Totally agree with every point.

@maggiecrowley2202

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@jgonsalk

7 ай бұрын

@@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 :)

Lenny, I'm curious why this interview primarily focused on IC work. It seems like there was a missed opportunity to explore which skills she utilizes more or less frequently as a VP and people manager. For example, how does she approach coaching the people managers on her team and setting up her product org for efficiency?

Super informational,

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.?

@user-kg1od9es5d

6 ай бұрын

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.

@olemew

4 ай бұрын

@@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!

@LennysPodcast

7 ай бұрын

Strategy Doc Template: docs.google.com/document/d/1frggEj_gfFD4--8eNkkyY-zHryXbN5uIS8uiMDCYVes/edit

@maggiecrowley2202

7 ай бұрын

So glad it was helpful!

Could you share the template mentioned in the 39th min please

@LennysPodcast

7 ай бұрын

docs.google.com/document/d/1frggEj_gfFD4--8eNkkyY-zHryXbN5uIS8uiMDCYVes/edit

@jaysheelpradhan

7 ай бұрын

@@LennysPodcast Thanks so much 👍

Lenny, please share the name of the book you used to improve your writing skills

@LennysPodcast

7 ай бұрын

On Writing Well

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....

@olemew

4 ай бұрын

what aspects did you miss or thought were not relevant? any interview you could link that did a better job?