Navigating the Tension Between Speed and Quality: A Product Manager's Guide
As a seasoned product management leader with 16 years of experience at top tech companies like Facebook and Google, I've learned that the key to success lies not just in shipping products quickly, but also in building strong relationships and fostering personal growth.
- 1. Mick Johnson has worked in tech for 16 years, including stints at Facebook and Google.
- 2. He mentors or manages many product managers (PMs).
- 3. Product management is a learned skill that combines data, intuition, human response, and visual appeal.
- 4. There's a tension between the speed of shipping a product and its quality; ultimately, the focus should be on the product's excellence.
- 5. Junior PMs often think too much about the product and not enough about the people around them.
- 6. Great products usually result from compromises and discussions, so having strong opinions that can be adjusted with new information is crucial.
- 7. Mid-career PMs may need to learn when to take their gathered credibility and use it to lead the team in important decisions.
- 8. Trusting teams and fostering a collective responsibility for output leads to high-functioning teams.
- 9. Early-career PMs must transition from judging themselves by what they can do to what they choose to do, focusing on the most important tasks.
- 10. Learning to breathe underwater means letting go of certain tasks and accepting that you cannot do everything.
- 11. Proactively addressing challenges and interpersonal conflicts is essential for success.
- 12. Senior PMs should allow their team members to make small mistakes as part of the learning process.
- 13. At the early stages of a career, having dedicated managers who focus on personal growth leads to better business outcomes.
- 4. Curating your life by making small changes in meetings and routines can significantly impact burnout, morale, and excitement at work.
- 5. Deliberate change for peace, happiness, enjoyment, or excitement is valuable in itself.
- 6. Mick Johnson's mentoring sessions involve personal aspects of work as well as professional ones.
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