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How much discovery is enough? That's a tricky question to answer, because as always "it depends"... Let's start at the beginning.

The product trio is dead ☠️ For years, we treated 𝘗𝘔 + 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 + 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 as the holy trinity of product work. And that's been helpful. But now it's holding us back. 1/11

How much discovery is enough? That's a tricky question to answer, because as always "it depends"... Let's start at the beginning. 🧵1/8

The PM superiority complex paradox: The more superior you think you are, the worse you actually perform.

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It's common to 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 quarterly planning: 📝 Loads of pressure to do analysis and rewrite strategy 🤔 No idea what other teams have planned ❓ Not sure what is expected of me 📆 Stakeholders want DATES ⏰ Clock constantly ticking ... 😱 🧵1/12

🚨𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗠𝗦 | 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟭𝟱𝗧𝗛 🚨 There are times when you just have to get a big, important project done, and the CEO will be on your back if it doesn't happen on time. 👉 Sign up here - luma.com/5yfbn5t5 🧵1/8

PM Playbook: Analytics 📈 Want to get better at making data-informed decisions? This is the playbook for you. 🧵1/10

🌶️𝗣𝗥𝗗𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴🌶️ Iterative prompting is way less effective than upfront thinking, context sharing and guardrails. It's inefficient, it's frustrating, it burns credits, and you get worse results. Here's why a PRD is even more important now.... 🧵1/8

9x Ways we're seeing PMs use ChatGPT 𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 • Explain what you're trying to do and ask ChatGPT for a few different approache • Pick an approach and get ChatGPT to lead you through it step-by-step 🧵1/14

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4x real decks that landed CPO / VP Product roles Most CPO interviews involve a presentation round. 🧵1/7

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🚨𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 | 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟴𝗧𝗛 🚨 Led by our very own @Ed Biden Sign up here - luma.com/hk3u7ynx 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲? JTBD is one of those frameworks where everyone has their own "mix" 🧵1/9

I love mental models. Here are my top 10 ❤️💡 Mental models are: 🧵1/13

Engineering should report into Product. Not the other way round. What's the point of an engineering team without a purpose and strategy? Nothing. It's a cost centre. 🧵1/10

PM Playbook: Product Strategy 𝟭: 𝗢𝗕𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 What does success look like? Objective = mission (qual) + measure (quant) Mission: an inspiring statement Metric: Move [metric] from [baseline] to [target] by [deadline] 🧵1/14

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“𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘐𝘊𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦!” .... Seriously?! 🧵1/6

It's common to 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 quarterly planning: 📝 Loads of pressure to do analysis and rewrite strategy 🤔 No idea what other teams have planned ❓ Not sure what is expected of me 📆 Stakeholders want DATES ⏰ Clock constantly ticking ... 😱 🧵1/12

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RICE is largely pointless When it's difficult to make a decision, it means the options are basically the same. 🧵1/9

“𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢” Um, ok, let’s talk about this for a moment… Plenty of CEOs and non product leaders are frustrated with the results they see from their product teams. 🧵1/13

How do you know if your product team is performing? Answer: AUDIT THEM. Without an audit, views are subjective. But you might feel it. 🧵1/8

𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. Here's our full strategy to nail getting the job you want - 🧵1/12

Agentic Product Management There’s a lot of hype out there about agents and the future of product management. Here’s my take. 🧵1/11

How to set up a product org for success? Here's a checklist ... 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 ✅ 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 - a clear objective that is inspiring, and can be quantitatively defined ✅ 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 – Clear who does what 🧵1/14

I'm hosting a FREE Customer Journey Map Class | Wed 24th Sept It'll be an interactive webinar to talk you through building your own Customer Journey Map, sharing a template Sign up here - luma.com/1tb1e6wf 🧵1/9

"𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲." You say this like it’s their fault. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: If you're the PM, it's YOUR job to make them understand product management. 🧵1/4

This whole "vibe coding trumps PRDs" nonsense is 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗦. If you vibe code without writing a spec... you end up building stuff that you don't want and doesn't work. 🧵1/8

How is a CPO role different from a VP role? Some thoughts … Firstly, this is a 𝗕𝗜𝗚 step up. At least as big as IC → people manager. Don't underestimate it. What makes it such a big change? Let's run through 6× key aspects. 🧵1/9

9x Ways PMs use ChatGPT 𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 • Explain what you're trying to do and ask ChatGPT for different approaches • Pick one and get step-by-step guidance • Don’t understand a step? Ask • Unsure? Share your criteria and get a recommendation 🧵1/8

Never say “no” to the CEO At least, not straight away... As a PM, you often get asked to ship something dumb by a senior stakeholder. It can seem tempting and noble to say “no”, then try to educate them on the product development process. 🧵1/11

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Playbook for upskilling your product team Some lessons from running teams myself, and more recently helping people out through Hustle Badger. These are the most common / effective things I've done to improve results from the team. 🧵1/8

Product can't do anything without engineering. Product and engineering need to be super tight with each other. Public disagreement between product and engineering? That's not creative tension. That just makes you both look incompetent. 🧵1/7

Where do you focus as a product leader? How do you know if your product team is performing? If you're not careful, product is a black box: • You’re spending a ton of money on your team • You’re constantly struggling to get features out • Features rarely deliver the impact you’re hoping for 🧵1/5

Free calculator: product team cost and expected ROI 𝗪𝗵𝘆? • A lot of product work is innovation. • If you stopped it tomorrow the business would still function (for a time). • So to some degree it's 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹. 🧵1/7

30/60/90 Day Plan For CPOs Full details in the link, but in short: Each phase is split by 4 themes: 📦 Output - what you'll produce 👥 People - team & stakeholder related ⚙️ Process - how things work ♟️ Strategy - what the plan is 🧵1/7

RICE is largely pointless. When it's difficult to make a decision, it means the options are basically the same. In product, results are not distributed linearly—they're logarithmic. Some things deliver 100x or 1000x more impact than others. 🧵1/6

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"You can just go and build things" I just spoke to Matt Bradburn about the tool he's built to analyse offer letters, and how he's been building it. This is the first of a series of short interviews I'm doing with tech leaders who are building cool products with AI. 🧵1/6

Let me introduce you to DaaS: 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 A stakeholder comes to you with a 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢 😬 Of course they just want you to ship it. It’s just a little thing … Won’t take long … Will be amazing … etc. etc. 🧵1/7

Over the last few weeks I've been playing around with low-code tools, and I'm now at the point where I can make fun personal software (😎 yay!) This week I built a movie recommendation engine 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵: • Filter on release date: I was a grown up / child / before I was born 🧵 1/8

PM Playbook: Product Strategy 𝟭: 𝗢𝗕𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 What does success look like? Objective = mission (qual) + measure (quant) Mission: an inspiring statement Metric: Move [metric] from [baseline] to [target] by [deadline] 🆓 Examples: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-prod... 1/6

How do I set up a product org for success? Here's my checklist ... ** 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 ** ✅ 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 - a clear objective that is inspiring, and can be quantitatively defined ✅ 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 – Clear who does what 1/9