Shreyas Doshi is a treasure trove of wisdom and tactical insights on product, strategy, psychology, leadership, and life. Over the course of his career, he’s PM’d at Google, Twitter, Yahoo, and Stripe-where he joined as its fourth product manager, later becoming Stripe’s first PM manager and helping define and grow its product management function from ~5 to more than 50 people. Since leaving Stripe, Shreyas has amassed a huge Twitter following in large part thanks to consistent sharing of high-quality insights on the art of product management.
Where to find Shreyas Doshi:
• Twitter: / shreyas
• LinkedIn: / shreyasdoshi
Where to find Lenny:
• Newsletter: www.lennysnewsletter.com
• Twitter: / lennysan
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Referenced:
• Coda template: coda.io/@shreyas/pre-mortems-...
• Pre-mortems: / 1221257568510603264
• LNO framework: / 1492345184171945984
• Three levels of product work: / 1370248637842812936
• Execution problems: / 1427116991274307588
• Opportunity-cost thinking: / 1409726218438549514
• High agency: / 1276956836856393728
Episode transcripts:
www.lennyspodcast.com/shreyas...
In this episode, we cover:
[00:00] Shreyas’ upbringing and path into product management
[14:22] Lessons from working at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo
[27:12] How pre-mortem meetings impacted the culture at Stripe
[33:23] What are the best practices in running a pre-mortem meeting?
[39:27] The LNO framework: What is it and how did it change the way Shreyas went about his day?
[48:06] The two-step tactic you can apply to overcome procrastination on important tasks
[53:19] The three levels of product work and which level should you optimize for
[56:46] How might these product work levels cause conflict or influence your company culture?
[1:03:43] Common types of problems hiding behind the execution label
[1:05:14] Two traits you need to identify a fake execution problem
[1:13:10] The pitfall of ROI thinking
[1:21:03] What is opportunity-cost thinking and how can you apply it?
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4 май 2024