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Is product sense innate or learnable? We debate the million dollar question in product management.
Brian and Om explore whether great product leaders are born or made, why organizations promote people with weak product intuition, and how to actually develop genuine product sense. We cover the promotion problem, delayed feedback loops, the role of mentorship, balancing data with intuition, and scaling product thinking across contexts.
Key topics: nature vs. nurture in product thinking, why bad product leaders rise, learning challenges, mentorship environments, data vs. intuition, and transferring skills across domains.
Whether you're developing your product intuition or building a product culture, this episode offers practical frameworks for intentional learning.
#ProductManagement #ProductSense #Leadership #ProductStrategy #CareerDevelopment
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Website: http://arguingagile.com
INTRO MUSIC
Toronto Is My Beat
By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)
CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. The "Agentic" Proposal (00:00:18)
3. The Million Dollar Question in Product Management (00:00:57)
4. Category 1 - Nature vs. Nurture in Product Sense (00:02:15)
5. Against - Intuition Over Data (00:03:24)
6. Unpacking Nurture (00:05:50)
7. Cross-Functional Experience (00:08:23)
8. Category 1 Takeaway (00:10:52)
9. Category 2 - The Promotion Problem (00:11:16)
10. Team Lead - It's a Different Job (00:12:49)
11. Company Investment (or Not) (00:14:28)
12. Product Promotion Path (00:16:41)
13. Marketing & Product Expertise (00:18:22)
14. Doubling Down on Failure (00:21:21)
15. What is the "For?" (00:22:21)
16. The Cycle of the Internet (00:26:19)
17. What Can We Do? (00:27:32)
18. Section 3 - Delayed Feedback Loop Dilemma (00:29:11)
19. Point 3 Pushback (00:31:35)
20. Politics of Product (00:32:35)
21. Feedback Loops vs Performative Metrics (00:33:26)
22. The Role of AB Testing and Peer Reviews (00:34:55)
23. Creating Effective Product Sense: Make Small Bets (00:36:25)
24. Point 4 - The Importance of Mentorship (00:39:41)
25. Exposure - Mentors & Experiences (00:42:07)
26. Creep Creep (00:42:51)
27. Point 5 - Balancing Data and Intuition (00:46:04)
28. The Role of Luck in Product (00:47:55)
29. Right Product, Wrong Time (00:49:03)
30. Making Good Bets (00:52:05)
31. Point 6 - Scaling Product Skills (00:53:49)
32. Product Reps (00:54:48)
33. Defending Point 6 (00:56:47)
34. Transferrable Fundamentals (00:58:22)
35. Outdating Subject-Matter Expertise (00:58:49)
36. How Do People React? (01:02:54)
37. Concluding Thoughts on Product Sense (01:03:49)
38. Wrap-Up (01:05:53)
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