Author: Meredith

moving fast in the wrong direction isn’t moving fast at all.

If good product people get rid of the crap and take hits to protect their team, doesn’t Butt of Product make more sense than Head of Product? Still working on this one with my team. Will keep you posted.

Product managers – myself included – often fall into the trap of thinking that our own experience of the product will match how everyone experiences it.

Emi Tabb, from Mixpanel’s blog in To thrive, product teams need diverse talent – a former Uber product leader explains why

Optimizing is not impossible, but often leads to opportunistic decisions for short-term gains. By focusing on learning about the product you set yourself up for better future decisions and more effective tests.

Jan Overgoor, From Experiments at Airbnb

Getting strategy done well often calls for trade-offs between delivering short-term results and implementing foundational changes that require time.

Simon Horan, from Good Strategy Execution Requires Balancing 4 Tensions

If everyone is a leader, no one is. 

One of the mistakes people make when thinking about the future is to think that they are watching the final act of the play.

– Derek Thompson in “The Great Retail Apocalypse of 2017“