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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Brian: One of the most interesting things about the approach to the book was how important the crowdsourcing part was.

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You’re Not a Manager of Multiple Teams, You’re a Leader: Tips for Leading Multiple Teams

The Product Coalition

If you don’t approach multi-team leadership as its own beast, everyone is going to suffer. Crowdsource a standard and stick with it. Some other leadership notes: While you are not a direct contributor you still can be a muse, contributing ideas and acting as a sounding board. Not just the ferrets. Leaders don’t micromanage.

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Assets & Liabilities: My Go-to Method for Taking Inventory With Teams

The Product Coalition

I like to crowdsource items for the assets column first because they tend to be positive and help maintain an optimistic energy in the room. The Process: Have one person own the whiteboard (it’s probably you if you’re the facilitator), writing the words “assets” and “liabilities” at the top with a dividing line drawn vertically between them.

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Where the Best Ideas Come From

The Product Coalition

Surprisingly, ideas from leadership ranked near the bottom at 13%. There wasn’t much value found in crowdsourcing either, which has become more popular in recent years. Market research, while still important, came in a distant third and the age-old practice of copying competitors fourth.

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492: Mastering Market Research: Sixth of Seven Knowledge Areas of Product Mastery – with Chad McAllister, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

For example, PepsiCo’s Dewmocracy campaign used social media to crowdsource new Mountain Dew flavors. He has 30+ years of professional experience in product and leadership roles across large and small organizations and dynamic startups, and now devotes his time to teaching and helping others improve.

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The Important Product Manager Skill That You’re Missing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

By networking, you’ll get: Crowdsourced Solutions: Instead of spending hours researching, a well-placed question within your network can offer immediate answers. Having a network means you have a reservoir of collective experience to tap into. Diverse Expertise: A network is not just product managers.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Steven shares that effective product leadership is not simple, but there are distinct actions to take. Read the interview at https://blog.mixpanel.com/2016/08/11/steven-sinofsky-product-leadership/. create a path to executive leadership. Conduct anthropological studies (ethnography) to know how people really feel.