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How X built the best fact-checking system on the internet | Keith Coleman (VP of Product) and Jay Baxter (ML Lead)

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by: • WorkOS —Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs • Productboard —Make products that matter • Wix Studio —The web creation platform built for agencies — Keith Coleman (VP of product) and Jay Baxter (founding ML engineer), the minds behind Community Notes, reveal how (..)

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

Intercom, Inc.

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. 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.

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429: Innovation practices of the best companies – with Sally Kay

Product Innovation Educators

When I visited Corning, it didn’t matter whether we were visiting engineering, marketing, or sales—everybody could quote the innovation strategy. Another example is Novazymes, a biotech company, which created their own crowdsourcing platform for their employees. One of those elements is solving a significant customer problem.

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How we use Slack at Slack

The Product Coalition

For instance, the engineering team uses a brain emoji to crowdsource relevant posts or documents about postmortems into #announce-postmortems, where people can stay informed about recent review meetings and their outcomes. Every week, the owner of each key result gets a ping in Slack.

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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

Some stress technical skills and even engineering or computer science degrees. An innovation incubator that crowdsources solutions to common problems using NASA’s data is an impressive weekend hackathon. Should product managers be technical? See how at https://yourstory.com/2016/08/perfect-innovation-culture-work/.

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Clearbit’s VP of Customer Success on turning economic headwinds into a growth opportunity

Intercom, Inc.

Clearbit , the leading marketing data engine, has reaped the rewards of automation firsthand – leveraging it for everything from identifying churn risks to closing renewals, all without human involvement. It feels like crowdsourced problem-solving. And it’s not to blame [anyone] or point fingers. And you pose your challenge.

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

The Product Coalition

It’s helpful for engineering teams to establish a rotation where developers take turns being on point for this stuff. Crowdsource a standard and stick with it. Nonetheless, I’ve seen wires get crossed, usually when the product manager doesn’t work through the designated contact, going to the customer directly.