Emilie Kormienko
@emiliekormienko
community designer @startupy.
Emilie Kormienko
Most frequently valued PM skills: Communication, execution, product sense. Least frequently valued PM skills: Design/UX, empathy, raw intelligence.
Lenny Rachitsky • A comprehensive survey of Product Management
When the economic incentives are stacked up against you, it’s easy to convince yourself nothing matters. But even if you ignore that inner voice, it never goes away. It's always there, poking and prodding, reminding you that you're off track, and that you have so much more to give.
Author Address • The Ungated Manifesto
Osmo | Real Play, Real Learning
playosmo.com
Today’s dominant internet platforms are built on aggregating users and user data. As these platforms have grown, so has their ability to provide value — thanks to the power of network effects — which has enabled them to stay ahead.
Scott Kominers • Why Build in Web3
Any idea that is sufficiently different from your current worldview will feel threatening. And the best place to ponder a threatening idea is in a non-threatening environment. As a result, books are often a better vehicle for transforming beliefs than conversations or debates.
jamesclear.com • Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
I don’t know which corners of the internet I’ll be drawn to next. But I know The Pattern will be there waiting for me. And it fills me with dread. Can you also feel it? That nagging sense that there’s a cancer spreading through the internet? That sense that humanity’s greatest invention has been captured by mediocrity and bad incentives and... See more
Author Address • The Ungated Manifesto
Amazingly, most teachers receive little or no professional training in the science of learning. My feeling is that we should urgently change this state of affairs, because we now possess considerable scientific knowledge about the brain’s learning algorithms and the pedagogies that are the most efficient.
Stanislas Dehaene • How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine …
Qualities of well-articulated strategy: s hort, m emorable, is explained with framework or a metaphor, leverages the rule of three, is easy to find (and share)
Lenny Rachitsky • Getting better at product strategy
Broadly, the best way to get better at developing strategy: s pend time understanding your market (including your competition); s pend time understanding your customers and their needs; spend time crafting and executing strategies — and learn from those experiences; study colleagues who are great strategic thinkers; read about strategy.