Simon Joliveau Breney

“Good process serves you so you can serve customers. But if you’re not watchful, the process can become the thing. This can happen very easily in large organizations. The process becomes the proxy for the result you want.” - Jeff Bezos, 2016 Letter To Shareholders

But we shouldn't build entire paradigms, or even just individual interfaces, based on the assumption that everyone else is using computers the same way we ourselves do. Most people don't conceptualize graphic design ideas or freestyle pretend corporate presentations. Some are controlling an industrial process, editing a feature film, designing an

Three traits that make you a great PM to work with:

1. Raise difficult issues without being difficult to work with




2. Bring up important topics without drawing importance to yourself




3. Remember that you are in charge of getting decisions made, not making the decisions yourself

This is hard for me. It’s actually easier for me to do more and work more, than to stop and listen to my energy levels and inspiration and create from that place. My brain has been trained quite well under the “putting more in, means you get MORE out of it, so, ERGO! you gotta do more” model.

5. Be data-driven. Always have success metrics, track them, and try to move them in the right direction with our actions.

Dans un Modèle Produit, il y a une chose que l’on veut absolument éviter : investir le temps des ingés, qui sont des personnes coûteuses, sur des sujets qui ne font pas l’affaire auprès des clients. Au produit, c’est notre travail de minimiser ce gaspillage.