back with a “5 minute Friday” audio edition

key concepts I cover in this snippet:

PMs care about learning rate and improving craft just like everyone

The default model for PMs tends to dis-incentivize collaboration

Leaders should set up the org design / operating cadence to counter

Examples of PMs fighting the dysfunction / searching for collaboration

Ideas for making collaboration easier and disincentivizing competition

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further reading / references

an interesting theory as to why PMs don’t improve as fast as designers

I’ve written previously about PM purists and tweeners

this line of thinking is also a continuation of Conway’s Conundrum

I would argue that PMs in competition is a side effect of feature factories

childish drawing / interpretation

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