Episode Description
1:00- Meet Nils Davis
2:47- Nils reminds us that Product Managers are really “Unicorns” in the workforce
7:00- Nils shares his favorite phrase as a Product Manager “Your obvious is your art”
8:47- Nils shares the pros/cons of understanding your “spike”
10:03- We discuss how it's difficult to share our superpower with the people that surround us
12:08- Nils shares the different ways we can discover our PM spike/superpower
15:45- Todd shares the struggle with asking for feedback to identify your PM spike/superpower
17:52- Nils shares one of his PM spikes
20:15- Todd shares the PM spike he wishes he had
22:12- Todd compares Joe’s PM spike to that of a Golden Retriever
25:20- A new word is introduced to the Product Porch- “Pragmatic Empathy”
28:15- Todd asks the question of whether or not the PM role has a unique set of capabilities
33:19- We review the stable of “Product” Unicorns-
36:19- Todd reminds us why he’s against Annual Performance Reviews and not a coder 🙂
39:10- We wrap up with our advice for the PM community struggling to find their “spike” (Nils-leverage Clifton Strengths Finder assessment)- people are the stars of their own movies
40:18- Todd- Don’t feel guilty for your spike. Find that thing that you love and lean into it
41:30- Joe- Be genuine and true to yourself (not as profound as Todd/Nils)
42:00- Nils ends with a very profound thought- “Product Managers are amazing creatures, yet you would never know it from reading their resume”
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