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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Good project management is nearly invisible when things are going well. Good project management is nearlyinvisible when things are going well. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Jul 2024 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2024-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A really good product manager has to be very confident, often to the point of bordering on arrogance. — tap to centre the map on it A really good product manager has tobe very confident, often to thepoint of bordering on arrogance. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best project managers are usually not the strongest technical individual contributors. — tap to centre the map on it The best project managers areusually not the strongest technicalindividual contributors. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Mar 2025 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2025-03-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being skilled at tracking project requirements doesn't make someone skilled at product management. — tap to centre the map on it Being skilled at tracking projectrequirements doesn't make someoneskilled at product management. Last stated 5 months ago 30 May 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you cannot say crisply what success looks like, you will not get great work — out of a team or out of an AI. — tap to centre the map on it If you cannot say crisply whatsuccess looks like, you will not getgreat work — out of a team or out ofan AI. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: No project run by a manager who privately thinks it is a bad idea has ever turned out wildly successful. — tap to centre the map on it No project run by a manager whoprivately thinks it is a bad ideahas ever turned out wildlysuccessful. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Managers who are not deep in IC work should worry, because there will not be much middle management; managers will build just like ICs. — tap to centre the map on it Managers who are not deep in IC workshould worry, because there will notbe much middle management; managerswill build just like ICs. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 GT Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even as roles blur, an excellent product manager who can rally multiple teams still adds a lot of value. — tap to centre the map on it Even as roles blur, an excellentproduct manager who can rallymultiple teams still adds a lot ofvalue. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Aug 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big projects are not done with big efforts but with slow, steady, incremental work. — tap to centre the map on it Big projects are not done with bigefforts but with slow, steady,incremental work. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Sept 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it "Diversity" in practice means aimingfor fewer white men in positions ofauthority. Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 JP Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success — tap to centre the map on it A candidate needs prestige orwealth, while talent and even geniusmatter little to success GB Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it A country that turns its experiencesof desertion into competitioninstead of common cause producesavengers rather than answers. Last stated a week ago 29 Oct 2026 AG Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Good project management is nearly invisible when things are going well. Last stated 21 Jul 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Ben Kuhn Read this korrent →