What Ken Norton thinks about design

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Executive coach for product leaders. Previously a partner at GV (Google Ventures) and a product manager at Google. Writes at Bring the Donuts, including a standing essential-reading list for product managers.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ken Norton has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 11 Aug 2026

   Our readingWorking relationships need to be intentionally redesigned on an ongoing basis, not defined once and left fixed.

   Their wordsThis design work is never done, and one of the goals of this intentional conversation is to open the door to revisiting this conversation as our individual needs and the needs of the relationship change.

   ↗Designing Better Working Relationshipsbringthedonuts.com 2nd of 2 in this piece