Trust in the Vital Few

In a previous post, I discussed the analogy of product management as editing. That the key to building and adding to the customer experience is too diligently reduce. To reduce options, reduce clutter, reduce obstacles. By editing correctly, we enable the product to go beyond just solving the customer problem by creating an experience of…

Product as editing

Product management analogies are commonplace. The diverse nature of product management work, where the emphasis varies from company-to-company, means an analogy can lift your point out of the particular and grant some perspective. The most famous product analogy quotes Ben Horowitz from his article, Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager, where he says, “A good product…