Issue #3: Most Product Managers know that Technical Knowledge is not Enough
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Welcome to Issue #3 of Samuel’s Newsletter - You Can Be Full of Power
For many product managers there is a truth they come to agree with quite late into their careers, when often it would serve them better had they realised it earlier in their career. And that is – Technical knowledge is not enough!
See, because product management is as much a social activity as it is a cognitive activity, any good PM will know that beyond figuring out what the right answer or action is, there's a greater task of convincing others to agree along with you.
A sure way for doing this right requires you as a product manager to build out the right network of people. People not systems, first.
Think of a network as anyone who will serve as a pointer to the right answers at your work (when necessary), and those who'll support to execute upon those right answers. Both internally and without.
The realisation is not an easy path
However, the biggest hurdle for product managers despite this realisation, is building this network doesn't come naturally to many product managers. Of course….
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Next week, we’ll continue to expand on more thoughts including:
How I learnt that saying “I don’t know” is the Most Powerful answer you can ever give.
How McKinsey makes over $500,000 on a single presentation in the corporate world with this framework
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