Understanding Your PM Spikes

Episode Description1:00- Meet Nils Davis2:47- Nils reminds us that Product Managers are really “Unicorns” in the workforce7:00- 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 us12:08- Nils shares the different ways we can discover our PM spike/superpower15:45- Todd shares the struggle with asking for feedback to identify your PM spike/superpower17:52- Nils shares one of his PM spikes 20:15- Todd shares the PM spike he wishes he had22:12- 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 capabilities33:19- 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 it41:30- 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” Help keep the Product Porch lights on by giving at https://www.patreon.com/TheProductPorchJoin our email list and never miss an episode at theproductporch.com