PM Collaboration vs Competition

back with a “5 minute Friday” audio edition

key concepts I cover in this snippet:

1. PMs care about learning rate and improving craft just like everyone

2. The default model for PMs tends to dis-incentivize collaboration

3. Leaders should set up the org design / operating cadence to counter

4. Examples of PMs fighting the dysfunction / searching for collaboration

5. Ideas for making collaboration easier and disincentivizing competition

I’d love to hear from listeners about the techniques they’ve used to foster PM collaboration - please chime in via comments👇. And if you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing.

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further reading / references

• an interesting theory as to why PMs don’t improve as fast as designers

• I’ve written previously about PM purists and tweeners

• this line of thinking is also a continuation of Conway’s Conundrum

• I would argue that PMs in competition is a side effect of feature factories

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childish drawing / interpretation