Thane Greenfield

Technology, Story Telling, Health, Gaming. & things I find interesting & cross my mind. Personalization & CRM Product Manager @fossil

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Since time immemorial, when a CEO asks a PM at Product Review, “what do you need to 10X users/revenue?”, “what will make you go faster?”, etc

The PM steadfastly responds “We need [N] more engineers”. The Eng Mgr nods approvingly

A story thread, with some hard truths to swallow:

[Thane Greenfield @TheLifeofThane]

@nurijanian Probably Reversible Decisions

[Thane Greenfield @TheLifeofThane]

@BardhylBytyqi @webflow @figma @azwedocom @wedoflow Wonderlist

[Thane Greenfield @TheLifeofThane]

It’s absurd to me that anyone with an inkling of care for their consumer would make it extremely difficult to block accounts. In order to block this p0rn bot I had to go to their profile, with a very vivid video at the top, just to block when we used to have it in this menu.

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

Screw it, raccoon highlights. 🦝

[Alvaro Cintas @dr_cintas]

Demo of Google’s AI agent.

This is insane 🤯

[Meesh Hell @waziot]

The song is getting way more hate than it deserves, but I still think the Call Me Maybe version of the video is the best thing that came out of that year

[Paweł Huryn @PawelHuryn]

Once again, we need to end this madness.

Product Owner is not a job title.

When you split the roles:

- Product Manager talks to the business and customers.
- Product Owner (“backlog administrator”) works with developers, collecting and documenting “the requirements.”

I consider this one of the worst anti-patterns in Product Management.

A typical argument is that combining two roles is "too much work for a single person."

That might happen if you spend days attending useless meetings or writing detailed instructions. But if you empower others, prioritize work, and focus on value without BS, things go smoothly.

I agree with Marty Cagan, who wrote that to succeed as a Product Manager, you need:

- Direct access to users and customers
- Direct access to business stakeholders
- Direct access to engineers and designer

Without proxies. Product Owner included.

The only valid setup is that the Product Manager and Product Owner are the same person with the end-to-end responsibility.

In particular, it’s essential that the Product Manager, Product Designer, and at least one Engineer perform Product Discovery together.

Finally, if you work in Scrum, as PSPO III, I’d like to emphasize that Product Owner is just accountability, and Product Manager is a job title. The Product Owner’s accountability is best fulfilled by an experienced Product Manager.

Do you agree? Disagree?

Let me know in the comments.

[Creepy.org @creepydotorg]

In “Interstellar” (2014) on the water planet, the soundtrack in the background has a prominent ticking noise. These ticks happen every 1.25 seconds. Each tick you hear is a whole day passing on Earth.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Looking for a PM job?
Know someone who’s looking?

Head over to https://t.co/Z4ksrQktCi for a handy list of PM jobs shared by hiring managers here on Twitter & on LinkedIn.

Forward & share it if you can.

(huge thanks to @_viditgoyal + @hectorreyesf @coda_hq for setting this up)

[George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian]

Product Managers, here's a song for you.

Listen on repeat when you're feeling down:

[Thane Greenfield @TheLifeofThane]

@JustAnotherPM Perfect you’re amazing mate thank you. I’ll let them know.

[JustAnotherPM | Sid @JustAnotherPM]

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[Criminalsimpsons @Criminalsimpson]

Best fictional video games from The Simpsons

1. Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge

[Thane Greenfield @TheLifeofThane]

@chiefaioffice ✋

[Thane Greenfield @TheLifeofThane]

@tonjrv 🔥

[tweet davidson @andyreed]

pronouncing “GenAI” like forrest gump

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

I literally want to live in a nice walkable neighborhood where I can walk to get an iced coffee, pet some dogs along the way and be able to take a train anywhere I want. Genuinely I’m not asking for much.

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

New research reveals that people are happier with public spaces in cities with more cycling infrastructure, proving that bike lanes make cities more pleasant for everyone, whether they are cyclists or not.

https://t.co/9LuiKOCwh4