Nathan Kallison

Director of Product Management at #Pathstream. Previously @microsoft @mckinsey. Interested in how policies and products can be improved to increase equity.

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@nonmayorpete I’m intrigued! Would love to hear details

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@breakfastbybill @asana @SlackHQ I’ve heard a couple mutterings about it but no real exploration. I could definitely see it all being in GitHub being ideal though.

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@breakfastbybill @asana @SlackHQ For larger engineering teams (we have 15) it’s a necessary evil. And it’s only good for day-to-day planning, not product roadmaps.

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@breakfastbybill @asana @SlackHQ Used to but not anymore. Now use Jira for engineering and Notion for the rest.

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Weird statement to think about

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@DanielleDBloch A round of shots for everyone!

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Tried it, can confirm

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I remember when migrating your data to a new phone or laptop was like open heart surgery

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Small milestone

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@breakfastbybill The problem I’m trying to solve is I save a bunch of articles to pocket and then look back and have no idea how to prioritize

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Why doesn’t every online article have a five star rating system? And then a Yelp for articles

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@breakfastbybill What if you had to login with a single account across all sites, like Yelp?

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@harpermaddox Not always a bad thing! Does it work for what you’re building?

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I’ll be exploring how to foster each of these in the coming months. If you have ideas or have seen this done well, I’d love hear about it.

Shoutout to @jackdanger for working through (and on!) these ideas with me. And to @johncutlefish whose thinking I’ve been inspired by.

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I’ve never seen a company fully working in Real Productivity Land (see graphic) — when product & design, engineering, and the business truly work in unison.

I’m seeking to get there. Here’s the what, why, when, and how I’m imagining.

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How to get there

My hypothesis is Real Productivity Land requires:
1. Shared knowledge—of users, problems, constraints, ideas
2. Shared language—for users, problems and the product
3. Shared space—to discuss, work on and add to ideas
4. Empathy—for strengths and limits of teams