David Wang

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I wrote Hiring Product Managers to show that hiring can be an agent of change. We need to stop thinking of hiring as simply 'ticking a box' - approaching hiring in a meaningful way can have a great impact on our personal growth, team dynamics & the shaping of our organisational culture. Get your copy!

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I found this article to be a great summary of what a product manager does- understanding all stakeholders and acting as the glue across the organization. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/g39gC_4G

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Market awareness and building commercial acumen are hot topics in the product management community right now. Next Wednesday for #WorldProductDay2024, Anthony Marter and I are sharing learning journeys and practical tips on how product managers can build their business nous, GTM muscles and "exec speak". If you're in Auckland, and you're product-interested, come along! 🚀 🚀 🚀 #product #strategy #market #value https://lnkd.in/ger4jyKw

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Product Rockstars in tech....It's not about strategy. It's not about frameworks. To play big...it's about the soft skills. Yep....your EQ is critical to level up and lead. You need to master the human side of work.  Treating people with respect Understanding how to communicate Executive presence Managing politics (yep...,I said it) Treating people as human beings To level up in the world of tech....it's about the human game. #productmanagement #techleaders #womenintech Are you ready to level up into leadership? Are you ready to learn how to play the human game? Respond with 'yes' and I'll send you my E-Book on The Next Generation of Leadership in Product

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As a product leader, navigating change is inevitable, especially in these uncertain times. That's why I'm offering 1:1 coaching to equip you with the resilience and adaptability needed to lead through uncertainty and drive positive outcomes. As product people, we can't always know what lurks behind each corner, but as leaders, we can prepare and build on our skills to face any challenges. My coaching methodology is high-touch, with generous ongoing support between sessions. If you're interested, DM me and tell me about yourself and what brings you to coaching. We’ll find a time to schedule an introductory call and go from there. I've also added a link to find out more in the comments.

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As a product leader, navigating change is inevitable, especially in these uncertain times. That's why I am offering 1:1 coaching that will equip you with the resilience and adaptability needed to lead through uncertainty and drive positive outcomes. As product people, we can't always know what lurks behind each corner, but as leaders, we can prepare and build on our skills to face any challenges. My coaching methodology is high-touch, with generous ongoing support between sessions. If you're interested, DM me and tell me about yourself and what brings you to coaching. We’ll find a time to schedule an introductory call and go from there. I've also added a link to find out more in the comments.

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To land Director to CPO jobs, Product Leaders must leverage Executive Search firms. They hold the keys to the hidden job market. Here is a lay of the land. Aakash Gupta and I wrote in depth about this in the Product Leadership Job Search and I followed up recently with the Tech Exec's Job Search Playbook. I recommend both reads. Comment if you want contacts or my thoughts on working with them as a candidate or hiring manager

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Reader feedback for my latest post about how to use AI and my PRD template to never have to write a PRD from scratch again. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/eJjVXJUJ

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📣 Product Folks: 😡 Have you and your team hit the wall with trying to focus on value? That *could* look like: ▶ No steady stream of data to inform strategy, prioritization + roadmaps ▶ Stakeholder misalignment ▶ Competing priorities ▶ Duplicative or overlapping work streams 🤓 Are you ready to put Product Operations into practice at your company? Join me for Produx Labs' Product Operations June 5 Masterclass! Snag your seat today. https://lnkd.in/ephFvTwf #productmanagement #productops

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🎙️Tonight is the night! Join Bosky and me for a deep dive into the importance of soft skills in product management. We’ll discuss how EQ can help you grow your career, enhance your products, and build better relationships. See you at 8:30 PM CET at this link 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/e3RiyHjE

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Product people—and particularly product leaders—rarely work alone. The vast majority of our work is discovered, debated, developed, and delivered by teams. These are ideally cross-functional teams where members come from different backgrounds, experiences, and expertise to create something that creates something that meets a customer's need or desire. To do this type of work, it’s crucial for each member of the team to feel safe, valued, and respected. In many ways, it’s up to the team’s leader to create the space and ways of working to make that happen—that’s where the teamwork and collaboration skills of emotional intelligence come into play as key skills for product leaders. Remember: When you don’t have teamwork, it leads to distrust and dysfunction, which creates tension on both an individual and team level. This can have a long-term impact on your ability to meet your organization’s outcomes. I've written more on the topic and linked it in the comments if you'd like to read more. ⬇️ 📖

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Product managers, designers, and engineers working on GenAI feature development should avoid spending time writing long, detailed PRDs and static design docs that become outdated too quickly. Instead, take a dynamic and agile approach: - Build functional prototypes - Craft engaging prompts - Develop robust evaluation sets - Continuously iterate This approach will only work if your organization has a bottom-up experimentation and iteration culture. Otherwise, it could cause more chaos than desired! #productmanagement #generativeai #productleadership

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As product people, it’s up to us to advance the conversation of human skills and bring them comfortably, and confidently into our work... I’ve found that a good place to start is to rethink how we hire. 🤔 To build a great product practice you need the right people, and to find the right people you need hiring practices that engage with both sides of product practice; human skills and technical skills. I think sometimes we can forget about the human skill aspect and focus on what technical skills candidates may have, to fulfill the role. This may help you find the right person for that role in isolation, but it won't guarantee you're hiring the RIGHT person for your company.

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Hey rockstars. MASSIVE NEWS. I am hosting a COMPLIMENTARY LIVE session for Product Mgmt Rockstars to help you LAND an amazing product ROLE QUICKLY. We'll build your brand, show you how to stand out in the market, interview like a rockstar, and land the right job....quickly. We'll even do some LinkedIn reviews LIVE! When: May 7th-9th Time: 7pm ET / 4pm ET It's real content I have trained over 600+ product managers on. I would LOVE to see you there. Just comment LAND and I'll send you a registration link. LET's GO! #productmanagement

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"What is the best way to network to help advance my career in product management?" Networking is a foundational skill every PM needs for long-term success. Today, I share some of my thoughts around the subject. If you have a question about product management, shoot me a DM. ✉️ I'm here to help! #productmanagement #productmanagers #careeradvice #askaquestion #askmeanything

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At Bastion, we focus on hiring people with curiosity, light exposure, or healthy skepticism towards crypto but definitely no deeply crypto-native people. I prefer to work with people who operate from first principles rather than religious beliefs on technologies. I've also felt that, unfortunately, our industry has a lower software engineering bar and poor user-driven approaches. As to "why?", I have a few theories that I'll keep to myself. We make offers to join the company based on a combination of insanely great skills and vision alignment. It's critical to hire for a fundamental alignment with both the vision, product, and the culture. Our product is a platform that helps web2 companies keep the majority of their user activity off-chain while going on-chain whenever needed to make the transition to blockchains as painless as possible operationally, technologically, and financially - so we hire people who think that not everything should go onchain nor off-chain. If a candidate is very strong but thinks that everything on the Internet should be onchain 24/7, they'll certainly be an incredible fit for many blockchain & protocol teams and foundations but not with us, and that's perfectly fine. Had we decided to focus on something a lot more on decentralization-centric, we'd 100% hire differently. I guess it all depends on how one sees crypto; ours vision includes off-chain systems like Coinbase, Kraken, or Cash App which are still great and help onboard hundreds of millions to a better way to connect & own; that's what we believe in and what we hire for.

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The perfect idea doesn't exist. No idea turns out exactly how you expect it to when it confronts reality. As Naval shares, quality products come out of confronting reality 100x by putting something in the hands of customers and continually tinkering with it. 📌 I shared 9 more tips to elevate product quality here: https://lnkd.in/gRzMGmNE

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I talk to so many people weekly who are feeling stuck in their roles, careers or lives. Whether you... 👉 quit your job or been laid off, 👉 want to change jobs/careers,   👉 need product or business related advice 👉 help resetting your goals  👉 level up in product management I am opening up my calendar to those who need a little boost, or even a transformation in the way they do things today. 💡 I’ve been lifted by incredible opportunities and mentors, and I want to pay it forward. ⭐ So if I can help you at all → send me a DM 🙏 #probono #coaching

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