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CAREER RESILIENCEOR,
HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE MY
CAREER
Product Tank London / January 2016
Randy Silver
What we mean when we talk about resilience.
bbc.co.uk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/5387961900
Where do we fit?
The essential quality of Product Managers
http://statement.sg/products/plays-well-with-others
We have 2 jobs…
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/11/dinosaur-supervisor-demoted-after-letting-everyone-get-killed-in-jurassic-park-5241260/
• Figure out what to do
• Convince people to do it
Enterprise survival guide• Patience
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1454911646
• • More patience• Even more
patience• Yet more
patience
• Complexity− Processes − Architecture− Organisation
• Culture• Get a guide• Sponsorship
• Complexity− Processes
(Legacy)− Architecture
(Legacy)− Organisation
(Legacy)
What is the job?
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• How do I manage the product when I don’t own development?
And how do we define success?
Frustration comes from…
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• Wrong Situation or Circumstance
• Wrong Timing• Wrong Company
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So how do I deal
with it?
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Acceptance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/s3a/1460563846
Get Unstuck
1. Stop banging your head against the wall
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2. Diagnose the issue
Fix You• Knowledge• Training• Communications
Possible solutions
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Fix You• Knowledge• Training• Communications
Fix Them• Sponsorship• Incentives
Fix You• Knowledge• Training• Communications
Fix Them• Sponsorship• Incentives
No Fix• Culture• Structure
3. Network
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4. What excites you?
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5. Volunteer
“every relationship you are in will fail, until one doesn't”
-Dan Savage
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Your company will never love you.
*unless you own it
https://xkcd.com/317/
• Be patient• Figure out what
you want to do• Figure out what’s
stopping you• Make a decision• Act
Finally…
https://flic.kr/p/m1tSjt
• • And, because
you’re a Product Manager… iterate!
[email protected]@randy_silver
