81: Mistakes That Made Me a Better Product Manager

Join us in Seattle for the Inclusive Product Management Summit on May 12th and May 13th. Info at https://summit.info.foster.uw.edu/   In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board member Red Russak welcome  Charles Wartemberg (Netflix), Dosoo Amenyah (Facebook), and  Nkem Okoye (Instacart) as they discuss the mistakes that made them become better PMs. These experienced professionals candidly share their personal experiences and the common mistakes they made that helped them grow into better product managers.   Disclaimer: All opinions of the speakers are their own.   What to Listen For: 00:00 Intro 09:22 Jumping and transitioning too quickly 12:15 Coping with feeling like a failure 16:49 Having people to share your wins 18:29 Understanding what mattered to the end user not just the internal users 22:11 How do you know if you’re making a mistake? 28:17 Signals to look for in a quality translation 34:26 Quantitative signals when it comes to translations 36:57 How to find motivation after the mistake? 43:20 Proceeding when roadblocks happen 45:42 Balancing between data-driven and decision-making with intuition 51:37 Final thoughts