Came to this from When there's no strategy after you shared it on Reddit. This one also resonates so much.
Certain fellow PMs assume I'm a terrible communicator vs. other PMs & other groups I work with laud me often, in large part for the mindsets we've taken in working together; the ones who operate siloed or grew up in wholly-autonomous product vibes feel like we talk past each other, the ones who primarily want to collaborate and/or are better at cross-team strategy in the first place think we're in sync & appreciate spitballing with me for advice.
A sadder point that I also really feel, "vulnerability is still discouraged among product managers."
I think I have accidentally made some of my peers think I'm incompetent by being particularly willing to ask 'How would you tackle this problem?,' especially because there are times I feign being the one who wants opinions--sometimes it's merely a question someone else was only brave enough to ask just-me. And I'll give my advice, but who's to say my advice is the best? Some things are ripe for discussion!
Came to this from When there's no strategy after you shared it on Reddit. This one also resonates so much.
Certain fellow PMs assume I'm a terrible communicator vs. other PMs & other groups I work with laud me often, in large part for the mindsets we've taken in working together; the ones who operate siloed or grew up in wholly-autonomous product vibes feel like we talk past each other, the ones who primarily want to collaborate and/or are better at cross-team strategy in the first place think we're in sync & appreciate spitballing with me for advice.
A sadder point that I also really feel, "vulnerability is still discouraged among product managers."
I think I have accidentally made some of my peers think I'm incompetent by being particularly willing to ask 'How would you tackle this problem?,' especially because there are times I feign being the one who wants opinions--sometimes it's merely a question someone else was only brave enough to ask just-me. And I'll give my advice, but who's to say my advice is the best? Some things are ripe for discussion!