Carey Jenkins: Building the Team that Builds the Product - Seattle Interactive 2015
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Transcript of Carey Jenkins: Building the Team that Builds the Product - Seattle Interactive 2015
engagement
- product management
- product strategy
- account management
- delivery
- enthusiasm ambassador
product teams
- EM, Lead Designer & Lead Developer
- Cross functional
- Lean Agile
- blah, blah, blah
madness
- building good products is hard
- people who build products well are unique
- people who pay people to build products are unpredictable
and also - trust issues
- miscommunication
- missed opportunities
- tense meetings
- unrealistic expectations
- anxiety
some context
- Three products
- 2 trips to SF
- 8 trips to NYC
- 2 trips to Philly
- 2 launches and 1 still to go
in what way?
- feeling exasperated, defeated, powerless
- unable to see the big picture
- losing our connection with each other and our product
“When every aspiration is frustrated, a person still must seek a meaningful goal around which to organize the self.
Then, even though that person is objectively a slave, subjectively he is free.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
“Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one
another.
And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.”
Daniel Pink, Drive
“Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.”
“The important thing about little bets is that they’re bite-sized. You try one. It takes a few months at most. It either succeeds or fails, but either way you get
important feedback to guide your next steps.
Cal Newport, So Good They Can’t Ignore You