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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.

google

bbc.co.uk

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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

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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…

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• • And, because

you’re a Product Manager… iterate!

randy.silver@gmail.com@randy_silver