Working Backward From Your Vision
summary
Framework prescribes five concrete steps: create a vision (write a 10‑year resume or retirement speech and pick values), assemble a board of directors (mentors), write a role-level PR-FAQ / press release, map milestone timelines, and measure impact (team size, product reach, and people helped). Uses Amazon practices like pre-mortems and PR‑FAQ, performs a six-pager annual review each December, and claims this method scales from feature work to career moves (six cross‑country moves, eight years to pivot toward public‑service goals).
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:19PRODUCT MANAGEMENT IN A NUTSHELL
- 3:01CREATE YOUR VISION
- 5:04ESTABLISH YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- 6:16WRITE YOUR PRESS RELEASE
- 7:24MAP OUT YOUR MILESTONES
- 8:27MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS
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