Building and shipping impactful products is definitely the enjoyable part of a product manager’s journey. It’s fun to think about what problems to work on, putting on the founder’s mindset from time to time or working with fellow co-founders on the team.
Of course, there are so many challenges to tackle on the way, and as someone doing it on my day job, I can’t agree enough! So, here's a peer to chat about building products, navigating ideas, and understanding all about this journey.
Shyvee Shi, Product Manager at LinkedIn. She also co-founded the PM Learning Series wherein she chats with product leaders across the globe to share insights for leveling up the product career. She’s a passionate creator and an educator who also just launched a course on productivity for product managers.
Shyvee's curation for PMs to help get started with career and growth:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OvYwOJfF5dNoLFobkAt1zWSeEXj5WBgwk_7E_g86LrU/edit?usp=sharing
Here's what we discuss in this episode:
00:00 Intro to Shyvee and her work
01:14 Consulting to Product Management - How Shyvee entered the PM space
06:38 Learnings from non-linear career paths (And how that shaped the PM success)
09:00 Visual thinking as a key to team communication
11:34 Tools and techniques for incorporating visual thinking as a PM
13:52 Challenges in building for the Ed-Tech market
15:48 User psychology and motivational triggers in product building
18:08 How TikTok styled content has inspired ed-tech space
22:22 Top PM skills to get started with [for founder-turned-PM too]
28:43 The creator journey behind the PM Learning Series
32:55 How to have a champion circle to help you kickstart new projects
37:01 Personal productivity: How to manage time and energy
43:10 Curation and content game: What's ahead for Shyvee?