Ian McAllister
9 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 20, 2022 by Ian McAllister · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Nov 20, 2022
McAllister: Pushing back effectively is essential for leadership advancement
“Pushing back effectively. This is an art and a skill, but I think your ability to do this is pretty correlated with your ability to grow and succeed as a leader, because if you say yes to everything, you're gonna go nowhere.”
Nov 20, 2022
McAllister: Combining available tech ingredients fails the working backwards test
“The most common thing that I see that kind of tips me off is that when they talk about something, there's different pieces in the pantry, right? And they're like, we have these ingredients, we could put them together. We could add these two things together and…”
Nov 20, 2022
McAllister: Amazon's 'working backwards' method works without the PR/FAQ format
“Teach that and write some posts about with templates and things like that, because it's a great way to start of like the press release has a paragraph about the problem. That's what you write, and then you write the solution paragraph, and then the customer qu…”
Nov 20, 2022
Jeff Bezos uses three specific criteria to evaluate new product investments
“And I sort of asked him like, what's your criteria for sort of investing in something new? And he said, well, it's like three things. One, is it a big idea? And then second, is it something we should be doing? So if maybe you have an idea, if you have this new…”
Nov 20, 2022
Nov 20, 2022 positive
McAllister: Product leadership requires operating existing products, not just building new ones
“Being a product leader is not just about building new things. It's about, you know, how well you run, which you've already built. And if you, If you're really paying attention to the product that you operate, it will give you ideas for things you could do to d…”
Nov 20, 2022 neutral
McAllister: Correct Product Strategies Fail Without Earning Stakeholder Support
“Well, I would say that if you have a certain approach, now you may be, you believe it's the right one. It may be the right one, but if you don't build the support and the relationships, you know, that they're going to help carry that out and execute on that st…”
Nov 20, 2022 positive
McAllister: Leaders have more impact teaching mental models than giving prescriptive advice
“I think you'll have a lot more lasting effect if you could kind of abstract it to a degree and teach the lesson, because then that person will hopefully learn the lesson and can apply it to a bunch of future situations, and also understand the why more, and it…”
Nov 20, 2022 positive
McAllister: Trust is built by repeatedly setting and meeting expectations
“You know, trust is just built by repeatedly setting and meeting expectations. And I think that's a good kind of mantra to think about as a PM, like, you know, my meeting, the expectations that I set and not just doing good things, but like calling your shots, …”