Ken Norton
9 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 24, 2022 by Ken Norton · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Jul 24, 2022 positive
Norton: Asking how an employer defines a product team reveals its culture
“I think one question that I love is how does the company define a product team? Because it answers so much, right? It says so much about culture, collaboration, decision-making, The role of product management. It's sort of like, if there's one question and you…”
Jul 24, 2022 neutral
Norton: Senior executive challenges stem from people, not product mechanics
“The, how much all of the challenges that senior executives are dealing with come down to people. Versus, you know, product, right? So it's like, you know, it's fun to think about designing products, optimizing, doing user discovery and, you know, what testing,…”
Jul 24, 2022
Norton: Great product leaders explicitly separate managing from coaching
“Great managers, I think, especially the best product leaders understand how to put the coach hat on and when it's appropriate to put the coach hat on. And are explicit about that are sort of like, okay, let me take off my manager hat now and put the coach hat …”
Jul 24, 2022 negative
Norton: Direct career advice is like cotton candy and rarely solves problems
“Advice is not super, not as powerful as you might think it is. Like it's a little bit like cotton candy. Doesn't have a lot of nutrition and you get a nice sugar high. You feel great. Both sides feel happy, but then sort of a couple of weeks later, a couple of…”
Jul 24, 2022 bearish
Jul 24, 2022
Norton: Executive coaches do not need domain experience in a client's role
“The other thing is that you don't need a coach who's done the job before. And that's another, I mean, obviously I've done the job before, so I'm sort of undermining part of my own selling point here, but coaches are trained to coach people on any topic. So whe…”
Jul 24, 2022 positive
Norton: PMs practice the hardest leadership skills by leading without authority
“Product management is you are a leader from day one in product management, right? And, you know, there's leadership all over the place, but that's sort of your job. You're a leader. You don't have any formal authority. But you're a leader, you're expected to l…”
Jul 24, 2022 positive
Norton: 'Bring the Donuts' Metaphor Represents Servant Leadership and Filling Gaps
“When I came up with that, I think it was really to be a metaphor around Being sort of a servant leader, bringing, you know, whatever needs to be done, sort of filling the white space, filling the gaps whatever sort of needed to happen. So it's not, doesn't alw…”