Henrickson: Product thinkers must master domain weeds before hiring specialists
Jeremy Henrickson · Moving fast and navigating uncertainty | Jeremy Henrickson (Rippling, Coinbase) · Jun 4, 2023 · at 37:04
Jeremy Henrickson, SVP of Product at Rippling, discusses why product leaders must study complex domains (such as payroll tax law) directly rather than immediately delegating to domain specialists.
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“That's an incredibly important part of our success is having that specialist, but not before somebody with a product mindset. Like the tax specialist is amazing at tax, right? That's what they're, they love and that's what they do, but that doesn't make them necessarily a great product thinker. Right. So the personal, the product thing has to get into those same weeds first to really understand it.”
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