Wodtke: Product intuition is overvalued and requires years of experience
Christina Wodtke · The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford) · Mar 16, 2023 · at 1:02:34
Stanford lecturer Christina Wodtke explains why young PMs should focus on studying proven business models rather than relying on purported product intuition.
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“Ain't none of them old enough to have product sense. I mean, seriously, like a product sentence is intuition. Intuition is compressed experience. Compressed experience comes from having lots of experience, and if you're young and you don't have a lot of experience, the smartest thing you could do is learn. You know, you've got to learn what models work and why they work, and just, ah. Intuition is overvalued and under exists.”
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