I have seen many product managers fall into this trap when they are finally offered the shiny prize of stepping up into “strategic” conversations. They go off to their desk, cobble together everything they can possibly find from every google result for “good product strategy,” and try to put together the World’s Most Comprehensive Strategy Presentation. They work on this presentation for days, sometimes weeks, sometimes months. By the time it’s finished, it feels like a highlight reel for all the things a “strategic” product manager is supposed to do well. It’s got frameworks! And financial
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