Empowered
by Marty Cagan, Chris Jones · first published 2020
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Covers how product leaders can build empowered teams that solve real customer problems rather than just shipping features; suits product managers, founders, and leaders moving into digital product roles.
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…to not being able to work deeply. And much more. Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson Inspired / Empowered by Marty Cagan Build What Matters by Ben Foster High Output Management by Andy Grove The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker Much by Cal Newport (Deep Work / A World Without Email / etc)
on “Work Stress: How the 42% Rule Could Help You Recover from Burnout (2020)” ↗completely agree with this. This is why the idea behind Cagan's "Empowered Product Teams" [https://svpg.com/empowered-product-teams/] is so important. Founders are often too blinded by their initial approach of solving their own pain that they are blinded to superior alternatives…
on “A founder’s guide to understanding users” ↗Measure what matters - John Doerr | To understand how to measure success (with OKRs). Empowered - Marty Cagan | For digital product leadership insights.
on “Ask HN: Best book/resources on business modelling?” ↗…Devops: Building and Scaling High Performing Teams (Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim) * Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow (Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais) * Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Marty Cagan) * The Phoenix Project (Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford) General: * The Goal (Eliyahu Goldratt) * Turn the Ship Around! (L David Marquet)…
on “A reading list for new engineering managers” ↗…are people willing to pay me to solve for them? Problem 2: can that problem be solved with a product? Problem 3: can that product be built? Reading up on product management has helped me a lot here. Empowered (Marty Cagan) is good.
on “Ask HN: Should I give up and get a job?” ↗I would recommend reading both Inspired and Empowered by Marty Cagan to help you think about your product journey. Very relevant to what you'll be building, and personally I found Empowered challenged me in ways that both made me uncomfortable and also better…
on “Painful Lesson: Always 'Show and Tell' Your Product Before You Develop It” ↗> * anything by Marty vegan Lol. Sorry about this, I was typing this on my phone while eating dinner. Marty Cagan is the author. Inspired and Empowered are the books.
on “Ask HN: What does it take to be a CTO?” ↗