This is a generative cycle

Draw smart people together to discuss opportunities.

Listen more than you speak.

Take notes and share them.

Review your notes.

Look backwards and forwards in the calendar.

Triage all the new inputs.

Identify new opportunities.

Repeat.

Apple Vision Pro demo https://www.imminentmurphy.com/2024/07/24/apple-vision-pro.html

"“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”

-Stephen Hawking"

I do I wonder what he would have thought about ChatGPT.

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"“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”

-Muriel Rukeyser"

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Consider the long tail of some product decisions.

For example: early gramophone equipment could only make recordings that were no more than 4.5 minutes long.

Early adopting musicians adjusted their music to fit accordingly.

How long is the avarage pop song today in 2024?

4.5 minutes.

"“Art is science made clear.”

-Jean Cocteau"

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"“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light.”

-Plato"

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Right now, this minute https://www.imminentmurphy.com/2024/07/12/right-now-this.html

"“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

-Steve Martin"

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“He who is brave is free.”

-Seneca

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“No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.”

-Isaac Asimov

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Remember: “Mistakes” are inevitable. They’re how we discover what does or doesn’t work (albeit sometimes quite viscerally).

It’s how we respond to mistakes that defines our success.

“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.”

-Frank Tibolt

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“Make a mistake? Release the guilt, remember the lesson.”

James Clear

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Talking about the times you failed as a product manager and what you learned from them is always more interesting than talking about your successes.

Forget the highlight reel. Share your bruises

and cuts.

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

-Mark Twain

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“If we really care about our users, we’ll help them do what they want, not what we want.”

-Kathy Sierra

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“Our world is random and messy. Collecting data does not make it more perfect or more controllable.”

-Giorgia Lupi

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Remember: nostalgia is an expensive commodity.

Perhaps contrary to popular belief, you don’t just write product specs and plot roadmaps as a product manager.

You’re also a storyteller. You create narratives that inspire your team and excite your clients about the future you’re collectvely building.