When Phil Jackson was appointed Head Coach of the Chicago Bulls, the team was far from being a championship team. Michael Jordan, however, was winning all the individual awards such as Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Scoring Title for highest points averaged per game, etc.

Jackson wanted to put in place the Triangle Offense, which would involve other Bulls players more than they had been. He had the following conversation with Jordan, which he shared on the episode of Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin.

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If you are a product manager, be a product manager. More importantly, don’t be an “AI product manager”, or a “cloud product manager”, or a “data product manager”, or a “crypto product manager”, or a “VR product manager”, or a “digital product manager”, you get the point. Just. Be. The. Product. Manager, which usually boils down to:

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I recently watched the interview of Bill & Melinda Gates with Chris Anderson at the TED conference in 2014. It was a remarkable interview that gave an insight into their approach to philanthropy, their shared belief of responsibility, and raising their children while being the richest family in the world. One of the big takeaways of this interview for me was the partnership and complementary qualities they both bring to their work at the Gates Foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates set a great example for product teams. I highly encourage taking the time to watch the interview shared above.
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