Notes from 28/9–5/10

Hum Qing Ze

3 min readOct 4, 2020

Blockchain

Coinbase is a product led company

Product Lead makes all the key decisions.

Career

How to take meeting notes

Novelty. We don’t repeat things at meetings because we know the person already knows them.
Relevance. We talk about things & ideas that are interesting to both parties; we understand this by tracking hundreds of signals from their face, body language, and words in real time. On Facebook, the only feedback channel is likes; I don’t see their “meh” faces when they’re reading my stuff and can’t understand what kind of reaction my ideas trigger.
Quality. The quality of information shared during the meeting is higher than in one-to-many publishing on Facebook.
Personalization. Sharing ideas with people I know loosely and adding a personal touch (i.e., “hey I thought this would be interesting to you because..”) increases the probability of a note to be read, which, in turn, increases the likelihood of the learning process hierarchy to be completed, changes in the long-term memory created, and transfer to real life occurred.
Channels. More and more people stop using socials for content discovery because of ads/low-quality information. This change suggests there’s an opportunity for a new, more personal channel.

How to Be the VIP of Your Product Management Career

Takeaway: Increase your visibility. Let your stakeholders know the “why”, behind your product decisions. Find out where your message is getting lost with your team, and correct that situation.

Takeaway: Use all the tools at your disposal to make and maintain meaningful relationships in your company. Learn to be an empathetic leader who helps others succeed. And strive to create a collaborative experience on virtual sessions like Zoom.

Culture

Social cooling — phenomenon

hmmm…. i don’t think people adapt so quickly to these metric though. Also, nobody knows for sure such a thing happens. But then maybe that’s the panopticon effect.