The Product Podcast

How to Be Persuasive by Google's Group Product Manager

July 10, 2017 Tyler Odean, Group Product Manager at Google
The Product Podcast
How to Be Persuasive by Google's Group Product Manager
Show Notes
Tyler Odean, Group Product Manager at Google, gives a whirlwind tour of our cognitive biases and the psychology of decision making (drawing heavily from Thinking Fast & Slow) to help frame a set of practical tips and tricks for making your arguments as persuasive as possible. Being effective as a Product Manager requires influence without authority - convincing a broad portfolio of stakeholders to work together on a shared vision. The true secret to herding cats is to convince the cats to herd themselves!