Product Management Book Club

[NivenPrasad]

Overview

We are starting a monthly book club at HfLA!

Action Items

Come up with a list of PM books and pick books for each month.

Resources/Instructions

Books

• Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri
• Cracking the PM Interview by Gayle MacDowell and Jackie Bavaro
• Cracking the PM Career by Gayle MacDowell and Jackie Bavaro
• Inspired by Marty Cagan
• Empowered by Marty Cagan
• The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky
• Good strategy Bad Strategy
• Principles of Product Management by Peter Yang

Do we want to get the list then vote in the Slack after the Friday PM meeting?

Sidenote:

• Do we want to look at?:

  • Blogs / Articles
  • Resource repository
  • Podcasts e.g. Spotify: A Product Story, Agile Coaches Corner

  Discussion on what People Want to Learn:

  • Real experience pivoting from Business Analyst to PM
  • Product Manager mindset
  • Zoom in vs Zoom out

[erigilg]

The First 90 Days - Michael D Watkins

[natenateo]

How to Decide - Annie Duke, great for major decisions

[Olivia-Chiong]

The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman

[ggrrettcchhenn]

Not sure that these are exactly product related books but here are some related books I'm interested in: A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide by Cyd Harrell The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin

[Olivia-Chiong]

Blog - https://www.productlessons.xyz Baymard Institute - usability studies https://baymard.com/blog Pablo Stanley - very fun design newsletter: https://www.anotherdesignnewsletter.com/

[Olivia-Chiong]

Book for May is Inspired by Marty Cagan. The reading schedule is as follows

[ebele-oputa]

I choose - The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman Empowered by Marty Cagan (we would as well read the sequel)

[kcoronel]

I choose- Good strategy Bad Strategy Cracking the PM Interview by Gayle MacDowell and Jackie Bavaro

[seenaiype]

Cracking the PM Interview by Gayle MacDowell and Jackie Bavaro Good strategy Bad Strategy

[gigicobos]

The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

[sameergautam]

I choose Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

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Can I suggest few more books to the repository??

1. When coffee and kale compete
2. Jobs to be Done - Theory to Practice
3. Hooked

[ag2463]

The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky

[kevngaleu]

Cracking the PM Career by Gayle MacDowell and Jackie Bavaro

[Andan-Eddy]

The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky

[priyatalwar]

Decode and Conquer by Lewis Lin The Lean Startup by Dan Olsen

[Olivia-Chiong]

Book for August is Cracking the PM Interview by Gayle McDowell and Jackie Bavaro

The reading schedule as follows:

[Hanastevenson]

The Making of Manager - Julie Zhuo.

[Hanastevenson]

I found a pretty good thread on twitter covering blogs, newsletters and book recommendations - https://twitter.com/jaysonrobinson/status/1423568645188472834

[kcoronel]

Thanks so much for being here! The frameworks in this book are super helpful, however I wonder if there is anything you would update to make the book more relevant for today?

[gigicobos]

How do you see the role of a Product Manager and the teams' structure transform in the next 5 years?

[kcoronel]

What are your top 3-tips for what aspiring PM's should include on their LinkedIn page ?

[kcoronel]

What time-management skills do you use on the daily?

[priyatalwar]

What advice do you have for someone who is just starting out on learning the art of saying "No".

[dddhoang]

1. How to Win Friends and Influence People
2. The Messy Middle
3. Good strategy Bad Strategy

[kevindphan]

1. Decode and Conquer
2. How to Win Friends and Influence People
3. Empowered

[Rabia2219]

Start with Why - Simon Sinek Hooked - Nir Eyal Strong Product People - Petra Willes

[thomasdemoner]

My top 3 votes for next book reading:

1. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
2. The Lean Startup - Dan Olsen
3. (New suggestion) Who Moved My Cheese - Spencer Johnson This last one is very short and easily done in a week (or even a day), but I really enjoy coming back to it.

[PLoiya]

1. Hooked
2. Empowered
3. Good strategy Bad Strategy

[priyatalwar]

1. Decode and Conquer
2. The Lean Startup
3. Empowered

[EchoProject]

1. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
2. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
3. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

[citrusapple]

1. Cracking the PM career
2. Good strategy Bad Strategy
3. How to Win Friends and Influence People

[lrchang2]

1. The Messy Middle
2. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
3. Good strategy Bad Strategy

[ebele-oputa]

Book for October is The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

The reading schedule is as follows:

[mxajPrice]

I am going to start a new issue/space for a book club.