» Wartime vs peacetime leaders employ different skill sets

» Airbnb’s changes to product management could be just what is needed in wartime or equally a retrograde step

» Working from home is a particularly polarising debate because it aligns with the leader-employee divide

» Discussions about productivity are often a proxy discussion for some other dysfunction

» Firing someone is a task you will always perform with some anxiety, but you still need to be able to do it well

» At Netflix, it’s not enough to be a hard worker achieving only B-grade results

» Founder of AngelList Naval Ravikant seeks happiness by trying to live in the here-and-now, neither obsessing about the past nor fantasising about the future

» If your team’s cultural norms cause you to feel uncomfortable, ask yourself why you think it’s not ok

» To build trust, mutual respect and transparency are critical

» Becoming a product leader means letting go of the day-to-day product management

» Being good at your job means training others to be good at theirs

» Equip your team to make good choices without needing your input

» Developing people is the single most important part of your job

» Problems come and go, but culture is forever

» Psychological safety presents a new set of social norms

» Product managers should be at the forefront of helping organisations to do things better for people

» The corporate vision explains why the company exists

» Open forums and communication lines between teams helps to maintain alignment

Okay, okay, so maybe likening the Project Management Office (PMO) to the Empire hunting down the Rebel Alliance is perhaps a teensy bit combative. But it’s how I feel sometimes. Just don’t let my desire for a weak pun give you the wrong impression. Let me explain.