V.S.Vivek
@vsvivek
Refreshing my talking points with respect to work. A short list of recommendations that I preach and follow.
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V.S.Vivek
@vsvivek
On hiring: Hire people for their contributions not their subservience to you. Addendum: Hire more women/diverse people. Don’t hire people that sound like you. The sparks won’t last beyond the interview.
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V.S.Vivek
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On design: Start with a service blueprint. Conduct user research and collate evidence. Design for few, not for everyone. Every design has a level of friction. How you bridge the gap for the user is what you get paid for. Addendum: Design keeping in mind that you will scrap everything if it doesn’t work.
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V.S.Vivek
@vsvivek
On management: Out-train your team to be prolific. Doing something on your own may add speed but momentum comes when everyone contributes in the team. Addendum: If people fear you they will never respect you. Trust by default. Don’t say they are your family.
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V.S.Vivek
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On thinking and ideating: Think before you talk. Better, write instead of talking. It makes you focus on the idea instead of the person who is delivering it. Addendum: Deliberate conversations over serendipitous often end up with better outcomes. Being rigorous in thinking can cover for shoddy execution as well.
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V.S.Vivek
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On making decisions: Be more data driven. Define Inputs over measuring lagging outputs. Dashboards are unintuitive, design maps to share context of the canvas. Addendum: In business, supply, demand and capital are the 3 functioning levers. Everything else is cashflow management.
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V.S.Vivek
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On product management: Focus on the outcomes and prioritise the inputs accordingly. Think long term but work in short stints. Addendum: Shaping down the scope instead of increase the time of sprint to ship products. Getting it done in time than getting it all done is better.
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V.S.Vivek
@vsvivek
On personal brand: It is form of sharing and talking about the work you did and how you did. Defining your own narrative helps rather than being defined by the next person interviewing you. Addendum: Work is not everything in the end. Be serious but not obsessive about it. Take many breaks!!
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