Neuroscience for Product Managers
summary
Product managers need far more than willpower: the talk claims an 65–75% energy requirement (vs ~33% average office energy) to do insight work and value decisions, and that brain-level tools—triune brain, alpha/beta/gamma waves, and an Iowa gambling style value test—explain why. Creativity needs a 23 minutes default‑network lag after loading information; only 4% ideas at desks and Pomodoro suits linear, not insight work. An “Agile Energy Framework” and 42 practices aim to raise and sustain that energy.
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chapters (34)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:24About Anna
- 2:52New Leadership
- 3:08McLeans Model
- 5:44Energy Model
- 7:05Workshop
- 8:42Brain
- 8:54guinea pig
- 9:38swallow and digest
- 10:12crocodile
- 13:17kitten
- 14:28office worker
- 19:00Scrum leader
- 23:25Energy in your team
- 25:03Energy gap
- 25:57Energy contagion
- 28:02Law of attractiveness
- 29:18Goal for Product Manager
- 29:35Gel Energy Framework
- 30:46Decision Making
- 33:32Brain waves
- 35:34Damaged prefrontal cortex
- 36:46Inside the brain
- 37:01Extroverts and introverts
- 37:51Desk
- 38:09New Ideas
- 38:23Diffusion State
- 39:20Alpha Waves
- 39:44Create Ideas
- 40:28How to use it
- 41:26The mother
- 42:22Brain state
- 42:46Productivity types
- 48:39Stress
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