It’s Time to End the Cult of the User!
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Valentin Menard argues against the unquestioned "user first" mantra in product management, criticizing its naive assumptions and how it can prevent product teams from doing their job. He deconstructs the injunction to always prioritize users and examines the different facets of the Product Manager role to show when and why absolute user-centricity is harmful.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:36Origins of user cult
- 10:37Three user-first naïvetés
- 23:59Why user first?
- 33:54Ethics versus pragmatism
- 41:44Product manager role today
- 48:08Q&A
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