108- Sense and Respond with Jeff Gothelf

Jeff Gothelf helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond. Jeff works as a coach, consultant and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management and human-centered design.

Top Takeaways: Sense and Respond with Jeff Gothelf

Overpaid and unemployable fear (become overhead and expendable)
Younger, ready to do the job better at ¼ of salary
Never look for a job again….the job would find me
World is changing quickly – Intention critical to where you are going
Create a public persona – write/blogs/material out there
Test/try/adjust – don’t be perfect just develop habit of getting ideas out there
Sense the need then create action to respond to it
Continuous uncertainty – no matter what business you’re in you are first and foremost in the software business – leverage technology to scale
Prediction management doesn’t make sense due to pace of change happening so fast
Command and control model no longer works – the boss doesn’t have all the answers
Position yourself in front of the wave – being prepared helps you position yourself where you stand a greater chance of success
Embracing the fact that your prediction may be wrong allows is one of the key qualities for modern leadership
Businesses grow at the speed of decisions
Continuous learning – be always curious about the next thing – build in the learning loops
Build a culture of continuous learning and development – make it ok to change direction based on learnings
Plan for change – measure of success for any initiative is not the deployment but the outcome which confirms good execution