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Shreyas Doshi

08/25/22

@ Lenny's Podcast

I encourage teams to identify 'tigers' (real threats), 'paper tigers' (seeming threats), and 'elephants' (unspoken issues) during pre-mortems to enhance discussion.

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The art of product management | Shreyas Doshi (Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo)

@ Lenny's Podcast

The art of product management | Shreyas Doshi (Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo)

08/25/22

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