Ian Mcallister
Chapters
Introduction and Ian McAllister’s Career Path
What Separates Top 1% PMs from the Rest
Building Trust and Operating like Amazon Executives
Mastering the ‘Working Backwards’ Mechanism
Key Concepts
- Amazon Career Growth
- Earn Trust case study (Airbnb)
- Earning Trust as currency
- Legitimate plan to succeed
- Lessons from Jeff Bezos and Jeff Wilke
- Lightning Round
- PM skills (Communicate, Prioritize, Execute)
- Product Management writing
- FAQ document
- The Weekly Business Review (WBR) mechanism
- Thinking Big vs. Operating in a box
- Working Backwards vs. Retrofitting
- Writing to clarify thinking