ONE THING on Shy Product People

“A great product manager has the brain of an engineer, the heart of a designer, and the speech of a diplomat,”says Deep Nishar, managing director at SoftBank. I've written about product leadership skills in my book Product Manager vs. Project Manager from O'Reilly.


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A question: What happens if you are an introvert by nature? How do you lead in a quiet sort of way? One suggestion comes from Martin Eriksson in a recent talk at Mind the Product. He encourages us to embrace our inner awkwardness. Could such ideas embolden introverts to be themselves and lead? Any other hints? Discuss.