How To Do The Product Review Right (By Doing It Wrong) | Lenny & Friends Summit 2024
Lenny and Friends Summit 2024 talk in which Figma product lead Mika and product lead Yuki share how to run the product review right by first showing how to do it wrong. Drawing on Yuki's first review with Travis at Uber - where Travis took over and read the deck himself, leaving the PM as a remote control - they argue the common advice is backwards. Most PMs treat reviews as decision forums between radical choices; the Figma pair say the most important outcome is building trust and winning over key stakeholders. Their decode of exec speak: when a CEO asks for the link early, it means get to the actual recommendation. Their main fix: start with the punchline, because the usual slow build of background, problems, goals and principles buries the spicy proposal at the end while everyone tunes out or multitasks. No sponsor read appears in this episode. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights the core argument; the full set of tactics from the talk is not covered. These are the speakers' own views and experiences, not independently verified.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Lenny and Friends Summit 2024 talk in which Figma product lead Mika and product lead Yuki share how to run the product review right by first showing how to do it wrong. Drawing on Yuki's first review with Travis at Uber - where Travis took over and read the deck himself, leaving the PM as a remote control - they argue the common advice is backwards. Most PMs treat reviews as decision forums between radical choices; the Figma pair say the most important outcome is building trust and winning over key stakeholders. Their decode of exec speak: when a CEO asks for the link early, it means get to the actual recommendation. Their main fix: start with the punchline, because the usual slow build of background, problems, goals and principles buries the spicy proposal at the end while everyone tunes out or multitasks. No sponsor read appears in this episode. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights the core argument; the full set of tactics from the talk is not covered. These are the speakers' own views and experiences, not independently verified.