Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, harnessing founder mode, and more | Anneka Gupta (Chief Product Officer at Rubrik)
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Anneka Gupta (00:00:00): When people say, "I want someone that's strategic," what they're really saying is, "I want someone that can come up with and articulate a compelling and simple why behind the decisions and the direction of the company and product." So that's number one....
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lecturer on product management at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and on the board of Tinuiti. Previously, she was President, GM, and head of product at LiveRamp, where she spent...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Lenny Rachitsky (01:08:06): Easy. Amazing. Anneka, thank you so much for being here. Anneka Gupta (01:08:07): Thanks for having me. Lenny Rachitsky (01:08:09):...
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eedback, but I also don't agree that we should change directions because of it. I don't know, some of the things cut deeper than others, but I think people are making personal statements about my team or...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
the other, ultimately people are not going to see you as strategic. If you're really good at articulating the why, but you're only bringing small ideas to the table, then that's not strategic. If you're...
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Gupta (01:08:03): Yes. Lenny Rachitsky (01:08:06): Easy. Amazing. Anneka, thank you so much for being here. Anneka Gupta (01:08:07): Thanks for having me. Lenny Rachitsky (01:08:09): Absolutely.
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