Opening
Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:00): You're one of the first 10 employees, you're the first product manager. It was when you joined, the founders didn't really have an idea figured out yet. When they landed on an idea, and then ended up being wrong, ended up not working. Six weeks after you joined, there was a pivot. Raaz Herzberg (00:07:01): At the time, we didn't really have a solid product yet. We would have 10 to 15 meetings every day with potential customers. I was hired as the first product manager....
The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.
Low-ego framing
Raaz Herzberg (00:07:01): At the time, we didn't really have a solid...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Raaz Herzberg (00:07:01): Thank you for me. Lenny Rachitsky (00:07:01): So I want to start by giving a little context on Wiz, for folks that aren't...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Carry memory
Lenny Rachitsky (00:07:01): Okay. Okay, great. We're going to come back to that. What's even crazier is in spite of that, when you joined the company, you were employee, something like, number seven?
Returns to something said earlier, proving the conversation has memory.
Low-ego framing
Raaz Herzberg (00:10:10): Now, I really thought, "I don't know what we're...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Lenny Rachitsky (01:04:32): Two final questions. Where can folks find you online, if they...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.