Opening
Varun Parmar (00:00:00): Every single day, every single time somebody is pushing your code to production and you're releasing a feature or an enhancement, you are making the product better or you're making the product worse, but the products never remain same. So with every release that your competitor is making and every release that you're making, you are either making chess points, moves against them, positive points, or you're going negative....
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Low-ego framing
Lenny (00:00:33): Welcome to Lenny's Podcast, where I interview world-class product leaders and growth experts to learn from their...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Varun Parmar (00:04:10): Thank you, Lenny. So excited to be here. Thanks for having me. Lenny (00:04:13): I'm really excited to have you here. I've...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Ask with curiosity
Is it product area oriented? Is it user persona oriented? Is it something else? How do you think about the structure of the product team? Varun Parmar (00:17:46): Yeah, so I would say it's maybe a hybrid structure...
Turns a moment that could become critique into a question about the guest's thinking.
Low-ego framing
good intention and asking questions to understand where someone came from. I don't know if you'll have something off the top of your head, but is there a story or an example of that comes to mind where...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Lenny (01:24:40): Amazing. Varun, thank you again for being here. Varun Parmar (01:24:43): Thanks, Lenny. Awesome. Lenny (01:24:45): Bye everyone. Thank...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.