Intro

My guest today is Lane Shackleton, Chief Product Officer of Coda. Lane has interviewed hundreds of product teams from Figma, Uber, Spotify, and more as the chief product officer of Coda. He shared with me his favorite rituals from these interviews for crafting a vision, running product reviews, and making decisions. Timestamps:

(00:00) Cathedrals, not bricks to craft a great vision

(03:41) Moving beyond the 1-line vision with powerful artifacts

(06:46) Translating vision to roadmap with quarterly plus OKRs

(13:26) Why most product reviews fall short

(16:08) How the Catalyst meeting makes reviews better

(22:50) Two way write-ups to avoid the highest-paid person's opinion

(26:31) How to learn by making, not talking

(30:46) The trait that leaders and builders respect the most Get the templates for each ritual: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/rituals-and-templates-of-great-product-teams Where to find Lane: https://x.com/lshackleton 📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!