Vishal Bagla

A quiet reminder of what empathy at work can look like. In France, a father had exhausted his paid leave while caring for his daughter during her cancer treatment. Instead of letting the situation end there, his colleagues chose to act. They donated their own annual leave days so he could continue to be with her. Over time, those individual contributions added up to 350 days of paid leave. There were no new policies, no special arrangements, and no attention sought. Just a collective decision by colleagues to support one of their own in a difficult moment. Stories like this are worth pausing over. They show that beyond systems and structures, workplaces are ultimately communities of people. Sometimes, small individual gestures - when combined - make a meaningful difference.

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Paweł Huryn mapped something most Product conversations miss. Not how to enter Product. But how Product competencies actually evolve. Same skills. Different depth. Here’s a tight walkthrough of Product Management competencies by role 🧵 Product Owner / APM This is the execution-first phase. Learning how teams work, turning requirements into shipped features, and building comfort with data, discovery, and delivery. At this stage, clarity beats influence. Product Manager The role starts to stretch. You’re expected to own outcomes, balance delivery with problem-solving, use data for decisions, and run discovery alongside execution. The shift is from “what are we building?” to “why does this matter?” Senior Product Manager This is where leverage kicks in. Strategy deepens, experimentation becomes intentional, and product bets are directly tied to business impact. You’re not just shipping. You’re shaping direction. Product Marketing Manager A different strength curve. The focus is on positioning, messaging, market insight, and product storytelling. Great PMMs don’t sell features. They sell clarity. Growth Product Manager Everything here is testable. Strong emphasis on experimentation, analytics, funnels, retention, and iteration speed. If it can’t be measured, it doesn’t move. Head of Product This is system-level thinking. Strategy, people leadership, portfolio decisions, and long-term product growth take center stage. Less hands-on work. More decision quality at scale. Big takeaway Product careers don’t grow by adding new skills. They grow by deepening the same ones. Execution → Strategy Features → Outcomes Individual impact → Org-wide leverage Which role are you in right now? And which competency are you consciously building next?