The “Oh S**t” Moment I was sitting in Zus Coffee in Kuala Lumpur —or maybe it was a Third Wave Coffee in Bangalore or a Blue Bottle in San Francisco; the scent of venture capital desperation smells the same everywhere—listening to a pitch. The founder, let’s call him “Prompty Paul,” was sweating through his sustainable Allbirds.
Inspired by: Shreyas Doshi’s Deep Dive on Micromanagement. Listen here before you rage-quit: Understanding Micromanagement: A Deep Dive
There is a moment in Shreyas Doshi’s brilliant analysis where he drops a truth bomb that usually sends “visionary” Product Managers scrambling for their noise-canceling headphones. He essentially argues that micromanagement is not a binary evil; it is a situational necessity.
Every now and then, you’ll see this message on some websites..
“The URL has been blocked as per the instructions of the Competent Government Authority/ in compliance to the orders of Court of Law.”
And this will make you feel something strange but then, you ignore it because the way it happens, you feel may be you did something wrong.
Okay. Disclaimers first : I believe agile is a good philosophy and provide a good method for development / execution. But I don’t practice it anymore …
I am a Product Manager for the past few years. Before turning into an Entrepreneur, I worked in a multi national firm which tried all its might to implement agile in various forms spending millions of dollars on training and implementation.