lenny-advanced

name	lenny-advanced
description	Advanced PM skills from Lenny's Podcast - product taste, systems thinking, behavioral design, coaching
triggers	["product taste","systems thinking","product operations","marketplace","behavioral design","coaching","onboarding","dogfooding"]

Lenny Skills: Advanced PM

12 actionable advanced product management skills.

Skills

1. Developing Product Taste

• Study great products deeply
• Understand why things work
• Build intuition through practice

2. Systems Thinking

• See the whole system
• Identify feedback loops
• Anticipate second-order effects

3. Product Operations

• Build scalable processes
• Create self-serve tools
• Measure operational efficiency

4. Marketplace Liquidity Management

• Balance supply and demand
• Optimize matching algorithms
• Manage geographic expansion

5. Vibe Coding

• Use AI to accelerate development
• Focus on outcomes, not code
• Iterate rapidly with prototypes

6. Energy Management

• Protect your peak hours
• Batch similar tasks
• Build sustainable habits

7. Coaching Product Managers

• Ask questions, don't give answers
• Focus on growth areas
• Provide regular feedback

8. Behavioral Product Design

• Understand user psychology
• Design for habits
• Use nudges ethically

9. Organizational Design

• Structure for your strategy
• Balance autonomy and alignment
• Evolve as you scale

10. User Onboarding

• Reduce time to value
• Guide users to "aha" moments
• Measure activation rates

11. AI Evaluation (Evals)

• Define success metrics
• Build evaluation datasets
• Automate testing

12. Dogfooding

• Use your own product daily
• Feel the pain points
• Build empathy for users

Source

Lenny's Podcast | refoundai.com/lenny-skills