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decision making

• Developing Product Sense
  postsSep 8, 2026product managementsystemsdecision making

  I’ve been trying to put words to what makes some people so good at thinking through product problems. That turned into a new series on Building Blocks, starting with part 1 on Developing Product Sense. This first piec…

• The Wisdom Of Restraint
  microAug 29, 2024newslettersystemsdecision making

  Riffing on one of my favorite quotes, from Calvin Coolidge:

• Second-Order Thinking
  postsAug 29, 2022thinkingprobabilityrationalitydecision making

  Shane Parrish on the power of second-order thinking: Second-order thinking is more deliberate. It is thinking in terms of interactions and time, understanding that despite our intentions our interventions often cause…