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Building Solid Relationships

Product professionals cannot thrive without meaningful relationships. That’s the foundation of collaboration. Up to now, we have explored different aspects of working with product teams. In certain ways, we touched on the importance of building relationships, but not deeply enough.

I used to think that building the product was the biggest challenge of product management. It takes a lot of energy to understand what to focus on, and then you realize it doesn’t work and you need to change it. On top of that, technology evolves at a fast pace, so your product quickly becomes outdated. Building a product is exhausting but not the most daunting aspect.

People and their collaboration is the most complex part of bringing ...

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