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> without wanting a micro level of control on the solutions. HiPPO attacks are real. Nothing like having countless customer interviews only for a dataless HiPP
by c_o_n_v_e_x 3y ago
> without wanting a micro level of control on the solutions.
HiPPO attacks are real. Nothing like having countless customer interviews only for a dataless HiPPO to come in and maul your product.
I feel like PMs are used as sacrificial anodes in some orgs. The HiPPO controls product via the PM. When the product inevitably flops, it’s the PM’s head on a spike.
- Sylamore 3y agoHighest Paid Person?
- bennyelv 3y agoHighest Paid Person’s Opinion, I believe. You know the ones, they drop in towards the end of a complex cross functional discovery process and say something like “but it should do it like…” or “can’t you just…” And some of the time they’re right, but the reason they’re right is because they created an organisation without delegated authority and autonomy, and tasked a team with creating change that also didn’t have authority. Which reinforces their view that micromanaging and not delegating authority is the only way to operate effectively because their team just doesn’t come up with the right answers ever.
- Sylamore 3y agoUnfortunately very familiar with them and their disconnected demands, just have never heard them called HiPPO before and now I have a new favorite term for the over inflated egos in management that make being productive harder.