Build Your Career by Collapsing the Talent Stack | Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe)

Build Your Career by Collapsing the Talent Stack | Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe)

Author: Peter Yang May 24, 2024 Duration: 28:27

My guest today is Scott Belsky, Adobe’s Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design and Emerging Products.

Scott has also advised 100s of startups and writes a popular newsletter called Implications.


I spoke to Scott about:

Why the talent stack is collapsing and what you can do about it

How to improve the first-mile experience of your product

The 4P framework for building generative AI products


Scott is a leader who obsesses about customer empathy and keeping high performing teams as small as possible. If you enjoy our conversation, please like and subscribe to support the podcast.


Timestamps:

(00:00) Why empathy must come before vision
(02:02) How the talent stack is collapsing
(04:50) How employees can prep for smaller teams and AI
(07:00) The ideal design to PM relationship is they’re the same person
(13:50) Improve the first-mile experience of a product
(19:00) Principles for building AI products at Adobe
(22:47) How to talk to people who are anti-AI
(25:25) The 4P framework for navigating AI products


Where to find me:

Newsletter: https://creatoreconomy.so/


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