Vidhya Jayakrishnan
@vidhya_
Product@Google. Love to play at the intersection of Tech and Business. Tech, Books, Music and Travel keep me happy.
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As a week of major layoffs ended, I asked who is still hiring. More than 800 people/companies responded on Twitter/LI that they are hiring. Now @satishmreddy is making all of these jobs accessible in this spreadsheet. The internet is an amazing place 🙌🏾 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
3 ideas to start your year: 1) You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. 2) Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. 3) Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins.
My heart breaks for all the families impacted by COVID in India. The situation is horrible and dire. Adding on to @dburka and @davegillis's commitments, I'll match $25,000 to all donations from this website. donate.indiacovidresources.in Please RT to help spread the word.
Signs of intelligence: - self-control - staying humble - investing long-term - enjoying the process - figuring out what you want - observing yourself objectively - not taking everything personally - understanding other perspectives - expressing yourself clearly, concisely
Change your environment, change your thoughts. Change your habits, change your talents. Change your focus, change your results.
Yes yes and yes!
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.
GEORGIA: The January 5 runoff elections for control of the U.S. Senate are fast approaching. Make your voice heard by requesting your ballot now at ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov #LetsGetItDoneAgain #gapol
Read this thread. An important lesson in people's praxis for electoral democracy.🔥🔥🔥
Four years ago we woke up to a chilling new reality. We didn't know where to turn or what to do. Our institutions had failed to stop the worst from happening. So we turned to each other. Here in Lancaster County, 300 of us came out to an emergency community meeting.
Please share with friends and family in Georgia: If you voted absentee in Georgia, please check the status of your ballot now. If it was rejected, you have until 5pm on Friday, November 6, to fix it and make sure your vote counts. democrats.org/ga-ballot/
Amazing compilation of resources for PMs of all levels. Thanks @shreyas for sharing this wisdom for the world to benefit!
🗓️Recap of Oct 2020 content Includes: -15 Product Principles -Book Recos by PM Level -Product-Focused Companies -Do We Have an Execution Problem? -Product Dogma -7 Cognitive Biases -On Clearer Thinking -On Product Prioritization -On Conceiving Great Products & more.... Thread👇🏾
The ultimate design - ‘designing the code of life’ Congratulations to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for winning the @NobelPrize for Chemistry. The first time in history there are no men on a winning team #CRISPR
A PM on my team had a habit of apologizing before starting sentences. I gave him feedback, to not sell himself short. It's not just him. We all do this - often driven by impostor syndrome. I didn't know what to ask him to do instead though, until I saw this. Say THANKS instead.
10 tips for misery in work & life: -See self as a victim -Complain constantly -Resent successful ppl -Compare as a habit -Nitpick to feel superior -Assume bad intent -Don’t listen to others -Try to please ppl in power -Aim to impress everyone -Crave short term rewards
"Honoring the immigrants on Labor Day who put food on our tables" 😭❤ The GRUELING, LOW WAGED LABOR most Americans will not do.
To get better at product work 1. Create a habit of deep work 2. Build more user empathy 3. Become a domain expert 4. Understand good design 5. Spec out your skill stack 6. Get more even keeled 7. Learn negotiations 8. Know stats basics 9. Enhance listening 10. Improve writing 📈
Redesigns are notoriously hard to execute on smoothly, but we shipped multiple redesigns to Instagram’s Camera *on schedule* thanks to pre-mortems.
Check out my latest article on how premortems can help increase the success rate of your projects: linkedin.com/pulse/give-you…. Thanks @shreyas for sharing the concept.
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Give Your Project a Better Shot at Success. Do a Premortem
Most projects, regardless of industry or business function, fail at an astonishing rate, and leave behind a huge and unsightly pile of wasted time and effort. What if there was a way to increase the...
A phrase I heard recently and found useful: “I agree with the idea, but disagree with the tone.” Many ideas get dismissed because they are delivered in a cocky/hostile/dismissive tone—or because of who delivers them. This phrase encourages you to separate substance from style.
For anyone working from home with kids at home...
+1 to this!! I've had awful experiences with them too and they seem to have an especially bad attitude towards making things right for customers @hotelsdotcom need to up your CS game, given that there are *tons* of alternatives. #CustomerService #CSFail #Fail
This is terrible @hotelsdotcom all my rewards disappear and you don’t notify me? And I call CS all they do is say they cannot help after a 35 min wait??? Terrible experience for a loyal customer!! Needless to say, I will be taking my business elsewhere! #CustomerService #fail
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