The Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innovation, resumes, job interviews, PRDs, working with developers, persuasion and influence · Nils Davis

144: What Stories Can I Tell?

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Davis argues that business impact is essentially boring, and the real key to engagement is highlighting the personal, existential risk to people's jobs.

Nils Davis teaches product managers and professionals why the most effective stories in business presentations are tragic ones about customer suffering. He provides a framework for finding these stories, illustrates it with examples from climate change advocacy and product pitches, and offers actionable steps to implement the technique.

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