One of the hardest parts of being a Product Owner is to find the required balance between so many seemingly competing directions and demands. However, it's best seen not as a battle of opposing forces but a connectivity of interdependent aspects. Between teams and customers, technical and business, high and low levels. One should not dominate the other. Finding that balance is one key that I have found for success and on this episode, let us explore what some of those items that require balance actually are. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - [email protected] Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju Marion Eickmann - Keep the Balance - The Product Owner Roman Pichler - The Picasso Product Owner: Balancing Users, Team, and Stakeholders Hope Gurion - Why I Can't Be a Good Girl and Good Product Leader James Womack - Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation David Marquet - Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders Clarke Ching - Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile