Authority Issues

Episode 15: Sarah Kampman (Square Root)


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In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Sarah talk about:

  • How technical communication often draws people toward product management
  • Using cognitive science to improve product research
  • People watching as a data mining exercise
  • Using inspiration rather than direction, rather than having to tell people what to do
  • Kendall's ongoing naysaying :)
  • The various benefits of having engineering-, marketing-, or product-driven organizations
  • The subversive nature of being a control freak
  • Cocktail party chatter and how to leverage it if you're an introvert
  • Where authority really comes from
  • Cultivating obliviousness to avoid having to assert authority
  • The imbalance in social and cultural expectations when a woman is in a leadership role
  • Find Sarah on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-kampman-0195451/

    Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

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    Authority IssuesBy Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller

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