As the second year of the pandemic began, Christian Crumlish started working with the Office of Innovation in the State of California's Government Operations agency as a product manager on the state's Covid response website (COVID19.CA.GOV). Today, more than one year later, Christian is now lead PM for the state's Covid site, along with Cannabis.ca.gov, digital.ca.gov, and upcoming projects.
Meanwhile, he is still trying to figure out how "product mindset" maps to public-sector work, or even whether it should at all. His goal is to start a larger conversation here about how and where product frames are valuable and when they are not.