Lane Shackleton
Chief Product Officer @ Coda
CPO at Coda for 8+ years. Previously spent 9 years at Google and YouTube.
βWhat sets great teams apart, covering product design, team leadership, and product strategy and execution.β
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Coda | Chief Product Officer | 2015-present |
| Google / YouTube | Group Product Manager | ~2006-2015 |
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βSo glad to be here. Thanks for having me.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βIt's a wonderful ad. I think I had a mug of that when I was a kid. Yeah.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βThat's right. They're described similarly at a high level, but then the specifics if you get into it are a little bit different.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βWe were probably at 20-ish PMs and designers when we did that.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βYeah. He's got a great thing on listening. I really admire what he says about listening and I think that a lot of PMs could take that lesson, which is-β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βYeah. We have a walkthrough ritual that we do.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βThe prompt is essentially put yourself in the shoes of someone who knows nothing about this topic whatsoever and have beginner's mind and then walk through with five or 10 people watching you and let'...β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βI mean definitely sports. I would say sports is really interesting to me. Team sports. I've always been a huge fan of everything team sports. Storytelling. Go look at some of the best storytellers in ...β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βAnd the world is much better for it. This podcast is an amazing resource.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βYeah. Honestly it's a sign of ... In Dharmesh's case, I don't know him super well, but it's a sign of a really experienced leader to know that scale. But every time I look at the scale and I'm weighin...β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βAnd making the person think through that choice I think is just a very helpful shared language.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
βYes. It's almost never as bad as you think it's going to be. So yeah, it's just a question of how much better it can be oftentimes.β
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)