[niravs]

this piece literally tells only half the story — the execution part.

what makes a great product manager is the raw product level insights and instincts that very few individuals have about the product itself and the direction the world is actually moving in.

this is basically the conjoined triangles of success kinda BS.

[jdavis703]

I think it really depends. If you have a visionary at the top (say the CEO, CPO, VP of product etc) then you just need good colonels and lieutenants below. If you're relying on bottom up innovation (e.g. Google's 20% time) then you absolutely need a different set of skills.