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Published · transcript-backedNikhyl Singhal: belief
19 Apr 2026 Lenny's Podcast Why half of product managers are in trouble | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)
“Change is really hard for us. And I think as humans, we're not really designed to change very easily.”
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- Nikhyl Singhal
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- belief
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- 19 Apr 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…So let's follow this thread of specific advice to PMs right now, whether they're mid-career, senior, getting started. What are some specific things that you think people should do to do well in this emerging future? Change is really hard for us. And I think as humans, we're not really designed to change very easily. If you think about it, I was thinking about why is it hard for us to change when in some ways change can lead us to much better outcomes. We're almost told to change less as we grow older. When you're a kid, you fall down a ton. But Lenny, when was the last time you fell down? Not often, except my son loves to pretend like we're falling, so there's a lot of pretend fall.…
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