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21 May 2023 Lenny's Podcast Lessons from scaling Spotify: The science of product, taking risky bets, and how AI is already impacting the future of music | Gustav Söderström (Co-President, CPO, and CTO at Spotify)
“Gustav Söderström I don't know if it's like a Swedish analogy because I thought it was more widely known.”
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…Oh, boy. I'll pre-order as soon as that's up. Another concept I wanted to touch on that another PM suggested, which is he called it the P in the pants analogy. Does that ring a bell? And is that interesting to talk about? Gustav Söderström I don't know exactly which occasion this person is referring to, but I know I've used that analogy a few times. Okay. Promising. Gustav Söderström I don't know if it's like a Swedish analogy because I thought it was more widely known. But the idea is that you do something ... So the saying is that's like peeing in your pants in cold weather. It feels really warm and nice to begin with. And then after a while, you start to regret it. It's about being short term, basically. So now I just say that's like peeing in the pants inside because people know what I mean. It's a short-term thing. That's a hilarious way of communicating that idea. Must be a Swedish thing.…
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