Ezinne Udezue: belief

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…Awesome. So building on that, Ezinne, when you hire PMs these days, when you're looking for product leaders, is there something you're looking for more and more because you believe this will be more important to be successful in a world where AI is just changing everything? I think Oji started... He laid the foundation when he said it's day one and when you are working and thinking about building product in this type of era or space, it's important that you remember that. So I'm going to talk about what it is that I typically will look for from an attitudes, values and behaviors point of view as well as a skills point of view. I'm currently working with a firm in LA and I'm building curriculum for their PMs as well as helping them recruit. And the things that we've honed in on are curiosity. And I know it's been said over and over again, but it matters more now. It is, "Is this person humble and curious enough to admit they don't know and are willing to start as a learner? Do they truly have a growth mindset where they are okay being taught by someone else no matter how senior they have become?" That is very important. That humility and curiosity mixed together. The second part is what I'd call agency. Being able to see opportunity and not ask others for permission to go execute on that opportunity but actually take the opportunity themselves. Have a strong... There's another word most people use for this, it's not coming to me, but just... Take a bull by the horns.…

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