tool / uses
Loom
“And my process was I used Loom, which is another one of my favorite products. It's just a really easy screen share and video recording tool that you can share with teams.”
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Nickey Skarstad
Published podcast speaker
- Claims
- 14
- Episodes
- 1
- Shows
- 1
- Named items
- 3
Books, apps, and tools
The evidenced stack.
app / uses
FigJam
“Because I'm remote now, I would use Miro or FigJam. Duolingo, we use FigJam typically because we are super embedded in Figma.”
book / likes
Thinking in Systems
“I love Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows.”
Claim ledger
What Nickey said.
14 transcript-backed records
01 / recommendation
Likes Thinking in Systems.
“I love Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
02 / belief
If you have a very small team, you might be very plugged in and these things might not need to happen. But in bigger organizations, especially where leadership isn't always able to be in the room, making sure that you have a clear checking in a few times to make sure that everyone is moving in the right direction and everyone feels good is, I think, a worthwhile exercise.
“If you have a very small team, you might be very plugged in and these things might not need to happen. But in bigger organizations, especially where leadership isn't always able to be in the room, making sure that you have a clear checking in a few times to make sure that everyone is moving in the right direction and everyone feels good is, I think, a worthwhile exercise.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
03 / belief
I would say I think I'm good at this 80% of the time these days, just because I've seen it done wrong in a lot of ways.
“I would say I think I'm good at this 80% of the time these days, just because I've seen it done wrong in a lot of ways.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
04 / belief
I honestly, I think before a lot of people were, and that was something at the time that was really interesting and has really stayed with me, it's how to work with community and how to build community around the product that you're building.
“I honestly, I think before a lot of people were, and that was something at the time that was really interesting and has really stayed with me, it's how to work with community and how to build community around the product that you're building.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
05 / recommendation
No, and I think that forcing yourself and your team to think in that way is just a really good thinking exercise because it will save you time and it will save you money, a lot of money later, if you don't constantly have to rebuild things when you want to make changes to your system later.
“No, and I think that forcing yourself and your team to think in that way is just a really good thinking exercise because it will save you time and it will save you money, a lot of money later, if you don't constantly have to rebuild things when you want to make changes to your system later.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
06 / recommendation
The nice thing I think is just making autonomous teams that feel like it is their goal to bring that quality experience to life can help you avoid some of that.
“The nice thing I think is just making autonomous teams that feel like it is their goal to bring that quality experience to life can help you avoid some of that.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
07 / evaluation
" All of those things literally went away overnight. And I think especially the job of a PM, it's hard under normal times because you are doing so much labor to make sure people are informed and give feedback, et cetera.
“" All of those things literally went away overnight. And I think especially the job of a PM, it's hard under normal times because you are doing so much labor to make sure people are informed and give feedback, et cetera.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
08 / preference
One of the things I did when I was like, I don't know if I love this is I actually went through my calendar and I changed the colors of all of the meetings on my calendar to red, yellow, and green after I had the meeting.
“One of the things I did when I was like, I don't know if I love this is I actually went through my calendar and I changed the colors of all of the meetings on my calendar to red, yellow, and green after I had the meeting.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
09 / evaluation
It's really hard to change that later because it's going to influence all of the listings that you have in your ecosystem. And so I think really thinking through those types of things are important and really setting teams up to be able to pause and spend some time to get it right because it will influence the end product in a very real way.
“It's really hard to change that later because it's going to influence all of the listings that you have in your ecosystem. And so I think really thinking through those types of things are important and really setting teams up to be able to pause and spend some time to get it right because it will influence the end product in a very real way.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
10 / commitment
Left as senior product lead, I believe was my title. And forever grateful for that experience because I learned a ton about product market fit and also product quality.
“Left as senior product lead, I believe was my title. And forever grateful for that experience because I learned a ton about product market fit and also product quality.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
11 / preference
Because I'm remote now, I would use Miro or FigJam. Duolingo, we use FigJam typically because we are super embedded in Figma.
“Because I'm remote now, I would use Miro or FigJam. Duolingo, we use FigJam typically because we are super embedded in Figma.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
12 / recommendation
I mean, I think especially if your business is new, going functional makes sense because you don't necessarily have a lot of organizational complexity.
“I mean, I think especially if your business is new, going functional makes sense because you don't necessarily have a lot of organizational complexity.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
13 / recommendation
Yeah. And I will say OKR frameworks might not be the best for every single team, but having some sort of goal framework that is shared across functions is useful no matter the size or the scale of your business.
“Yeah. And I will say OKR frameworks might not be the best for every single team, but having some sort of goal framework that is shared across functions is useful no matter the size or the scale of your business.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
14 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Loom.
“And my process was I used Loom, which is another one of my favorite products. It's just a really easy screen share and video recording tool that you can share with teams.”
- Speaker
- Nickey Skarstad
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast