Lenny Distilled

CEOs should own the product, not delegate it

Leadership → Org Design

I think the CEO should be basically the chief product officer of a product or tech company. If the CEO is not the chief product officer then I don't know if they're a product or tech led company.

Brian CheskyBrian Chesky's new playbook
Supporting

As CEO, once you get to a certain scale, you can actually define what you want the role of a CEO to be at your company. The Superhuman opportunity deserves everyone who works at the company to spend as much time as possible in their zone of genius.

Rahul VohraSuperhuman's secret to success
Nuanced

What's highly correlated is that somebody bloody knew what to do when. That is the most important thing. And I call that content. Content means what you do when. Process means how you do the thing.

Sanchan SaxenaWhy Uber's CPO delivers food on weekends | Sachin Kansal
With caveats

Saying a company is design-led does not mean it's designer-led.

Bob Baxley35 years of product design wisdom from Apple, Disney, Pinterest and beyond