Rick Kierner

“The product strategy describes how we plan to accomplish the product vision, while meeting the needs of the business as we go. The strategy derives from focus, then leverages insights, converts these insights into action, and finally manages the work through to completion.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

“Trust is a function of two things: competence and character.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

“if you can't manage to clear four hours a day during your workday, then I only know of two possibilities: either you extend your workday, or you fail to deliver results and so you fail at your job.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

“thinking like an owner versus thinking like an employee is primarily about taking responsibility for the outcome rather than just the activities.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products