Episode description
Episode description
You've heard it said that Product Managers and Companies as a whole should be data-driven, but did you know that too much data isn't a good thing? It's like a good wine. The right amount leads to a good time, but having too much can leave you drunk and hungover. On today's episode, Emily Reid, Product Manager at AgeRate comes on the pod to share the difference between being data-driven and data-drunk and how the difference will impact your business.
Here's what we discussed:
- Emily's role as a PM at AgeRate
- The evolution of where AgeRate is at and where they're looking to go
- Why the things that tick us off as PMs can be the best sources of innovation
- How the biggest problem with data is lack of data literacy inside of orgs
- The problems with over-tracking data
- Why data cleanup is necessary over time as old data becomes irrelevant
- Data only matters if it's relevant
- Why starting with why is critical when deciding what data to track
- How to leverage data to level up your career
- How to lead up in your company and democratize data literacy
- Get scrappy in your learning and dabble with tools that offer free trials
- The power of staying curious and continually learning