Specialisation in product management.
I've been a product manager all my career. I started off at Zoho, moved to Deloitte to get exposure to all sorts of fields to specialise on. (5years exp)
Now that I've done that, I don't want to specialise in any particular field.
I want to specialise in product management in itself. I have a radical way of approaching it.
My way of specialisation would be by understanding complex systems in mathematics. Network theory, non linear dynamics , emergence and feedback loops.
Like see this
Mathematical Concept -> Product Management Application Phase portraits -> Modeling user adoption trajectories Network centrality metrics -> Identifying critical dependencies Chaos theory Stress-testing -> launch timelines Fractal analysis -> Scaling processes across teams
In the age of AI, we all need to reinvent and stand out. I feel like if I pull this off I can truly capture the essence of being a product manager, i can fit into any complex system (any product) at the highest level (calling the shots/valued input to CEO/ the one who calls the shots) and get going with no lag, maintaining quality across fields.
What do you all think? If a bunch of us want to do this, we can do a series here itself by posting and interacting about where we are beginning (even a very basic level of math is fine, we all have to start somewhere) on a set time weekly sharing what we learnt.
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By that logic, all mathematicians can be good product managers. If that’s true? Probably not.
I feel you are trying to connect a theoretical subject ( with its own value) to a profession with all practical boundaries.
But mathematicians are like abstract artists. Mathematics is too abstract for me. I want to use my abstraction and align it with reality. That would be my kind of art.., yes all mathematicians can be good product managers if thats their cup of tea, also they would need to learn physics philosophy and psychology along with it I feel, they are too specialised as is.