Fireside with Founders & Leaders

The Power of Collective Intelligence in Building a Team - Tom Shurrock, Product Director at Beamery

In this episode, we welcome Tom Shurrock Product Director at Beamery We uncover Toms background in engineering and website development, as well as his "eggs"perience launching an iPhone app😉 . We delve deep into the world of a T-Shaped Product Manager and what this really means. Tom talks about the power of embracing collaboration and how you can too. We talk about the importance of hiring based on skills and not just job titles, as well as the value of continuous learning. So for all of this and way more - hit play now! https://www.linkedin.com/in/shurrock/ [00:02:35] Building an iPhone app. [00:04:54] Timing of cooking an egg. [00:09:03] Impact of working in different sizes [00:15:26] Collective intelligence. [00:17:23] Changes in product management. [00:22:33] T-shaped product management. [00:24:30] The crossbar of product management. [00:29:37-00:29:48] Product market feedback. [00:35:37] Using skills to hire. [00:36:09] Talent and skills in hiring. [00:40:37] Skills and AI in recruitment. [00:45:37] Imposter syndrome.

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