Alex Guernon is a data-driven product management leader who shares insights on promoting a data-centric culture in tech organizations.
Guernon emphasizes leading by example, including PMs in processes involving data, and effective measurement systems for reporting progress towards goals.
Guernon also advocates a measurement system using quantitative and qualitative data to inform decisions in product development.
She highlights the importance of gathering data and prioritization in product enhancement initiatives. She suggests using value by effort to stack-rank different product opportunities.
Guernon encourages creating measurable goals for individual PMs that are critical to ensuring the team works on helpful things that align with organizational goals.
She talks about the obstacles in promoting data-driven culture, including ambiguity and newer PMs or PMs navigating these environments for the first time.
To make estimates when time is limited, Guernon suggests mapping out trade-offs in a list that includes possibilities, pros, cons, risks, and mitigations.
In cases with limited data, she suggests testing different options through A/B testing to obtain insights and optimize decision-making.
Ultimately, Guernon stresses the importance of a data-driven culture, which facilitates generating objective insights and reducing risk.
It enables organizations, particularly tech companies, to deliver solutions that are continuously customer-centric and competitive.