Product management can be likened to shaping a clay pot on a spinning wheel, where the market and internal forces act as the spinning wheel.Product managers need to work with the existing motion of the market and internal forces, shaping the product while everything is in motion.The mix of customer pain points, stakeholder ideas, and constraints are like the wet clay that product managers must work with.Product managers play a crucial role in envisioning the final shape of the product and guiding how that vision scales through strategy.