💡⚙️📈 Sniffing your Product Orientation Maturity using Team Names


Persistence Pioneers

UI Architects

Embedding Engineers

Refactor Rebels

Sprint Sprinters

Integration Innovators

Audio Overview Creators

Mind Map Builders

YouTube Insights Team

Scalability Savants

Podcast Summarization Squad

Knowledge Connectors

Can you guess which product these teams are working on?
Which of these team names helped you more than others?

Let’s say your organization has more “UI Architects” or “Persistence Pioneers” than “Knowledge Connectors” or “Youtube Insights”. What does it mean about your Product Pyramid?

Here’s a party trick for you: Want a quick sniff test to determine whether your teams are empowered to focus on and deliver outcomes? Look at their names.

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