Build Your Career by Collapsing the Talent Stack | Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe)
My guest today is Scott Belsky, Adobe’s CPO and Chief Strategy Officer. Scott has also advised 100s of startups and writes a popular newsletter called Implications. I spoke to Scott about: Why the talent stack is collapsing and what you can do about it How to improve the first-mile experience of your product The 4P framework for building generative AI products Scott is a leader who obsesses about empathy and keeping high-performing teams as small as possible. If you enjoy our conversation, please like and subscribe to support the podcast. Timestamps: (00:00) Why empathy must come before vision (02:02) How the talent stack is collapsing (04:50) Preparing for smaller teams and AI (07:00) The ideal PM to design relationship is they're the same person (13:50) Improving your product’s first-mile experience (19:00) Adobe’s product principles for AI (22:47) Why builders should understand AI skeptics (25:25) The 4P framework for building AI products Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/scott-bel... Where to find Scott: X: https://x.com/scottbelsky Newsletter: https://www.implications.com/ 📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!

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