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My guest today is Chris Jones, partner at Silicon Valley Product Group.Chris and Marty Cagan wrote the best-selling book Empowered based on their 30+ years of experience working with 200+ companies. Their definition of “empowered vs. feature product teams” has created controversy, so I knew I had to chat with them.Chris and I had a heart-to-heart chat about empowered vs. feature teams, how to avoid becoming a feature factory, and how to take back control of your career.Timestamps: (00:00) What empowered really means(01:13) The difference between empowered and feature teams(04:58) Why companies stop being customer-focused(06:12) OKRs, processes, and bureaucracy(13:47) Be the go-to person to build trust with leaders(18:13) Quarterly metric targets lead to bad trade-offs(21:40) The trend towards small teams(23:00) Does empowerment matter in wartime (Airbnb)?(27:24) 3 types of product operating principles(30:23) Is Google still empowered?(33:40) How to avoid product review hell(36:15) The right way to push back on execs(41:08) Take back control of your careerWhere to find Chris:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjonessvpg/Get the interview takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/empowered-vs-feature-product-teams-chris-jones📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!