Lenny shares: the scarce PM skill today is elevating other people's ambition
lennysan · x · 2026-09-09
Lenny Rachitsky quotes Tara Starr: "The scarce PM skill right now is elevating other people's ambition." Against the backdrop of AI lowering execution barriers, the point is that a PM's value is shifting from defining and executing requirements toward amplifying the team's imagination and aspiration.
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