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Anastacia Iacono
Over a meeting, someone recently asked me to describe the archetype of a product leader. While I answered the question, a broader thought stayed with me. What are the various archetypes of product managers?
An archetype is a powerful storytelling device - making it easier for readers to identify and understand a concept. And PMs come in all shapes and sizes. I couldn't ask for a better book than the Mahabharat - with its unlimited supply of interesting characters and its greyness - to come up with PM archetypes.
A master in every form of warfare, Karna was beset by a lot of baggage that never allowed him to truly achieve his true potential. A giving personality and a true prince amongst men - Karna had some truly remarkable abilities. However, he forgot his hardest learnt lessons at the time he needed them the most. And his obsession with proving that he was better than Arjun was his undoing.
A giving nature is supercritical as it builds trust and reciprocity in a team - cornerstones of a collaborative work environment. But self-sacrifice (parting ways with the armour you were born with on the eve of battle) is not advisable.
Forgetting hard learnt lessons in the heat of battle - every PM needs to watch out for this. It's a mistake all of us make - we act against our better judgement while designing and executing to our product's peril.
I am a massive fan of Shivaji Sawant's Marathi novel Mrityunjaya (the one who conquers death or rather the one who is victorious in his death) - with Karna as the protagonist. Some great translations are available. A must-read for mythology fans.
Renowned for his prowess with a bow, an unparalleled archer who had complete mastery of his craft, Arjun was sadly prone to making tall claims (and he invariably fell short of them and had to be rescued by Krishna). Prone to bouts of existential crisis, massive ego, but always ready to learn. Always top of his class - great pedigree one could say. Was also well known for his single-minded focus (eye of the fish). Arjun's greatest ability was to question his purpose in life and the status quo. "Why am I the right person to solve this problem?"
The Kuru kingdom has invaded the Matsya kingdom where the Pandavs are living out the last year of their 13-year-long exile. The last year was supposed to be lived incognito so the Pandavs are disguised as servants, cooks, cowherds and even a eunuch dance teacher (Arjun was also a master of classical dance which he learnt from the apsaras in heaven).
Arjun finds himself as the charioteer of the young prince Uttar - the two of them about to face the might of the Kuru army alone. Uttar (it was his first time in battle) loses his composure and asks Arjun to drive the chariot away from the battlefield. Arjun agrees and takes the chariot into the thick forest. There, masked under the odour of dead animals, Arjun reveals a bundle of weapons wrapped in oil-soaked cloth.
As the final moments of the incognito year dissolve away, Arjun (as Brihannala the eunuch) picks up his mighty bow Gandiva (he hasn't touched his weapons in over a year). He bends the bow and strings it with gut and then he pulls the string back and lets go. The twang can be heard across the battlefield.
Back in the day, warriors knew how to announce their presence. Blowing on a conch shell with a distinctive sound was one usual way. Others used their loud booming voices. Some rained down fire. Not Arjun. He entered the field of battle by pulling back the string of Shiva's bow Gandiva - producing a sound so terror-inducing and with a resonant frequency so powerful that weapons would break, ears would bleed and bladders would give way. Now that is an entrance.
Mahabharat - the great war - had some phenomenal battles. But it never saw Arjun's best. The Kuru-Matsya war was Arjun in complete battle-lust berserker mode. He single-handedly defeated his grand-sire Bhishm, his old teachers Drona and Kripa, his nemesis Karna and his arrogant cousin Duryodhan.
People forget, but Bhim is the one who single-handedly killed every single one of the 100 Kauravas. He is perpetually overshadowed by his younger, flashier sibling Arjun. But Bhim is the true core of the Pandavs. Bhim lacked finesse but made up for it through brute force.
Every large org has (and needs) an old-timer who is completely dedicated to the company and its cause. This is the PM who leads the effort on the most mission-critical projects (AKA the-shit-has-truly-hit-the-fan-somebody-save-us projects).
Eklavya's story arc is one of the most inspiring (and simultaneously heart-breaking) of all the characters in the Mahabharat. A self-taught savant, as an archer he was the only one who came close to beating Arjun.
So many PMs are self-taught warriors, biding their time to shine on a large stage. They invariably start in a different function (sales, marketing, design) and move to a PM role. Most of them have only worked at early-stage start-ups and haven't had the opportunity to work at established orgs with large PM teams where they can be nurtured and mentored.
Drona exemplifies what it means to be a hermetic master. A formidable warrior, born with the knowledge of all warfare and weapons, a master strategist (who can forget his stratagem - the Chakravyuha) and the teacher of kings - he also lived a life of extreme poverty.
Drona's epic-sounding name always makes me laugh. Drona did not have a mother. In fact, he was a clone of his father the rishi Bharadwaj. He was named Drona because he was born out of a dronapatra - a clay vessel. Imagine being named Pot or Mug or Cup.
Renowned for his prowess with a bow, an unparalleled archer who had complete mastery of his craft, Arjun was sadly prone to making tall claims (and he invariably fell short of them and had to be rescued by Krishna). Prone to bouts of existential crisis, massive ego, but always ready to learn. Always top of his class - great pedigree one could say. Was also well known for his single-minded focus (eye of the fish). Arjun's greatest ability was to question his purpose in life and the status quo. \\\"Why am I the right person to solve this problem?\\\"
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