Product Manager alive who hasn’t spent time dreading a HiPPO attack; the sudden derailing of well-laid plans by a management or executive-level stakeholder

Denis Bolkovskis

Anthropic

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Learn how to manage HiPPOs, or Highest Paid Person's Opinions, in an organization. HiPPOs can derail well-laid plans and lead to subjective decision-making. This post provides strategies like fighting opinions with data, prioritizing work, and deflecting input to address the HiPPO problem. It also highlights the difference between HiPPOs and ZEBRAs, who assert their opinions as facts.

How to Manage HiPPOs (Highest Paid Person's Opinions)

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