{"product_id":"more-clarity-less-noise-on-mindset-people-process-and-product-9798196096334","title":"More Clarity, Less Noise: On Mindset, People, Process, and Product","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rick Pollick\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Management - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I of \u003ci\u003eMore Clarity, Less Noise\u003c\/i\u003e by Rick Pollick.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA working collection of essays on how products actually get built, written between 2021 and 2026 by someone who has spent the time inside the work, not adjacent to it. The book is organized around a simple claim: every layer earns the next one. Mindset earns the right to lead people. People earn the right to run a process. Process earns the right to ship a product. Skip a layer and the whole thing wobbles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume covers Parts I through IV: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMindset and the person behind the work.\u003c\/b\u003e Focus, legacy, listening, the productivity paradox, the difference between motion and progress, and what it actually takes to get better at something you start out bad at.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeople first.\u003c\/b\u003e How teams form, when leaders should push and when they should hold back, the upside of dissent, the illusion of psychological safety, why a culture is what people do when no one is checking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe operating system.\u003c\/b\u003e Agile in its useful form and Agile in its overhyped form, designing a process for the team you actually have, predictable delivery, why pruning beats sprawl in engineering branches, and what to do when leadership itself is the roadblock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBuilding the right thing.\u003c\/b\u003e Product briefs and PRDs, the difference between an initiative, a program, a project, and a product, prioritization that lasts beyond the meeting, demos that demonstrate something, and the shift from a moving stack of projects to a single steady product.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho this is for\u003cp\u003eProduct managers, engineering leaders, agile coaches, founders, and the senior individual contributors who often run things in practice without the title. Written by a hands-on practitioner, not a consultant. No certifications are sold here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume II picks up where this one ends, with data, AI, and the practical toolkit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892930494615,"sku":"9798196096334","price":2603.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196096334.webp?v=1781190118","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/more-clarity-less-noise-on-mindset-people-process-and-product-9798196096334","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}