Dangerous Animals of Product Management
Jonathan Stephens
April 29, 2026
* HiPPO: Highest Paid Person’s Opinion
* ZEbRA: Zero Evidence But Really Arrogant
* Seagull: Seagull Manager
* WoLF: Works on Latest Fire
* RHiNO: Really High-value New Opportunity
* PUFFIN: Plans Unending Feature Factory Initiatives
* GOOSE: Guesstimating Overly Optimistic Scheduling Estimates
* PUMA: Promotes Unusually Meaningless Assumptions
* CoBRA: Cognitive Bias Related Assertions
* YAK: Yet Another KPI
Discussion in the ATmosphere