"Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products" focuses on how to enable teams to build great products. The book highlights the importance of empowering individuals within an organization to achieve exceptional results.

Key topics discussed include:

1. Empowered Teams: The book explains how empowering product teams leads to innovation and better products.
2. Team Autonomy: Emphasizes the need for giving teams the freedom to make decisions and take ownership of their work.
3. Leadership Support: Discusses the role of leaders in providing support, resources, and trust to their teams.
4. Product Vision and Strategy: Stresses the importance of having a clear product vision and strategy that guides teams.
5. Collaboration and Communication: Highlights the significance of effective collaboration and communication within and across teams.
6. Continuous Improvement: Encourages a culture of continuous learning and improvement to keep up with changing customer needs.
7. Real-World Examples: Offers case studies and examples of companies that have successfully empowered their teams to create extraordinary products.

The book provides practical advice and frameworks to help product managers and leaders build empowered teams that deliver exceptional products.

For more information, see:

• The Product Leadership Playbook
• Product Model First Principles: Product Team and Product Strategy In Depth
• Product Model First Principles: Product Discovery, Product Delivery, and Product Culture In Depth