Output Owners vs Activators — Two Product Owners Who Defined Aimé's Career | Aimé Flemm

Aimé Flemm: Output Owners vs Activators — Two Product Owners Who Defined Aimé's Career

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In this episode, Aimé reflects on two Product Owners — one who showed him what greatness looks like, and one who taught him the cost of structural malpractice. The contrast is structural as much as personal.

The Great Product Owner: The PO As Activator

"Our product owner was really able to persuade the larger group of 60 people and activate them." - Aimé Flemm

 

When Aimé's company moved to LeSS, they collapsed seven Product Owners down to four — and effectively one head PO who had to step up. "All of a sudden had this one product owner who needed to step up his game — to become this leader who's visionary, who has some kind of charisma." The structure forced the role to grow. The new PO had to lead 60 people, not five. And he did it. Not by writing more stories or shoving work harder, but by becoming an activator — visionary, charismatic, able to rally people behind a product direction. Aimé's framing: structure created the conditions for greatness. Reduce PO count, increase scope per PO, and the role has to step into real product leadership. "It doesn't happen too often that you get the opportunity to really have THE product owner in the company, and just the one."

 

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