What is Forests Over Trees?

It’s a tech newsletter...

But instead of being annoying, it's quick and entertaining.

Every week, you’ll get:
1/ Bad jokes
2/ Memorable metaphors
3/ Good analysis of the tech industry

That way, you don’t miss the forest for the trees.

Sample post…

TikTok: Risking the Magic Recipe

Joey Padgett

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Jan 18

Imagine you have an ice-cream recipe… the perfect ratio of ingredients, for a flavor that is somehow sweet and salty at the same time. Your friends joke that it’s bad news having it around. “It’s addicting!” After a while, you open a shop to let other people taste the magic. And wow… what a smart move! There’s always a line around t…

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Who writes this?

That would be me, Joey Padgett. I’m a tech product manager. and I’ve been geeking out on tech — and following the chess moves companies make — for years.

Before tech, I was a management consultant at EY for five normal years and two covid ones, so… 15 total? On the bright side, the lack of sleep meant lots of lessons learned, and being in the room to see big companies make massive decisions.

Forests Over Trees taps into both my tech and my strategy experience.