Vikrama Dhiman
Sell Grandma on Your Parenting
Inspired by Vikrama Dhiman episode
Getting stakeholder buy-in requires storytelling, not mandates. Same with getting grandparents on board with your parenting approach.
Vikrama Dhiman talks about the three W's framework for career growth: what you produce, what you bring to the table, what's your operating model. But the real skill? Storytelling for stakeholder buy-in.
Which is exactly what you need when grandma shows up with a bag of Skittles at 7pm.
You can't tell her "no sugar after 5pm." She raised you, remember? You're not her manager. You're a junior PM pitching someone who's already shipped three humans to adulthood.
So you paint the picture. "Here's what we've noticed: iPad before bed, she's up til midnight doing parkour off the couch. Books instead? Out by 8, wakes up happy, doesn't bite anyone at daycare."
You're selling the outcome, not enforcing policy. Show her the vision. Make her want to be the hero of your kid's sleep story, not the villain in your screen time deck.
