Benji Portwin's Hot Take - ADHD Can Be A Product Management Superpower (with Benji Portwin, Founder @ People Building Products)

Update: 2025-07-11

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Benji Portwin has a CV stuffed with recognisable names, from Spotify to Monzo bank, alongside product leadership roles at accuRx and New Look. These days, he's running an agency dedicated to helping organisations learn how to design and build awesome products.

Benji's hot take? Having been diagnosed with ADHD relatively recently, he's come to regard ADHD as somewhat of a superpower for product managers, and something that enables him and others to be more effective at their jobs rather than being something to be suffered from.

Find Benji on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjiportwin.

Or check out People Building Products: https://pbp.team/

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Benji Portwin's Hot Take - ADHD Can Be A Product Management Superpower (with Benji Portwin, Founder @ People Building Products)

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Benji Portwin's Hot Take - ADHD Can Be A Product Management Superpower (with Benji Portwin, Founder @ People Building Products)