Ditto! The research I'm referring to is the above research that generalists - learning broad skills rather than deeply specialising in one - leads to an increased ability to problem solve, abstract think and navigating 'wicked problems'. Apologies if it came across as if I had specific research on Product Management itself.

The conclusion I am drawing here is that Product Management deals squarely with being able to solve wicked problems and apply abstract thinking to formulate innovative solutions. Therefore, if being a generalist means an increased ability to do those things, arguably being a generalists will make you a better PM.

It would however be interesting to look at statistics in Product. For example, anecdotally I have observed that the majority of PMs come from varied career paths. The 'accidental product manager' as it is commonly known seems to. be the norm. I believe this is another sign of this phenomena. The varied career paths make us more of a generalists and in turn a good PM :)