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Level Up: May 26 Claude Code Show & Tell + Final Product Discovery Fundamentals Cohort
Two timely opportunities to strengthen your product practice are on the calendar. On May 26 at 9am PDT, join a lively Claude Code: Show & Tell…
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Our Operating Model Is the Product—Why We Built Product Partners to Accelerate Outcomes
Customers don’t just buy features—they buy the way we work. That’s why we built Product Partners: to codify an operating model that unites product strategy, continuous…
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Beyond the Product Builder Hype: How AI, org design, and joy shape PM success
Is the product builder wave a mandate or a useful tool? I unpack how to use coding and AI in product management without causing organizational chaos.…
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4 Costly Agent Analytics Myths—And the Data-Backed Metrics I Rely on Instead
Agent Analytics can mislead when we over-index on speed, containment, or early green dashboards. I share four common myths I see in human and AI agent…
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Taste vs. Evidence in the AI Era: What Product Leaders Must Invest In Now
Is “taste” truly a must-have skill in the AI era or just hype? After listening to Teresa Torres and Petra Wille, I share why opinionated product…
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Master Opportunity Mapping with Continuous Discovery Habits — Join the May 2026 Book Club
This May, I’m leading a community read-along of Continuous Discovery Habits with a practical focus on opportunity mapping and outcome-driven product discovery. You’ll get a chapter…
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CPO Leadership in the AI Era: A Practical System for Focus
A practical operating system for turning AI pressure into measurable bets, clear decision rights, protected discovery, and durable customer value.
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Beyond Command and Control: How I Build Trust, Speed, and Autonomy in Product Teams
Uncertainty tempts leaders to tighten control, but that speed is often a mirage in complex product environments. I explain why no single leader can hold all…
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From 70 Employees to Dominance: My Playbook for Hypergrowth, Focus, and Top-Down Goals
Scaling an atoms-based marketplace demands a different kind of product leadership. In this first-person playbook, I share how I apply a simple “plate spinning” framework to…
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Never Lose Your AI Superpowers: How I Sync Context and Skills Across Every Device
Sharing AI context files and skills across devices—and with teammates—shouldn’t be painful. In this first-person walkthrough, I break down the real-world pitfalls I hit with Dropbox,…
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Product Work Is Relationship Work: How I Align Stakeholders Faster and Cut Team Politics
AI can speed up delivery, but it can’t replace the human work of product management: aligning stakeholders, navigating competing incentives, and creating shared understanding. In this…
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Inside the Most Politically Dangerous C‑Suite Role: Hard Truths on Culture, Layoffs, and Leadership
Culture isn’t a perk—it’s a product. In this first-person reflection on the most politically charged seat in the C‑suite, I share why HR must think like…
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Beat AI FOMO: A Product Leader’s Playbook to Choose Tools, Stay Focused, and Learn Deeply
New AI tools launch daily, and the pressure to try them all can derail real progress. In this reflection on a timely conversation with Petra Wille…
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Join Me in April: Build a Continuous Interviewing Habit and Unlock Real Customer Insights
This April, I’m leading a community read of Chapter 5: Continuous Interviewing from “Continuous Discovery Habits,” with a practical guide, discussion prompts, and exercises you can…
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From Engineer to CEO: Hard-Won Lessons on GTM, Cloud-First Bets, and Must-Do Focus
Becoming a CEO from an engineering or product track requires an almost entirely new skillset—and a new operating system. In this reflection, I break down the…
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Bad Advice from Your AI Clone? Ethics, IP, and How Product Leaders Protect Quality
AI “clones” can sound like you while giving advice you’d never give. In this analysis, I unpack the ethics, IP risks, and product-quality pitfalls of building…
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A Product Leadership System for Faster, Clearer Execution
A practical operating system for clearer ownership, smaller batches, faster decisions, stronger quality, and outcome-focused product teams.
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Outcomes vs Outputs: How I Stopped the Feature Factory and Drove Real Product Impact
Most teams say they value outcomes over outputs, yet daily habits still reward shipping. In this article, I share clear definitions, hard-won examples, and diagnostic tests…
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Staying Sane as a Product Leader: Practical Strategies I’m Using from Teresa Torres & Petra Wille
Feeling overwhelmed is rational in a world of infinite inputs and finite attention. I’m applying small, values-driven actions—guided by “Something is better than nothing”—to stay grounded…
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How We Automated 81% of Customer Support with AI—While Uplifting CX, Speed, and ROI
Automating 81% of support with AI didn’t happen by accident—it required an AI-first strategy, tight knowledge management, and rigorous conversation design. By deploying Fin across our…
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