Practical playbooks for product leaders to adapt and thrive in the AI era using wedge expansion, jobs-to-be-done, and dual transformation.
Product Management & Execution
69 posts in this category covering key insights and strategic thinking.
The Informal Committees Behind B2B Buying
Quick ThoughtB2B buying isn’t decided by end users alone. Informal committees shape decisions, and product managers must map their jobs-to-be-done.
Why AI disruption challenges startups and giants while firms with product market fit adapt faster, explained through proven strategy frameworks.
Making Product Decisions with a Bets Mindset
Quick ThoughtHow leading product teams use betting principles to make smarter decisions, test ideas fast, and adapt quickly to real-world results.
Learn why smart product managers match channels to product and target, not trends, with a simple hospital software example.
Vibe Coding and Test-driven Development
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Product leaders must know when to act as Architects and when to act as Gardeners. Learn how to balance precision and adaptability in product development.
PRDs aren’t dead—they’re evolving. Learn how to modernize product requirements with outcome focus, living documents, and AI-powered prototyping.
How to Make OKRs Work
Quick ThoughtPractical tips to make OKRs work: writing strong objectives, measurable key results, and avoiding common pitfalls in execution.
Learn how to cultivate a strong product culture by empowering teams, aligning leadership, and focusing on outcomes over features.
Agile is not stand-ups or sprints. Learn how to cultivate true agility by focusing on outcomes, empowering teams, and decentralizing decisions.
Fall in love with the problem, not the solution. Learn seven techniques to uncover customer needs and build products that create lasting impact.
Why OKRs Matter
Quick ThoughtLearn why OKRs matter, how they align teams, and the four superpowers that make them a proven framework for execution.
Learn how to move beyond delivery and adopt a strategic product mindset with practical steps, proven frameworks, and customer-first thinking.
Making Better Product Decisions
Quick ThoughtGreat product leaders know not all decisions are equal. Learn how to apply the one-way vs. two-way door lens to improve decision speed and quality.
Learn how to defeat confirmation bias in product management with eight practical techniques to improve decisions and build products that truly matter.
Explore the demand reducers in Jobs-to-be-Done—Inertia and Anxiety—and how systems thinking helps overcome hidden barriers to product adoption.
Learn how Jobs-to-be-Done explains the forces that create product demand—Push and Pull—and why progress, not features, drives adoption.
The Questions Great Product Leaders Ask
Quick ThoughtGreat product leaders don’t rely on perfect foresight. They ask sharper questions that cut through ambiguity and lead to better decisions.