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24
Apr
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Product: The Management – Villian Edition

Card battles, childhood nostalgia, and villains that live in your roadmap This weekend, while doing some spring cleaning, I came
4 min read
17
Apr
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From Idea to Interaction: How AI Tools Like Codex Could Redefine Product Experimentation

Product managers have always chased faster feedback. We A/B test copy, launch MVPs, and whiteboard customer journeys; all in
3 min read
09
Apr
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Are You Using the Right Metrics or Just Chasing Stats?

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Are You Using the Right Metrics or Just Chasing Stats?

In 1995’s Batman Forever, Jim Carrey's Riddler taunts Bruce Wayne (Val Kimer RIP) with the iconic line:
6 min read
03
Apr
Three economic advisers sit in a boardroom labeled "Department of Economic Advisers" as one suggests, "Why not ask the black-box chatbot for a tariff formula?"

When AI Becomes a Policy Advisor (And That's Not a Compliment)

Because every product even policy deserves a proper strategy. The Verge just published some interesting findings: The administration's
1 min read
01
Apr
A man climbs a candy-covered mountain with gumdrops, candy canes, and frosting, in a colorful 3D world.

Climbing the Product Candy Mountain: How to Get to the Core Problem with Jobs to Be Done

3 min read
26
Mar
Agentic AI and The Promise: Will It Always Be There?

Agentic AI and The Promise: Will It Always Be There?

“If you need a friend, don’t look to a stranger… You know in the end I’ll always be
4 min read
25
Mar
What Monopoly (and Hugh Grant) Can Teach Us About Product Iteration

What Monopoly (and Hugh Grant) Can Teach Us About Product Iteration

In Heretic, a 2024 psychological horror thriller, Hugh Grant plays a chilling villain named Mr. Reed—a twisted blend of
5 min read
20
Mar
Is Apple's Product Strategy Severed from Reality?

Is Apple's Product Strategy Severed from Reality?

2 min read
19
Mar
A cartoon of Agent Smith as a recruiter, reviewing Neo’s resume. Neo looks confused, while a futuristic AI-powered hiring screen looms in the background.

The Matrix of Modern Job Hunting: When Agent Smith Became HR

2 min read
18
Mar
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Taming the Chaos: How WIP Limits Transformed My Product Backlog

When I started my product journey, a college friend told me to read The Phoenix Project. The similarities between that
3 min read

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