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Product manager is an unfair role. So work unfairly.

Lenny Rachitsky

He’s an individual contributor (IC) PM who leverages AI tools and a suite of productivity systems to get more done with fewer resources (and management layers). Instead of spending valuable time after the meeting reviewing notes and drafting a summary, do the work in the meeting itself. “Fairness” isn’t coming.

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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

At Headspace back in 2016, we had established our product roadmap and success metrics and our mission and vision, but teams were still confused about why we were working on the projects we chose. Then iron out any adjustments as a result of these reviews. Let’s dive into detailed guidance for each step.

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Unlocking Growth Through UX Research

UX Planet

Over time, it has evolved from a simple set of metrics into a comprehensive system for understanding user behavior at each stage of the product journey PostHog,2023. This fundamental gap in understanding is where UX Research becomes not only valuable but essential for driving authentic and lastinggrowth. Available at: [link].

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2016 – More Hardcore Product Management Ahead

The Secret PM Handbook

In my last post I reviewed the topics we covered in 2015. This post is about where I’ll be focusing in 2016 in terms of becoming a more skilled product manager, and in helping others achieve that. But instead of focusing on that goal this year, I’m going to focus on a system for being a better product manager.

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2015 Year In Review – Hardcore Product Management

The Secret PM Handbook

I have lots more thoughts to share in 2016. Tomorrow I’ll share some ideas on how I’m going to run things in 2016 so that more of my thoughts make it out into the blog and into the world. The key word is “systems.”). I even put a product management maturity quiz out there, just for fun.

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Networking Product Management

The Product Guy

Rarely, they come due to professional interest alignment. I’ve been visiting my sister in Boston in October 2016 and saw a volunteering opportunity at the Machine Learning conference. My network is a great learning support system. But I must admit, once I graduated, networking opportunities shrunk drastically.

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Book Review – Exponential – Azeem Azhar

Business of Software Conference

Book Review – Exponential – Azeem Azhar. If you saw his talk at BoS Europe in 2016 on whether we should be worried about AI and Machine Learning , you will be as excited as I am and know he is a phenomenal thinker and speaker. After exiting his latest venture in 2016 he spoke about AI & Machine Learning at BoS Europe.