Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In this episode, he shares some insights from that workshop and his experience in product leadership. Atif has spent 25 years working in both Silicon Valley and Fortune 500 companies, including leadership roles at Amazon, McDonald’s (as their first Chief Digital Officer), Volvo, and MGM Resorts.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The discussion explores practical applications of AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude in product development, including MVP refinement, customer testing, and marketing content creation. However, Mike emphasizes the importance of balancing AI capabilities with human oversight, warning against over-reliance on AI.

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Product Talk

JULY 9, 2025

And today, we’re going to look at the same topic, but from a leadership and stakeholder standpoint. And so it’s really easy to believe: “I have a lot of experience with this. Where does that experience get to come into play? And they may be in a higher position in the company. I know more than these teams.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Despite her years of experience, Jane realized something critical: even seasoned PMs need a plan to establish credibility in a new environment. How to Get Started: Audit the Product Backlog: Pinpoint low-effort, high-value opportunities to drive quick results. But within a month, she felt like she was treading water.

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The Product Guy

MAY 23, 2025

The conversation tackled two questions that are defining modern product leadership: How do you make coaching actually work inside product teams How do you embed discovery into everyday work without burning people out or wasting time If you are building product with a team right now, these challenges probably feel familiar.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 25, 2024

I remember sitting in a leadership meeting as the UX leader, and out of nowhere, someone asked, Jas, whats the Return On Investment, aka ROI, on UX? I almost choked on my tea because the value of UX is a good user experience that solves user problems. What isUX UX is about understanding user behaviour.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 19, 2025

The companies leading in sustainability arent just meeting ESG goals; theyre cutting operational costs, improving brand trust, and increasing customer loyalty. Companies are extending product usability through upgradability, reducing waste while maintaining a strong customer experience. Impact-driven sustainability wins.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Your job as a product manager is to make sure designers and engineers have crystal clear targets for customer value they can easily hit. Staples of the Product Manager Job Description Most product management job descriptions still list responsibilities for vision, strategy, customer discovery, growth mindset, thought leadership, etc.,

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Think of the salespeople, marketers, and customer support team members, as well as the UX designers, architects, programmers, and testers you might interact with. Innovation requires diverging ideas and passionate arguments; it requires the willingness to experience and resolve conflict. What’s more, innovation relies on conflict.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Market Analysis Before and With AI Customers are clamoring for a number of improvements to your product and youre on a mission to get them funded and on the roadmap. However, just because customers want them doesnt mean theyre delivering the level of differentiating value your organization needs to meet its own goals.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The criticisms raised in the article—many of which stem from anecdotal frustrations and surface-level observations—overshadow the reality of a role that has become indispensable in delivering value to customers and businesses alike. It’s time to set the record straight. Let’s address these misconceptions head-on.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

Figure 2: The People Involved in the Strategy Work The team in Figure 2 consists of the person in charge of the product, a UX designer (for end-user-facing products), an architect/programmer, and a tester, as well as the key business stakeholders. 3] This leverages their expertise, creates strong alignment, and maximises buy-in.

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Productside

APRIL 16, 2025

Somewhere in the middle, customer needs get lost in translation. They thought their work spoke for itselfuntil a listening tour revealed how disconnected they were from their customers. That gap needed a full-time product manager to bridge it. Product managers push for roadmaps. Engineers push back with technical constraints.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 22, 2024

88% of product managers feel stressed often or all the time. 52% of product managers time is spent on unplanned activities. 56% of product managers feel their team lacks necessary skills or experience. The New York Times found it took 12–18 months for engagement to rebound after layoffs. What are the alternatives?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 27, 2025

Listen now: YouTube // Apple // Spotify Brought to you by: Enterpret —Transform customer feedback into product growth Airtable ProductCentral —Launch to new heights with a unified system for product development Vanta —Automate compliance. Launching five products simultaneously was a transformative move.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

When pitching early ideas, pay attention to specific actions customers want to take, like asking about pricing or requesting to start a proof of value (POV). These are stronger indicators of interest that tell you they really want your product, versus general positive feedback.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Throughout his more than 10-year career, Tal has actively chosen to stay an IC and, over that time, has honed a set of productivity practices that give him tremendous leverage and impact—beyond what many traditionally believe ICs can achieve. Shower them with positivity. In other words, he’s become a “super-IC.”

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Tobi remains deeply technical, frequently coding alongside his team, and is known for his unique approach to leadership, product development, and company building. You need both a positional game (long-term strategy) and tactics (short-term wins). In any product, the user experience matters.

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UX Planet

MAY 27, 2025

Because todays users wont waittheres always a smarter, faster and more useful app waiting to take itsplace. Written by Alex Kreger and UXDA team Industry Disruption UXDA has witnessed how quickly markets can shift when a more compelling digital experience arrives: Netflixs streaming overtook Blockbusters rentalmodel. billion in 2020.

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Tyner Blain

MARCH 2, 2025

Leadership tells us the big projects they’ve decided to do, it’s up to us to elaborate and execute.” Merging into a single customer base, looking for cost efficiencies from a combined team, increasing profits because of the reduction in price-competition in the market. “I don’t get to set the direction.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

But when you build strong relationships, you create alignment, accelerate decision-making, and drive better results for your users and your business. Companies that implement structured engagement strategies reduce post-launch feature change requests and accelerate time-to-market through improved alignment and collaboration.

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People-First Product Leadership

APRIL 30, 2025

Another, a long time PM lead, was weighing a move back to an IC role after a layoff. job seekers for every open position, breaking the old "career ladder". three times for each initiative. This proactive approach can spark valuable conversations and align your team's efforts. Maya's experience isn't unique.

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People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Failing to incorporate AI considerations into product sense can lead to missed opportunities and eroded market position. This guide breaks down the essentials: Customer Insight, Market Analysis, Organizational Impact, and Technical Mastery. Share People-First Leadership 2. Want to level up your product sense?

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Role of Diversity in Product Management Developing customer-oriented products is the primary responsibility of product leaders. However, great product leaders do much more than just product; they empower their teams by embracing diversity, celebrating unique perspectives, and valuing different life experiences.

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

To put CTCE into action : Map your current skills by following this script Capture you true niche - identify a community experiencing common changes, pain points, and objectives Identify gaps that align with emerging tech trends and position yourself to fill them. Commit to time each day for learning and trend tracking.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 25, 2025

How do I craft positioning that actually converts? What pricing experiments actually move revenue? Diagnose first, then market: Use Krithika’s DATE framework (Diagnose, Analyze competitors, Take a different path, Experiment) to find the biggest growth constraint before diving into execution.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Conversely, if the user experience heavily relies on a graphic user interface, the larger the gap for the product designer toaddress. Often, the differences between these approaches are difficult to prove until they are implemented, delivered to customers, and their real-world usage is observed.

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BrainMates

MAY 26, 2025

A well-executed competitor analysis helps us anticipate and respond to threats, identify opportunities, and ultimately deliver greater value to our customers. Two different products can address the same customer need in different ways. Step 5: Compare Competitors with Your Offering Now its time to interpret the data.

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BrainMates

JULY 2, 2025

Whether you are launching a new feature, entering a new market, or improving customer experience, it takes a symphony of teams. Why Cross-Functional Collaboration Matters Product leaders operate at the intersection of business goals, user needs, and technical realities. Designers need time for exploration.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience turning ambiguous problems into clear and actionable deliverables, aligning internal and external leaders on a shared, ambitious vision. An individual with excellent communication skills, adept at influencing both user-facing and partner-facing stakeholders.

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BrainMates

JUNE 22, 2025

The Growth Stage of the Product Lifecycle (Part 3) By Jana Paulech At a Glance The growth stage of the product lifecycle begins after achieving product-market fit, requiring sustained exponential growth and a strong, evolving value proposition and positioning to capture and expand the target market.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 6, 2025

A bunch of my trusted friends have been raving about Jacob Warwick , a full-time negotiation coach for executives. The difference isn’t skill, experience, or even negotiation tactics. annual package—nearly four times the upper limit. Timing is everything. This approach is targeted at leaders (e.g.,

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

For Black History Month, wed like to take the opportunity to shine a spotlight on some of our friends in the Customer Success (CS) space, who are making waves and establishing themselves as powerful leaders and change agents. Over the past 20 years, she has dedicated herself to the world of Customer Success and Customer Experience.

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People-First Product Leadership

JANUARY 21, 2025

In this article, which originally appeared in Mind the Product , I share 5 strategies to master product leadership in 2025. People-First Leadership is a reader-supported publication. When you’re on a bike, you’re constantly adjusting resistance based on the class or terrain, just like we adapt our leadership approach.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“If you’re not adding things back in at least 10% of the time, you’re clearly not deleting enough.” — Elon Musk There are moments when you hear something so simple yet profound. I’ve always worked double time to save space on the roadmap and simplify things. of users accidentally used this feature once per year. They never work.

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The Product Guy

JULY 15, 2025

As a product leader, you are in a unique position to influence that system. It is systemic. The solution is not to add more perks, tools, or headcount, but to identify and address the underlying structures that quietly drain your team’s energy while still falling short on meaningful impact.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Whether youre hiring or job hunting, this roundup is designed to save you time and connect you with the best options available. You should have experience working in a changing environment while designing and implementing new processes. Someone who has a mix of product, project, and people management experience.

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