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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Product Roadmapping Once product positioning is established, product managers move into the more action-oriented activity of roadmapping. This planning phase requires careful consideration of multiple contextual factors that significantly impact how roadmaps should be developed and managed.

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Product in Practice: Getting Started with Several APIs (And the Challenges I Faced)

Product Talk

I ran into documentation that was incorrect. Do they pair program with their customers to understand where there are gaps in their documentation or their endpoint coverage? So I started by searching for a Teachable API and found some documentation. Because they had a robust API that was well documented. Why Airtable?

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517: How to conduct an AI Design Sprint – with Mike Hyzy

Product Innovation Educators

The AI tool supports this process by: Providing prompting questions to spark discussion Suggesting potential angles teams might have missed Organizing ideas into structured formats Documenting key insights for later reference During the workshop, my team worked on the question, How do I use the space I have in my yard to create a garden?

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Storyboarding for Influence: How Product Managers Can Drive Alignment Without Authority

Productside

Yet most product managers still rely on long documents, jargon-filled briefs, and clunky slide decks that dont land with the people who matter. What: Slack offers channels, messaging, and integrations for focused team communication. 90% of executives say they prefer visual storytelling over dense reports.

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How to become a supermanager with AI

Lenny Rachitsky

Yet, like many managers, my calendar is packed, my unread Slack messages seem endless, and my attention is pulled in countless directions. To nurture my team’s writing instincts, I spend a lot of time explaining the “why” behind my edits to their documents/emails/decks/etc. It has already leveled up my game.

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521: Leadership Crossroads–What Every Product Manager Must Know Before Their Next Move – with Kimberly Bloomston, CPO

Product Innovation Educators

” She found that being vulnerable about what she didn’t know actually added value to the team. Beyond handling escalations, Kim found herself hosting customer development partner groups, speaking at industry events, and participating in strategic sales calls.

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Product manager is an unfair role. So work unfairly.

Lenny Rachitsky

Aim for under a minute (make it feel lightweight) Film two takes (or more) to get your message clear and succinct In your message, pitch the brevity and time ROI for everyone: Most PMs still don’t do Looms outside of major announcements or bug reports. Remember that receiving a Loom can initially feel like a burden.