Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

I worked closely with a seasoned board member to trace this back to a lack of product strategy—both articulated and aligned. With her help, I wrote the first strategy document for Headspace, which eventually led to the complete reimagination of Headspace , maximizing growth for our guided mindfulness product and adjacent spaces.

Strategy

Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Then, as you define these problems, ensure you have a list of metrics that can adequately measure your product’s performance. If your current metrics are not enough, consider revising them by asking yourself: Are leadership and all functional teams in agreement on which metrics matter most? How will it be analyzed?

Data Visualization

People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today's fast-paced product world, having a sharp product sense isn't just an advantage—it's a necessity. But how do you hone this crucial skill when faced with conflicting data, unsupportive leadership, or an over-reliance on gut feelings? If you caught the prior newsletter , you'll remember the first five themes.

Product Research

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.” ” This is a common situation for a lot of product managers. Here’s an example – A company is growing by acquisition, and is now faced with the integration / consolidation of two different products.

Customer Experience

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While it would have been easy to blame the product strategy, marketing, or any number of other potential targets, they weren’t at the heart of the problem. The product strategy was sound, but we hadn’t translated it well. For example, an outcome might be a faster login to an app for a specific feature.

Roadmap

BrainMates

MAY 26, 2025

These are businesses offering similar products or services within the same geographic or digital footprint. For example, if you sell dog grooming kits, youll want to include other companies that sell similar kits in your region. Compare this analysis to your product strategy and positioning.

Data Visualization

BrainMates

MAY 28, 2025

The four critical capabilities product managers need today and beyond are: Commercial Acumen. Influential Leadership. Influential Leadership Credibility without authority Drive alignment across complexity Story and trust The power to guide and align others without formal authority. This is where influential leadership kicks in.

Technical Review

The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2025

Saying no to leadership Prioritizing customer needs over politics Aligning cross-functional teams These challenges do not reflect a lack of skill. They require balancing diplomacy, data, and leadership under pressure. Most PMs struggle with three things at some point.

Customer Satisfaction

BrainMates

JUNE 22, 2025

You will then consider: How do you do it differently from them, and Why that is better for the customer By building a strong value proposition and positioning, you can confidently market your product to the right audience to sustain growth. You will also be able to identify closely related customer markets that you can expand into.

User Testing

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The SpaceX Raptor engines are a great example. Then, hearing the idea repeated — delete, delete, delete — I started to think about products in general and roadmaps specifically. This was one such situation — the product leadership team agreed and memorialized the decision that our product was bloated, and we needed to streamline it.

Roadmap

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

I have been helping her reshape how product management is perceived in the company by building a solid product strategy, team structure, roadmap, processes, and more. The company desperately wants the product team to take more responsibility and ownership, but the team doesn’t seem to succeed.

User Testing

Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 31, 2024

10:08 ) Annual planning as an example ( 16:48 ) Tactical tips for staying less busy ( 25:20 ) Question two: Do I actually have good taste? ( 38:09 ) Question three: Why does my job feel so frustrating? (

B2B

Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 11, 2025

At the brand Olay, the winning aspirations were defined as market share leadership in North America, $1 billion in sales, and a global share that put the brand among the market leaders. Take, for example, the Bounty paper towel brand. The first segment cared about strength and absorbency, which Bounty's original product served well.

User Testing

UX Planet

APRIL 17, 2025

For example, we had a map button on a map page that literally took users back to the same map page. Thats when it hit me we accidentally created a culture where developers didnt feel like they could make even the simplest UX decisions without checking with design or product leadership first. I mean of course!

Development

Modus Create

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For example, if you do a lot of in-house development, Scott suggests exploring tools that can help with code development and code review. Demonstrate a commitment to your people Successful AI transformation doesnt solely rely on technology; it depends heavily on leadership that inspires and motivates teams.

Reporting Tools

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 23, 2025

Role Focus Skills Examples Machine Learning Building and tuning ML models and systems. - ” 🧠 Tip : Use examples from past projects and explain trade-offs like a teacher, not a textbook. Product Sense & Case Study Approximately 45-60 minutes. Interview focus: SQL and experimentation (e.g.,

Data Visualization

Business Acumen Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

There are high potential leadership development programs But if we look a little bit more deeply into the organization, let’s assume all those great high potential people become the future C suite people, who’s gonna move into those next higher level jobs. And the way I see it sometimes is through these quick examples.

Data Visualization

Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 5, 2025

From summarizing user feedback to crafting product strategy, having AI as a patient, knowledgeable, and always-available thought partner has completely transformed how I do product work. But here’s the reality: According to a recent Gallup poll , only 8% of U.S. workers use AI daily.

User Testing

Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

You can download the template for free from romanpichler.com/tools, and you can find more information on how to use it in my post The GO Product Roadmap. I like to use my Product Vision Board to develop a valid product strategy. Use your vision and product strategy to make the right decisions. Learn More.

Roadmap

Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

The following tips will help you with this: Empathise with the individuals and make an effort to understand their perspectives, needs, and interest, for example, by practicing active listening. Show people that you value their ideas and concerns and involve them in product decisions. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

Leadership

Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

The following tips will help you with this: Empathise with the individuals and make an effort to understand their perspectives, needs, and interest, for example, by practicing active listening. Show people that you value their ideas and concerns and involve them in product decisions. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

Leadership

Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 1, 2022

How product managers can empower teams to create a winning product strategy. We hear a lot about strategy and that product managers need to create a product strategy. In practice, what does that mean and how does a product strategy help you be more successful? 2:31] What is strategy?

Product Strategy

The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager. A product leader not only has to manage products but also to guide and direct the overall product strategy and team, and ensure that products are delivered to market. Resource management. Stakeholder engagement.

Leadership

Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

Three Types of Leadership. Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success. Lead the Product.

Leadership

Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

The individuals whose buy-in to strategy and roadmap decisions is crucial are the players: They are interested in your product, as they, for example, will have to market and sell it. Unanimity Smaller strategy updates and new or changed product roadmap The individuals don’t have any meaningful objections.

Roadmap

Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. The first goal is about creating a new strategy, the second one talks about the product life cycle model, the third one covers decision-making, and the last one addresses active listening. Figure 2: A Product Mmgt Skills Model.

Roadmap

Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

Additionally, an inspiring vision helps you apply a visionary leadership style and become a visionary leader—someone who guides others through a big, motivating goal. A concise product vision is easy to communicate, understand, and remember. A handy tool to describe the vision is my product vision board. The vision pulls you.”.

Vision

Roman Pichler

JULY 5, 2022

To make the duties more accessible, I have grouped them into four sets: people management, processes and tools, business strategy and organisational development, and self-leadership. Be aware that there is no one right way to apply the head of product role or a golden standard for doing the job.

Product Research

Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

Working as a head of product includes the following three duties, as I discuss in more detail in the article What Should a Head of Product Do? First, develop the individual product people. What Happens When the Head of Product Determines the Product Strategy? Third, develop the organisation.

Feedback Software

Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. This shows how important the role is.

Reporting Tools

Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Technical debt can be valued in terms of “future change” outcomes like improved delivery velocity or better platform scalability, for example. A lot of our product work requires discovery, which is why the Opportunity-Solution-Experiment concepts in Teresa Torres’ tree are ideal. Well, th at’s the role of a product strategy.

Customer Experience

Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Grow Your Leadership Skills. Carrying out the relevant product discovery work and taking into account product ethics.

User Testing

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? But today many, if not most, product teams fail this very first test. Sound familiar?

Product Strategy

Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Crafting a winning product strategy is crucial for SaaS success, and finding the right product strategy example can provide all the inspiration you need. This article provides concrete examples of different product strategies employed by SaaS companies. Book a demo to learn more.

Analytic Tools

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Aspects which are more on the human skills end of the spectrum and vastly different from being a Product Manager. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?”

Leadership

Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Instead, you rely on the contributions and the support of the key stakeholders , the development team members, and possibly other product people who help you manage a large product. For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product.

Leadership

Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

Business Strategy vs. Product Strategy. A business strategy describes how a company wants to achieve its overall aspiration and create value for its users, employees, and shareholders. This includes determining if a new product idea should be pursued and how much money should be spent on an existing product.

Strategy