The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Leadership or investors push for short-term wins that conflict with the roadmap. Strategies for Maintaining Product Vision Without Losing Adaptability Use a structured prioritization framework (e.g., Strategies for Maintaining Product Vision Without Losing Adaptability Use a structured prioritization framework (e.g.,

Vision

The Product Guy

APRIL 15, 2025

At this months TPG Live , we explored two of the most persistent challenges in product leadership: How do you build trust and alignment between enterprise users and buyers? On Leading Hybrid Product Teams: Hybrid isnt just about tools – its a design problem. Want the Frameworks to Apply These Lessons?

Customer Feedback

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. Applying it is.

Product Research

The Product Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Use frameworks like RICE (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort) to create a shared language around decisions. Invest in the Right Tools and Resources No one succeeds in product management alone. The tools and resources you use can make or break your ability to deliver. Bring stakeholders into the process. Check it out here

Product Manager

The Product Guy

AUGUST 12, 2025

That is why the second article in our Product + AI: The 8 Zones of Impact series turns to a core leadership challenge: strategy and planning. In Part 2: Prioritization, Tradeoffs, and Scenario Planning AI isn’t just another roadmap tool. It changes how teams surface tradeoffs, build rationale, and plan with optionality.

Strategy

Productside

MAY 27, 2025

Shes just come out of a leadership briefingand its not good news. BuildNest is a comprehensive wellness platform that offers physical, mental, and financial wellbeing tools to employees, while giving employers and healthcare providers a HIPAA-compliant, 360-degree view of health trends across large populations. Their tool of choice?

Product Strategy

The Product Guy

JUNE 12, 2025

Read the full article: [link] Your subscription unlocks: Weekly deep dives on product leadership and decision-making Proven tools and case studies to strengthen your execution Access to mentorship and resume reviews at higher tiers What’s the hardest “no” you’ve had to deliver as a PM — and what did you learn from it?

Leadership

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2025

We could experiment with any number of tools, like Lovable, Windsurf, Replit, or Cursor. The goal was to choose a project, choose an AI tool, and build something usable – fast. Choosing the right AI tool for the job Over the next two weeks, in small focused bursts, Daria, Tanya, and I continued refining our prototype.

Artificial Inteligence

Productside

MARCH 3, 2025

In our latest Productside webinar, Becoming an Effective Product Management Leader , Principal Consultants Roger Snyder and Kenny Kranseler delivered a no-nonsense roadmap for new leaders who want to nail their first 90 days (and beyond) and get the tools on how to become a product management leadereffectively. Use them to triage requests.

Product Research

The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Advanced Tactics: Stakeholder Mapping: Use tools like the Stakeholder Alignment Blueprint (available on jonihoadley.com) to identify key goals and concerns. Tailor Your Communication: Adapt your messaging for different audiences, whether its engineering teams or senior leadership. Click here to download.

Data Visualization

The Product Guy

APRIL 3, 2025

A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools. You need a coalition shared purpose, mutual trust, and real support behind your product vision. As a Patron, youll gain access to: Weekly updates with strategies designed to help PMs thrive. Exclusive deep dives like this one on strategic influence.

Leadership

Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 14, 2025

So I’ve been on the hunt for a framework that actually helps you measure and increase your velocity. Core 4 pulls everything they’ve learned from working with thousands of teams into a single unified developer productivity framework. Her background is in developer tools and distributed systems.

Product Research

Productside

JUNE 17, 2025

It promised to help employers and healthcare providers support employee WellNest with physical and financial tools. Enter the Blueprint: A Framework for Strategic Product Management The Productside Blueprint helps teams align on what matters, validate what’s true, and build what works. But growth stalled. Customers were disengaged.

Product Research

The Product Guy

MAY 16, 2025

Prioritization is where product leadership gets tested. Balancing technical constraints, stakeholder agendas, and long-term goals is hard. Even experienced PMs get stuck in opinion-driven debates or lose clarity under pressure.

Technical Review

Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] A Product Strategy System The product strategy system in Figure 1 consists of four main parts: people, processes, principles, and tools. Are the right tools applied? First, as a coach who offers strategy and leadership guidance to the person in charge of the product.

Systems Review

The Product Manager Coach Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Its a stark reminder that without the right frameworks and support, even experienced PMs can struggle to navigate the complexities of customer-centric innovation. Empower with Data and Tools Equip your teams with the resources they need to make informed decisions. Ready to dive deeper into effective product leadership?

Data Visualization

The Product Guy

AUGUST 3, 2025

New parts drop weekly , covering: Strategy and prioritization Execution and experimentation Alignment and org-wide decision-making Join The Product Way to access the entire Product + AI series, the full Roadmap to Mastery collection, and more exclusive strategic tools and frameworks: [link]

Product Research

BrainMates

MARCH 24, 2025

But making bets isnt just about the products we manage; its about how we approach leadership. A Simple Framework for Self-Authorisation Before taking the leap and placing a bet on yourself, it helps to have a clear framework for making sound decisions. Thats where the Zoom Framework comes in. Seek feedback and apply it.

Data Visualization

People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Career Transition Compound Effect Framework At the heart of successful career transitions lies what I call the Career Transition Compound Effect (CTCE). Client-Centric Innovation : I developed an "Emerging Media Trend Analysis Framework" for each client. Action Step : Explore one AI tool relevant to your field.

Data Visualization

People-First Product Leadership

APRIL 30, 2025

Here's a framework I use with my coaching clients: Tactical thinking : How do we solve this problem? Consider drafting a strategy yourself, using frameworks like the Strategy Stack. As AI reshapes product management, view it as a tool for acceleration rather than a threat. It's not just about getting things done.

User Testing

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools. How are you preparing for the future of product leadership? As a Patron, youll gain access to: Weekly updates with strategies designed to help PMs thrive. Exclusive deep dives like this one on strategic influence. Ready to future-proof your PM career?

Technical Review

The Product Guy

JULY 29, 2025

Each deep-dive article delivers practical advice, actionable frameworks, and product strategies you can use immediately. Access the full series and more exclusive product management tools and resources with a Practitioner-tier membership or higher: [link]

Product Research

People-First Product Leadership

JULY 8, 2025

Translation: most of your leadership moves happen before your conscious mind can say, "Is this still useful?" I recommend updating your leadership OS. This week, we’re diving into science-backed frameworks. Practical, no fluff tools to help you start building the future you want, even when the present feels uncertain.

Leadership

BrainMates

OCTOBER 20, 2024

One of the critical tools that can help product managers improve customer satisfaction is the SERVQUAL model or Customer Service Gap model , a framework for identifying and addressing gaps in service delivery. For product managers: Closing this gap requires strong cross-functional leadership.

Data Visualization

BrainMates

MAY 7, 2025

Many organisations have no structured tools or frameworks for articulating the needs of the product management role and rely on informal conversations alone to set expectations. When considering more structured tools, the most commonly used are job descriptions.

Feedback Software

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 25, 2025

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.

Analytic Tools

The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2025

In todays product environment, questions are your sharpest tool for uncovering user needs, guiding teams, and influencing outcomes. A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools. PMs are often celebrated for their vision, decisiveness, and ability to ship.

Strategy

People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Let’s revisit the framework. At the foundation, product sense begins as a blend of ‘art’ and ‘science’ With the rise of AI, the framework for achieving and maintaining product sense is evolving. Share People-First Leadership 2. I believe in Carol Dweck’s growth vs fixed mindset philosophy.

Product Research

BrainMates

JUNE 17, 2025

The issue isn’t the framework. A leadership team wants sharper focus. OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a goal-setting framework used by teams and organisations to align effort with strategic priorities. When OKRs Become Theatre When done well, OKRs are a powerful alignment tool. Visibility isn’t just for leadership.

Systems Review

Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Below, you’ll find what I believe is the most actionable, specific, and straightforward framework for crafting a strategy, for both your product and your company. As Chandra shares below, his framework sits on top of the best strategy wisdom out there (e.g. So we teamed up to make that happen.

Strategy

The Product Guy

APRIL 16, 2025

In our newest Patreon-exclusive article , part of the Roadmap to Mastery series, we explore: What makes experimentation actually work in a team setting How to help people take smart risks and learn from what doesnt go right Case studies where iteration, not perfection, led to lasting improvements in engagement and retention Whats Inside the Full Article? (..)

Framework

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 20, 2025

After stepping down a few weeks ago, he’s spending his newfound time crystallizing his most important leadership lessons learned over the past decade. Sadly, the organizational and senior leadership failure to even recognize the major role change is rampant. That’s gone too. Every few weeks, new projects are planned.

Weak Development Team

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.

Technical Review

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Ranch and Dexter Bourbon Distillery, Hall discovered that successful innovation requires a bottom-up transformation focusing first on empowering frontline employees to fix inefficiencies (“stop the stupid”), then enabling middle managers to improve systems, and finally allowing leadership to pursue bigger strategic innovations.

Systems Review

UX Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Digital architects design the technical framework, ensuring that all components work together efficiently. The comprehensive nature of the platform ensures that users can tailor their experiences to meet specific needs, making it a versatile tool for managing complex systems and interactions.

Data Visualization

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools. As a Patron, youll gain access to: Weekly updates with strategies designed to help PMs thrive. Exclusive deep dives like this one on strategic influence. 1-on-1 Support spanning personalized mentorship and resume reviews (available at higher tiers).

Differentiation

Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Create mechanisms for continuous feedback, and make rapid iteration a core part of your development cycle.

User Testing