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Product Strategy as a System

Roman Pichler

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. Like any system, it is a collection of interconnecting parts that function as a whole. If so, what are they?

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523: #1 change to make OKRs work for you – with Ben Lamorte

Product Innovation Educators

Understanding OKRs: From Intel to Modern Product Teams The evolution of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) began at Intel during the 1970s and 1980s, where Andy Grove transformed the traditional Management by Objectives (MBO) system into something more dynamic and outcome-focused. Instead, enable cross-functional ownership when appropriate.

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Three Reasons to Insist on Outcome-Based Planning

The Product Coalition

When I was Head of Product at eBay, one of my primary responsibilities was to lead and build eBay’s new catalog system. We spent months defining how the new catalog system should work. I’ll just say that it was a totally different concept than the existing system’s one. That’s just one of the challenges we had.

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520: The future of AI in product management – with Mike Todasco

Product Innovation Educators

He explains that their approach to innovation deliberately avoided the common pitfall of creating a two-tiered system where only designated “innovators” were responsible for new ideas. With over 100 patents to his name , Mike played a key role in fostering a culture of innovation across PayPals 20,000+ employees.

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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

Basic definitions Strategy has benefited from several excellent foundational frameworks over the years, from Michael Porter’s work to Good Strategy Bad Strategy , Playing to Win , and The Art of War , to name a few. Next, cluster related problems into broader themes, and give each theme a relatively short and pithy name.

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529: Is this the best AI-powered market research approach? – with Carmel Dibner

Product Innovation Educators

An AI system, properly implemented, doesn’t have these same motivationsit simply reports what it finds in the data. This discovery challenged a common assumption that machines would struggle with the emotional aspects of customer research due to their lack of human empathy.

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Product in Practice: Evaluating If a New API is Needed

Product Talk

Chi started sitting in on quarterly business reviews with top vendors. These were review sessions Chis companys account management team was already having, and they gave her the chance to ask vendors about their order volume. Vendor integrates with a webhook system to receive status updates. Vendor creates a draft order.