The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Inspire Confidence with a Clear Vision A compelling product vision unites teams and stakeholders, positioning you as a leader with purpose and direction. How to Inspire with Vision: Collaborate with stakeholders to co-create a vision that aligns with company goals.

Data Visualization

The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Use data to support your position and explain the trade-offs. Ultimately, the key is to remain adaptable and solution-oriented, ensuring that the product vision is realized while keeping stakeholders engaged and invested in its success. Suggested Solution : The key is to respectfully push back when necessary.

Strategy

The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

While strategy, vision, and execution are critical, there’s a powerful leadership principle that’s frequently overlooked: gratitude. As product managers, we often focus on metrics, deadlines, and deliverables. Success often hinges on the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

Leadership

Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Shopify has found that 30% to 40% of experiments that show positive short-term results have no long-term impact. Just because the initial data doesn’t show a positive lift doesn’t mean it won’t create value in the future. Adopt a “hundred-year mindset” in your decision-making.

User Testing

Productside

APRIL 16, 2025

But PMs bring something different : systems thinking, long-term vision, and the ability to synthesize inputs from across the business. The Power of Influence Over Authority Another myth Guy breaks down is the idea that product managers need positional power to lead effectively. Yes, engineers are deeply skilled. Whats your take?

Engineering

The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It’s a job that requires influence without authority, empathy without favoritism, and vision without control. A PM who creates unnecessary friction or fails to collaborate constructively isn’t fulfilling their responsibilities and shouldn’t remain in the role—just as with any other position.

Weak Development Team

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Future of AI in Product Development: Team Collaboration In our discussion, Mike shares an exciting vision of how AI will transform team collaboration in product development. This balanced approach ensures that teams can benefit from AI’s capabilities while avoiding the pitfalls of over-automation.

Artificial Inteligence

Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Transparency about your motivations helps others understand your vision and aligns them with your goals, making them more likely to support your initiatives. Identify your peak performance times throughout the day and schedule your most challenging tasks accordingly.

Feedback Software

Product Management University

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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., Your job as a product manager is to make sure designers and engineers have crystal clear targets for customer value they can easily hit.

Product Management

Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? However, I don’t necessarily agree with the idea that its user feedback “versus” the founder’s vision.

User Testing

Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This openness encouraged deeper discussions within the team and helped clarify the project’s direction, ultimately aligning everyone on the vision. These are stronger indicators of interest that tell you they really want your product, versus general positive feedback.

Startups

Product Talk

JULY 9, 2025

And they may be in a higher position in the company. It’s vision. I think people forget that your position carries weight that you don’t always intend. There’s another reason, I think, that leaders kind of gravitate to what they’ve always done, which is: Let me tell you what you should be doing.

Product Research

UX Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Finally, Computer Vision allows AI to interpret and process visual information, which is especially useful for accessibility features. By seeing and understanding images, computer vision helps make interfaces more responsive and adaptable, even for users with varying abilities.

Feedback Software

BrainMates

MAY 26, 2025

Step 4: Summarise Competitor Strategy and Positioning Once youve gathered your data, organise it into a simple comparison table. Compare this analysis to your product strategy and positioning. Let competitor insights sharpen your thinking, not narrow your vision. Ask yourself: What story is emerging?

Data Visualization

People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 22, 2024

They’ve learned to be adaptable, embrace community, and promote positive coping strategies. When briefing your design and dev teams, provide a range of successful outcomes rather than a single, prescriptive vision. This can lead to multiple life changes as we seek new definitions of success, career shifts, and creative pursuits.

Technical Review

Usersnap

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Business goals outline user priorities and long-term vision. 3 Future State and Aspirations Questions Exploring user aspirations offers a vision of what success looks like and emphasizes the importance of establishing clear metrics to measure success. Here are the user goal-oriented queries: 1. Whats the goal of your business?

Product Research

BrainMates

MAY 28, 2025

Theyre what positions product managers (PMs) to deliver long-term value and carve out strategic influence in their organisations. Tech-fluent PMs bridge vision and feasibility by engaging deeply with engineers and navigating technical complexity. These capabilities arent theoretical.

Technical Review

The Product Manager Coach Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

Tailor Your Message: Different stakeholders care about different thingsexecs want impact, engineers want feasibility, marketers want positioning. If stakeholders feel heard, theyre more likely to buy into your vision and collaborate. Your job is to align everyone around a shared vision. Speak their language.

Customer Feedback

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 11, 2025

Removing hierarchical titles (making everyone “forward-deployed engineers”) reduced internal competition and politics, forcing recognition based on merit and impact rather than position. Where to find Nabeel S.

Research Software

Innovatemap

MARCH 23, 2025

She pitched a vision, gathered feedback, and refined her offering based on real customer needs. ” Communicate your vision effectively Sarah was able to convey her vision to customers before her product was even built. Her experience demonstrates how powerful the right positioning can be.

Customer Feedback

Roman Pichler

APRIL 7, 2025

Or do you use extended, fully empowered product teams that own the strategies of their products Second, has your current strategy been captured and made visible using a tool like my Product Vision Board ? If your answers to the five questions above are positive, youre in a good place, and using the right AI tools will most likely benefit you.

Product Strategy

Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Here’s a structured approach to evaluating whether a product is ready for discontinuation: Re-Evaluate the Business Case Start by assessing the product’s current market relevance, revenue contributions, and alignment with the company’s vision.

Feedback Software

Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

You need both a positional game (long-term strategy) and tactics (short-term wins). Trust that fun and delight are powerful drivers of success. Just make sure it’s backed by thoughtful reasoning and clarity on assumptions. This openness promotes healthier discussions and can lead to better decisions.

Leadership

UX Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

Unlike flat UIs on screens, spatial interfaces adapt to the user’s body, vision, and surrounding context. Strategic UI Anchoring There are two primary ways to position UI in AR/VR: World-Anchored UI : Panels fixed in the environment (e.g., Use curved panels to match vision arc. next to machines, on walls). wearable tools).

Feedback Software

UX Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2024

AI Vision : Intelligently match customers with their ideal car through a sophisticated, single-prompt recommendation engine. Goals for AI/ML Integration Competitive Differentiation: Leveraging advanced AI/ML capabilities to create a distinctive market position that sets our solution apart from traditional automotive sales approaches.

Customer Experience

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. By understanding the psychology of play, creativity, and learning, youll craft experiences that are seamless, rewarding, and deeply immersive.

Research Software

BrainMates

JULY 2, 2025

Marketing Team Marketing develops positioning and messaging for the new freemium experience. Sales also participates in training sessions to learn how to position the freemium offer in conversations with prospects. Establish Transparent Workflows Ambiguity can stall progress.

Product Research

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Leaders need to: Set appropriate vision and strategy Avoid compromising innovation goals to fit current capabilities Support system-wide improvements Remove organizational barriers to change The Power of Alignment When these three levels work together, organizations can achieve remarkable results.

Systems Review

UX Planet

JANUARY 22, 2025

Consider the following elements: Brand Strategy and Positioning: Before embarking on a digital brand makeover, financial institutions must clarify their mission, values and brand promise. A modern digital financial brand isnt just about colors, logos and fonts. Customers today expect more than just transactional efficiency.

Reporting Tools

Usersnap

JUNE 26, 2025

Instead, run a Competitive Mapping Workshop : List 3–5 key competitors Compare what they say vs. what they actually deliver (positioning vs. reality) Spot the whitespace: what are they missing that you can own? Most teams ask how to use a tool better, instead of asking how to uncover ideas actually worth pursuing.”

Product Research

People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Failing to incorporate AI considerations into product sense can lead to missed opportunities and eroded market position. Drafting positioning and messaging to test with customers and determine the best fit. And, yes, here our friend AI appears again. I’ve identified more areas where AI will play a role as usage rises.

Product Research

UX Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Moreover, I would argue that designers are often in a less favourable position, as they typically lack both the final decision-making power (like managers) and the responsibility for implementing the agreed-upon solution (like engineers). Knowledge gaps create a mutual dependency that can only be resolved throughtrust.

Technical Advisors

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 6, 2025

When you position yourself as the solution to their challenges—not just another candidate—the power dynamic shifts immediately. What’s the history behind this position? ” This led to an engaging brainstorming session with the CEO about product vision. A: Align with their needs. Stop selling your resume.

Development Team Review

Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2025

Youll blend the strategic mindset of a growth product manager with the creative vision of a UX designer – driving repeat engagement, gamification, and social participation. Microsoft is looking for someone with an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness, in addition to being highly effective.

Analytic Tools

Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

They are a great fit for the positions above and for your company, especially when the position is a data-related one Spencer Koo Spencer Koo. Candidates short profile Spencer has over 7 years of experience driving product vision , strategy, and execution in AI-powered and enterprise SaaS platforms.

Analytic Tools

UX Planet

JULY 17, 2025

And third, to start sketching a vision for what the next generation of design tools should do  — where they need to go if they want to truly push the field forward. Building with Cursor Cursor positions itself as an AI-native code editor, but it’s more than that. Let’s get into it.

Data Visualization