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Overcoming Challenges in Stakeholder Management: Strategies for Navigating High-Stakes Decisions

The Product Guy

Engineering may want to focus on technical debt, while marketing wants to accelerate a product launch. By staying data-driven, fostering transparency, and strategically managing expectations, product managers can turn even the most controversial situations into opportunities for growth and collaboration.

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522: Stop the stupid using proactive problem solving – with Doug Hall

Product Innovation Educators

Edwards Deming Application Questions Looking at your last three product launches, how could you identify where systemic issues caused compromises to the original innovative vision? Six percent is the worker.” ” – W. What patterns emerge about which systems (manufacturing, sales, marketing, etc.)

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

Product Innovation Educators

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.

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A Product Manager’s Guide to Building Trust with Stakeholders (and why it matters)

The Product Manager Coach Blog

Building trust with stakeholders isnt just a nice-to-haveits essential to preventing failed product launches due to poor stakeholder management. Without trust, even the most well-thought-out product strategies can face pushback, leading to misalignment, delays, and increased risks. Lets identify what works best for your team.

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The ultimate guide to negotiating your comp

Lenny Rachitsky

Script that worked: When speaking with the CEO, my client shared, “That product launch failure taught me three lessons about market timing that completely transformed my approach. I’m curious—what experiences have most shaped your philosophy toward product leadership?”

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How to Present Customer Insights to Product Managers, Engineers, and Executives

Centercode

Beta testing insights help identify launch risks that could affect revenue, customer satisfaction, or brand reputation. These factors often shape final Go/No-Go decisions during product launches. Learn more about how beta testing contributes to Go/No-Go product launch decisions.

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Top PLG Product Manager Roles (+ Candidate Spotlight)

Userpilot

Strong roadmap and product sense: can context switch between detailed work and high-level strategy/vision, ability to PM basic initiatives end-to-end. Customer centricity: to make reasonable product recommendations and have the customer at the center of decisions.