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Practical advice for growing your skills, navigating roles, and doing your best work in product.

Product Definition.

The ability to define requirements, functionality, and context in a clear, actionable form that enables humans and agents to deliver the right product.

Oct 7Product

Do my hard-won product skills still matter in the AI era?

What AI changes about product work — and why judgment, craft, and customer understanding matter more than ever.

Sep 26Career

Managing up on high performance teams

How to win trust, get buy-in, and thrive alongside leaders who operate in founder mode.

Oct 30Career

Your career ladder is actually an escalator

Either the system is working with you or against you.

May 4Career

From first day to first win: How to nail your first 90 days

A field-tested framework for building trust, showing impact, moving the needle, and laying the groundwork for long-term success as a Product Leader.

Apr 10Career

All things being equal... what isn't?

The Culture Litmus Test: A single question to assess a company's culture, find the right fit, and build a stronger team

Mar 27Career

Time management for hands-on Product Leaders

As a product leader, have you ever felt like you're constantly working two jobs? Meetings by day, real work by night. You're not alone. In this post, we'll look at why and how to fix it.

Mar 20Career

Will AI kill Product Management?

PMs have been facing an existential crisis. It started with the tech layoffs and got worse when Airbnb eliminated the traditional PM role. In the face of AI, is product management dead?

Dec 5Career

An insider’s guide to the Meta product interview

This guide helps candidates prepare for the Meta product interview and gives hiring managers insight into Meta's approach to identifying exceptional product managers.

May 712 min readCareer

Hiring from Home: How to Hire Exceptional Product Managers Remotely

Many companies need to grow their product teams to navigate the post-pandemic environment — and, for the first time, they need to hire PMs and product leaders entirely remotely. Here's everything you need to know to grow your product team to meet the challenge.

May 323 min readManaging Teams

What’s Your Shape? A Product Manager’s Guide to Growing Yourself and Your Team

There is a lot for PMs to master. Most PMs excel at a handful of skills. The best PMs leverage their strengths and unite teams that fill their gaps. Knowing your shape is the first step.

Apr 1911 min readCareer

How To Become a Peak Product Manager

Introducing the Product Competency Toolkit, a system of 12 product manager skills you can use to level up your team and yourself.

Apr 1118 min readCareer

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