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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT app store redefines how users interact with products — shifting from interfaces to intent.
From Competitive Moats to Collaborative Bridges
Quick ThoughtIn the AI era, the strongest products don’t build walls — they build bridges. Here’s why connectivity, not isolation, defines modern defensibility.
The Feedback Loop Fallacy in AI Products
Quick ThoughtAI feedback loops can lie. Learn why engagement metrics fail and how product managers can rebuild truth-centered measurement systems.
Platform products need empathy and accountability. Treat them like external products — measure impact, earn trust, and prove real value.
Thinking Through Agentic Loops
Quick ThoughtExploring how agentic loops extend feedback loops by adding autonomy, iteration, and goal-directed action in systems and AI.
The rise of answer engine optimization (AEO) marks a shift from SEO. Visibility in AI-driven answers is now the key to discovery.
Sora 2 Changes the Video Play
Quick ThoughtSora 2 pushes AI video into mainstream use. Here’s what it enables now, who gets disrupted, and why B2B teams should pay attention.
The core skills once seen as future-ready—adaptability, creativity, and tech fluency—are already defining how work gets done today.
AI Platforms as the New Distribution Layer
Quick ThoughtOpenAI’s Instant Checkout turns ChatGPT into a commerce channel. Here’s what product managers need to know about AI-native distribution.
The Factory Robot for Apps
ArticleCloudflare’s VibeSDK acts like a factory robot for apps. It turns plain language into live software while teams stay focused on customer value.
Level Up or Get Left Behind by AI
Quick ThoughtWalmart and Accenture show why AI is an existential risk for workers who don’t adapt, but also a chance to reinvent work for the better.
How Brian Balfour’s Four Fits framework has been updated for the AI era, and what product leaders can learn from the shift.
From Architect to Gardener to Orchestrator in the AI Era
Quick ThoughtHow AI transforms product leadership from building to conducting. The rise of the Orchestrator mindset in product management.
What a Gigawatt of AI Really Means
Quick ThoughtWhat a gigawatt of AI really means, and how abundant intelligence could reshape technology, healthcare, and society.
Product-Agentic Growth reframes how B2B software must evolve: AI agents doing work for users, reshaping PLG with autonomous workflows, predictive expansion, and real ROI.
When Work Becomes the Practice
Quick ThoughtMoving beyond the search for meaning to the practice of creating it. A product manager's reflection on making work matter, one sprint at a time.
Most 'AI products' aren't AI-native. Use the Home Screen Test to spot the billion-dollar opportunities hiding in plain sight.
Platform vs Product: The AI Era Convergence
Quick ThoughtAI is collapsing the line between platforms and products. The winners will master both, balancing ecosystems and user experiences.
Atlassian's Browser Move
Quick ThoughtAtlassian’s $610M bet on The Browser Company is bold. Here’s why it makes sense, and the big risks that could derail it.
When to Trust Intuition vs. Metrics
Quick ThoughtIntuition is a compass, metrics are a map. Here’s how product managers can decide which to trust, depending on the product stage.
AEO is the New SEO?
Quick ThoughtA quick look at Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), why it matters for both consumers and businesses, and how it differs from SEO.
The Limit of Metrics
Quick ThoughtMetrics measure the present, but intuition imagines the future. Here’s why great product managers need both — and how to define intuition.
Apple’s Sugar Water Trap
Quick ThoughtApple’s iPhone 17 shows the sugar water trap risk as AI reshapes tech. A lesson for product managers on balancing incremental progress with bold bets.
Outcomes Over Outputs For Real
ArticleHow to make outcomes real, align cross-functional teams, and still give leaders confidence with a dual lens scorecard, DORA metrics, and probabilistic forecasts.
Learning how to learn is the real superpower for product managers. It’s not about speed, but reinvention, adaptability, and enjoying the process.
Treat Your Job Like a Product and Protect Maker Time
Quick ThoughtProduct leaders must treat their job like a product and protect maker time, or risk getting stuck in execution and missing leadership growth.
The Hidden Cost of UX Friction in Enterprise Systems
Quick ThoughtEnterprise systems often rely on mandates, not UX. But small friction compounds into real business risk. Here’s why PMs can’t ignore it.
Claude Now Builds Spreadsheets and Documents
Quick ThoughtClaude now generates real files—Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDFs—from prompts.
A simple question can sharpen roadmap reviews: what will this feature replace in the user’s life? Here’s why the replacement lens matters.
What Leadership Really Looks Like
Quick ThoughtLeadership for product managers isn’t about titles. It’s about daily choices—small acts of influence, initiative, empowerment, and courage.
A GTM playbook for feature products competing with platforms in the AI era, focused on delight, speed, and switching costs before the bundle arrives.
APIs are not small. They are the backbone of digital growth and the foundation of agentic AI and MCP orchestration.
OpenAI’s GPT-realtime Brings a Step Forward in Voice AI
Quick ThoughtOpenAI’s GPT-realtime unifies voice AI into a single model. See why its technical leap and early adopters make this the moment voice AI goes mainstream.
The Token Squeeze is Real
Quick ThoughtAI isn’t getting cheaper. Token demand is exploding, and flat-rate subscriptions are doomed. What pricing models can survive the squeeze?
When AI Bots Rule the Web
Quick ThoughtAI crawlers dominate web traffic, but most don’t send users back. Here’s what product managers need to know about training bots, referrals, and strategy.
Nano Banana and the Future of AI Image Editing
Quick ThoughtGoogle’s Nano Banana is redefining AI image editing. Here’s what it means for creativity, platforms, and trust in the digital age.
What Makes a Real Data Moat
ArticleData moats are the key to AI defensibility. Tesla and Stripe show what makes them real and how product teams can build them.
AI in Product Management
Quick ThoughtAI is moving fast in product management, from PRDs to prototypes. Here’s what research shows, what’s missing, and how PMs can lead.
Agentic Browsers Meet Their Hardest Test: Security
Quick ThoughtAgentic browsers face significant security risks, such as prompt injection, but early defenses demonstrate why security will be the true differentiator.
Product Culture Is Your Real Operating System
Quick ThoughtStrong product culture drives better decisions, innovation, and outcomes. Leaders shape it daily through hiring, rituals, and behaviors.
In B2B, escape velocity isn’t enough. Startups must turn rapid distribution into lasting defensibility before incumbents close the window.
Curiosity Beats Tenure in the Age of AI
Quick ThoughtJunior developers’ curiosity and adaptability make them the most AI-native talent. Cutting them now risks weakening future innovation.
Agentic AI Needs APIs to Act
Quick ThoughtAgentic AI can reason, but it needs APIs to act. APIs are the execution layer that makes AI autonomy real.
No New Ideas in AI? The Power and Limits of Data
Quick ThoughtA critique of the idea that AI progress is only about data, exploring the role of algorithms and human creativity alongside new datasets.
Shift-left Customer Success by embedding it early in product strategy, design, and GTM to boost retention and drive SaaS growth.
Observability Now Includes Watching AI
Quick ThoughtAI observability means monitoring accuracy, drift, and hallucinations, not just uptime. PMs must treat it as a core product feature.
Fixing Google SEO Indexing Issues with ClaudeCode
Quick ThoughtFixed Google SEO indexing issues using ClaudeCode by adding canonicals, updating the sitemap, and cleaning redirects—no SEO expertise required.
Why Empathy, Not IQ, Defines Success in the AI Age
Quick ThoughtEmpathy and critical thinking—not IQ—are the keys to thriving as a product leader in the AI era.
Build, Buy, or AI-Build
Quick ThoughtVibe-coding opens a new AI-build path, but Marty Cagan’s point on business rules shows its limits. Can AI ever capture this hidden and complex logic?