Product
The True Religion of American Pricing Psychology
What a gallon of gas can teach you about anchoring, asymmetry, and the stubborn math of consumer behavior
Product
Product
A Pragmatic PM's Guide to Generative AI
What it gets right, what it gets wrong, and how to use it without getting torched. There is no doubt that AI can greatly augment your work, and help you get to defensible positions without getting bogged into the tactical morass
Product
The Craft of Product Management
My near three decades in the product management trenches has reinforced that product management isn't a recipe, it is a craft, and it is a craft honed by repetition and practice.
Product
How We Got Here: Three Decades of Product Management's Identity Crisis
Product management has transformed significantly in my 3 decades of experience, but it has still remained true to its original goals: how to meld business context to solving customer problems
Product
The Toolbox Doesn't Make the Carpenter
Having been in product management as long as I have, the evolution of the tools that do product management tasks, and while they are slick, they don't make you a product manager.
Product
The Old Dog's New Trick: AI as a Force Multiplier in Building Technical Training
For a long time, I was a sceptic, someone who resisted the use of GenAI in my day to day. I thought that it wouldn't be able to deliver the goods. That changed when we pivoted our development process, and the tools became an essential part of the workflow.
Product
AI and the Enterprise
Corporate AI projects are not yet driving expected productivity gains, but don't read too much into it - yet.
Product
The Curse of Product Management: Self Checkout Kiosks
Self checkout software glitches triggers a Product Manager's PTSD...
Product
When I hate Marketing
Marketing. Telling people what they should buy. Simple, but at times extremely messed up.
Product
Transparency in Product Management
Transparency is the key to growing as a product manager, but be aware that some people are threatened by honest and open communications
Newsletter
Car Makers (re)Discover Market Seasonality
A decade plus of ZIRP, and the hangover from the COVID era supply chain disruption are in the rear view mirror, and automakers need to remember the old lessons of the market.
Product
The End is Neigh
The long stretch of ZIRP distorted the business world, and altered many people's views. Perhaps the pendulum swinging back will lead to more rational business models that don't rely on virality