Ever notice how “career ladders” for Product folks rarely fit real people or real teams?
I’ve seen job levels turn from helpful to handcuff in a hurry - especially in lean orgs. Impact matters more than box-checking, but that’s a tougher story to tell.
What’s actually worked for you (or hasn’t)? Have titles and ladders helped - or just slowed down your team?
"Voice-first" tools get hyped as magic bullets, but most teams I know are still figuring out if they'll really solve a pain - or just add noise.
Too often, we chase new UI trends without asking: whose workflow *actually* changes for the better?
Are we solving a real problem, or just experimenting?
Anyone here seen voice-first really land in B2B software - or is it still more sizzle than steak?
Recommended read by Jurgen Appelo about AI and bullshit work. When you’re using AI tools on a daily basis, this resonates a lot.
https://open.substack.com/pub/themaverickmapmaker/p/how-ai-will-achieve-peak-bullshit-work
In user-centric design, there is no product experience without the "User". Because that exactly is the whole point.
I think I get the point they want to make (besides tech marketing bs), but no.
Article: Duolingo Just Ended The Term “UX Design”
https://blog.prototypr.io/duolingo-just-ended-the-term-ux-design-acc0dfeaec8d
Ever felt like your job as a PM is half therapist, half traffic cop?
Honestly, most of the magic is in the conversations nobody sees. Aligning people. Defusing drama. Saying no.
Shipping is rarely about the roadmap. It's about the mess in between.
What do you do when everyone wants different things at once?
This will be my last Substack Post
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/this-will-be-my-last-substack-post
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Product Talk Daily: Why You Are Probably Interviewing the Wrong People (And How to Fix It)
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-why-you-are-probably-c73
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Product Talk Daily: How Continuous Discovery Works (and Doesn’t) in Early-Stage Startups
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-how-continuous-92c
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Product Talk Daily: Opportunities vs. Problems
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-opportunities-cb0
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Product Talk Daily: Combatting confirmation bias in customer interviews
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-combatting-confirmation-ed8
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Product Talk Daily: Every interview is a test of your opportunity space.
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-every-interview-df9
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Product Talk Daily: How do I know when I’ve interviewed enough customers?
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-how-do-i-know-34a
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Reddit discussion: Shipping under pressure without UX work:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1kw5syf/shipping_under_pressure_how_much_do_you/
Product Talk Daily: Feelings aren’t opportunities.
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-feelings-arent-fc8
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Often mixed up:
- AI powered #Productmanagement: working with tools that include AI tech.
- AI #ProductManagement: working on a product that includes AI (that currently is ML or DL or agents in most cases, except you‘re working for Antropic an the likes).
Difference to „regular“ #prodmgmt: well, not much I would argue against the LinkedIn bubble. Yes, the tech literacy needs to be higher than e.g. b2c ecommerce. This applies to all very technical products (like API product, dev platform, automated logistics, algorithmic products like routing etc) where the tech didn‘t reach commodity level yet.
"A lot of things don't change until things structurally change. If your team can't deploy at will, that's a constraint. If you're supposed to be data-informed, but have to jump through hoops to instrument a metric—and then another set of hoops to even see the dashboard—that's a constraint. If accessing customers requires five people's permission, it probably won't happen. If engineers are incentivized for individual accomplishments instead of shared outcomes, you'll end up with too much work in progress and not enough finished value. "
John Cutler on Marty Cagan and SVPG.
But that is the whole point: How helpful are very generalistic advices with an added extra "Google did that" sauce on it? Exactly, not much.
Product Talk Daily: 6 Guiding Principles for Effective Product Discovery
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-6-guiding-principles-134
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🚀 #ProductTank #Frankfurt is back! Join us July 2 for hands-on learning, pizza & great company.
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Product Talk Daily: Core Concept: What Roles are Represented in a Product Trio?
https://producttalkdaily.substack.com/p/product-talk-daily-core-concept-what-b4f
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