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Essays on shipping product, building systems, and keeping execution close to the truth.

April 12, 2026 · 3 min read

Product and business aren't two teams. Act like it.

Why product-business misalignment is a product problem, not a culture problem — and the three things that fix it.

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April 11, 2026 · 2 min read

How AI actually helps you make better product decisions

The real value of AI in product work isn't prediction or automation — it's compressing the messy middle between inputs and clear thinking.

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April 10, 2026 · 3 min read

AI won't build your product. But it will sharpen your strategy.

AI compresses the distance between messy inputs and clear thinking — and in product work, that's where the real value is.

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April 9, 2026 · 3 min read

What changes when you plug AI into your product process

AI didn't change the hard decisions — it removed the friction between having information and being able to think clearly about it.

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April 8, 2026 · 3 min read

Scaling your PM practice before it breaks

The PM practice that got you here was designed for a team that doesn't exist anymore. Here's how to scale it before the cracks show.

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April 5, 2026 · 2 min read

Build for the user, not the roadmap

The roadmap is a plan, not a contract. When user research says change course, the product leader's job is to make that case.

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April 4, 2026 · 2 min read

Stakeholder communication is a system, not a meeting

The fix for stakeholder surprises isn't better meetings — it's a communication system that makes surprises structurally unlikely.

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April 3, 2026 · 3 min read

Managing stakeholders without losing your product vision

The hardest stakeholder situation isn't a difficult personality — it's a reasonable person asking for something that would break the product.

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April 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Motivation isn't pizza. It's purpose, clarity, and trust.

The teams that stay motivated through hard sprints aren't motivated by perks — they understand why the work matters and trust the people around them.

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March 31, 2026 · 3 min read

Prioritisation is a system, not a gut feeling

Prioritisation isn't a ranking exercise — it's a decision about where to focus given incomplete information. Here's how to make it a system.

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March 30, 2026 · 2 min read

PM in a startup is a different game. Here's how to play it.

The frameworks transfer from big company to startup. The instincts don't always. Here's what actually changes and what to do in the first ninety days.

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March 29, 2026 · 2 min read

There are no PM secrets. Just fundamentals done well.

Nine years in product and the problems are always the same — discovery, prioritisation, and ticket quality. The shortcut always costs more than the time it saves.

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March 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Five PM problems everyone faces and what actually works

The same five problems show up at every company — building without success metrics, shifting priorities, weak tickets, feedback overload, and feature bloat. Here's what helps.

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