Product Leadership Beyond the Roadmap
When you pressure a competitor into solving a problem they never planned to solve, you might just disrupt yourself. The Valve–Proton story is Christensen’s Innovator’s Dilemma in real time — told by someone who saw it coming from the inside. After a long break, I’ve been spending more time with Linux again lately — and…
When you think about product management wisdom, a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist probably isn’t the first person who comes to mind. But Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known as Bad Bunny—has built one of the most successful brands in modern music through strategies that product managers would be wise to study. Bad Bunny isn’t just popular;…
Every product has a lifecycle. And every product manager, at some point in their career, will face one of the most emotionally challenging decisions in the profession: knowing when it’s time to let go. Sunsetting a product isn’t admitting defeat – it’s demonstrating strategic maturity. Yet many organizations cling to declining products far longer than…
This post is an update to my 2024 article “Mastering Product Management with Coursera: The Top 5 Courses for Every Career Stage.” Unfortunately, Coursera has since discontinued free auditing for most courses, making it difficult for learners to access quality content without upfront payment. edX remains a strong alternative that still offers free audit access…
When people talk about digital transformation, they usually mean legacy technologies waiting to be replaced by newer, more efficient ones. Mainframe, on-premise, or monolithic systems that should finally move to the cloud. Business models built around physical products that now need a digital equivalent. The list of examples is long and familiar. These discussions are…
Few things in product management are as difficult – or as essential – as achieving alignment. Every company says it wants to be “customer-centric,” yet teams often end up working toward subtly different interpretations of who that customer really is. Marketing runs campaigns that attract volume but not fit. Sales closes deals that stretch the…