Most product roadmaps I see today look almost identical to ones from five years ago. A prioritised backlog, ranked features, a launch plan, a success metric. The framework is solid. The problem is the …
The Brittleness Paradox: Why AI Governance Is Now a Product Problem
For more than twenty-five years, I have watched technology cycles move from the "magic" phase to the "utility" phase. I remember the early days at Nokia when we thought the mobile phone was just a …
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The Great AI Sobriety Test: Is Your Product Team Ready for Zero-Cost Execution?
For decades, product management has been defined by the management of scarcity. There were always more ideas than engineering hours, more "desirability" questions than research budgets, and more …
The Systems Velocity Trap: Why Your AI Strategy is Probably Building Technical Debt
For more than twenty-five years, I have watched technology cycles oscillate between the "magic" phase and the "utility" phase. From my early days at Nokia during the first mobile explosion to leading …
The Enshittification of Everything: How Product Leaders Can Resist the Rot Economy
The tech industry's obsession with "velocity" has hit a wall, and it’s not the one we expected. While we’ve been busy debating whether AI agents will replace our developers or merely augment them, a …
Frictionless Velocity: Why Removing Developer Friction Beats Hype-driven AI for Faster Software
AI-generated code is seductive: instant outputs, flashy demos, breathless headlines. Yet if your teams are still wrestling with flaky builds, slow tests, unclear ownership and clumsy tooling, those AI …