Friction is the enemy of velocity. What is the biggest roadblock in your way right now? Let's identify the constraint. #ProductManagement

A/B testing serves optimization. Conviction drives the vision. Use testing to refine the path without letting it dictate the destination. #ProductManagement

Managing up is an exercise in alignment. Ensure leadership understands the 'why' and the 'risks' before they ask. Do not let them be surprised. #ProductManagement

Ethical product management is a competitive differentiator. Users will gravitate to brands that respect their data and agency. #ProductManagement

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Why Your Metrics Are Full of Noise (Part 2): Navigating Metric Reform | The Product Way Patreon Get more from The Product Way Patreon on Patreon

Your team switched metrics. The new one barely moves. How long before leadership reverts? Teams that set cadence expectations before the switch survive the gap.
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#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership

Product Coaching is the highest leverage investment a company can make. We are seeing a shift toward investing in PM development. #ProductManagement

Get out of the building to improve product sense. Shadow support. Listen to sales calls. Sit with engineering. You cannot build for a user you do not hear. #ProductManagement

Why Your Timelines Sound Like Promises (#HowIPM) YouTube video by The Product Way

One word in your release timeline changes whether stakeholders hear an estimate or a promise. Adam Race, Head of Product at ITV, explains the shift.
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#HowIPM #ProductManagement

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Why Your Metrics Are Full of Noise (Part 1): The Forces That Protect Bad Numbers | The Product Way Patreon Get more from The Product Way Patreon on Patreon

PMs live with metric noise every day. The people who can remove it usually do not feel the burden. That visibility gap keeps bad dashboards alive. My new Roadmap to Mastery article shows how to expose the cost and fix it: www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...
#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership

Failure provides data. We must fail occasionally to avoid playing it too safe. Innovation requires the acceptance of risk. #ProductManagement

How Real Beta Testing Reveals What Users Actually Want YouTube video by The Product Way

Garrett Lang beta tested PlateRate at real restaurants. The feature diners loved most? Walking out. No check, no credit card. Just leave. That signal only shows up in real environments.

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#ProductValidation #Startups #PM

Stop Judging Ideas by Job Title (#HowIPM) YouTube video by The Product Way

A PM who makes database modeling suggestions to her engineers. A team that evaluates the idea before checking the job title. Renata McCurley's How I PM tip on breaking role barriers is worth 83 seconds.
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#HowIPM #ProductManagement #ProductLeadership

Behind every launch is a chaotic symphony of dependencies. The calm you see is the discipline of the PM managing the mess. #ProductManagement

AI serves as a powerful first mate while the Product Manager remains the captain. Judgment and ethics still belong to the human. #ProductManagement

People build products while the right stack creates leverage. What is the one tool that actually adds clarity instead of just creating admin work? #ProductManagement

Bridge the gap between what a customer requests and what they need. Dig past the feature to find the pain. That is where the value lives. #ProductManagement

What 13+ Interim CPO Roles Taught Him About Leading People YouTube video by The Product Way

After 13+ interim CPO roles, Harpal Singh's approach is clear: every action oriented around making the existing team successful. Even if it means compromising product quality.
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#productmanagement #interimCPO #productexcellence

Tonight at 7 PM ET: TPG Live with product leaders across 15 cities.
The metrics and invisible habits that stall product teams. Live roundtable on YouTube.
RSVP: TheProductGuy.com/events/tpgli...
#ProductManagement #Events #TPGLive #Livestream

Use the MVP as a vehicle for learning. If you aren't learning, you are just shipping. Do not use it as an excuse for poor quality. #ProductManagement

Collaboration is the engine. If you could wave a wand and fix one thing about the PM and Dev relationship, what would it be? #ProductManagement

Patreon Exclusive Recap: Product Rituals, Anti-Patterns, AI-Ready Strategy, and Psychological Safety | The Product Way Patreon Get more from The Product Way Patreon on Patreon

The person who knows a meeting is unproductive usually has less authority than the person who owns it. Once you see that dynamic, it changes how you evaluate everything on the calendar. December TPG Live recap.
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#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership

Next Thursday: live roundtable with product leaders across 15 cities.
Topic: the metrics, rituals, and structures that were supposed to drive teams forward but started doing the opposite.
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Complexity is the enemy. The highest leverage skill for a PM is simplification. If the team can't explain the 'why' in one sentence, we have not done our job. #ProductManagement

Hybrid work demands a new rhythm. Asynchronous deep work plus synchronous collaboration. The PMs who master this mix will lead the highest-performing teams. #ProductManagement

User delight is the currency. Revenue follows value. If we solve the problem, the business wins. #ProductManagement

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] From Assumptions to Alignment: Making Hidden Beliefs Visible Before They Shape Outcomes | The Product Way Patreon Get more from The Product Way Patreon on Patreon

Most roadmaps are ordered by convenience. The strongest teams order theirs by uncertainty, so fragile beliefs break early while course correction is still cheap.

New deep dive w/ implementations, artifacts, and scoring rubrics.

Read the full article on Patreon →
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Soft skills are the new hard skills. Negotiation, influence, emotional intelligence. This is the toolkit for the future. #ProductManagement

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] From First Steps to Forward Momentum: Confidence Systems for Early Experience | The Product Way Patreon Get more from The Product Way Patreon on Patreon

Your onboarding is building completion, not capability. That is why retention stalls three weeks after activation looks perfect.

New deep dive turns early experience into a structured confidence system.

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Data requires context to become strategy. We use numbers to influence the decision. #ProductManagement

Stop Putting Features on Your Roadmap (#HowIPM) YouTube video by The Product Way

📌 Features do not belong on your roadmap.
Michael Ionita explains what should replace them … and why most PMs get this wrong.
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#ProductManagement #HowIPM