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Burnt out on a three-day week
She works three days a week. She’s still burnt out. When rest doesn’t fix the exhaustion, the workload was never the problem.
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Influence doesn’t come with the promotion
A head of product I coach could only reach one exec through the CEO. They thought a bigger title would fix it. The sequence runs the other way.
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Your AI Should Keep a Diary
Make your AI log every session, then ask it to read the record back. It names the patterns in how you work that you’d never catch on your own.
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What I tell CEOs who want a product team scorecard
CEOs ask: is my product team actually doing well? There’s no scorecard — but you can have a conversation about something you can’t measure.
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The podcast I almost wasn’t on
I spent a year scrolling past an open invitation to be a podcast guest. The objection was entirely mine — and I was making it on someone else’s behalf.
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I thought I was a product builder. My own records said something else.
The story I told about myself was that I was someone who got products out the door. But that story didn’t match what I was most proud of.
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Build an AI edge your competitors can’t copycat
Most product orgs ask what AI features they should ship. IBM asked which capabilities AI could make dramatically better — leading to $4.5B in annual savings.
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I built an AI that critiques me after every call.
An AI workflow critiques my coaching after every call — and changed how I show up in the room. Building automations that make you better, not just faster.
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Your Offshore Team Is Probably as Frustrated as You Are
If your offshore team frustrates you, the feeling is mutual. Here’s how to fix a low-trust relationship across an ocean.
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Earning the right to focus: Reader Mailbag
A product ops reader asks how to escape constant reactive work. I walk through how to earn the organizational permission to focus.
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The product-first approach for hiring a coach
I share a simple document that helps you hire the right coach and get budget by treating coaching like a product initiative.
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Waiting is the new interruption
AI creates small waiting gaps that break flow. I look at how that adds up and what leaders can do about it.
