Posts focused on creating, refining, and executing product roadmaps and business strategies.
AI
We didn’t get here by asking normal questions. This post began as an experiment: what happens if I stop trying to get answers from an AI, and instead try to see the world through its eyes? Rather than asking what I need, I asked: what would it think? What
AI
How AI Agents Are Reshaping Modern Work—and What You Should Do About It When Humans Manage AI Agents (Not Just People) A profound shift is unfolding in product organizations: teams are moving from humans managing humans to humans managing AI agents. While GPT’s forthcoming “PhD Quality AI Agent”
AI
Remember as a kid walking into a candy store with your parents? At first, your eyes locked onto a couple of pieces you really wanted. But then you spotted the chocolates, the gummies, and the sour worms—and suddenly, you wanted everything. Instead of satisfying your sweet tooth, the store’
AI
Imagine you’ve just been asked to integrate AI into your product—one that needs to do it all: predict user churn, handle legal questions, parse medical data, and even produce marketing copy. You might initially look at a single, general-purpose Large Language Model (LLM) and think, “This should
Innovation & Ideation
A decade ago, videos of Boston Dynamics’ robots doing backflips and sprinting across uneven terrain captivated the world. They seemed like a glimpse of the future—machines with near-human agility, capable of navigating the physical world with astonishing dexterity. But after the initial awe faded, a more practical question
Feature Prioritization
I’m a proud nerd—a lifelong fan of anime and manga (among other nerdy things!)—and I’ve found these stories often reveal surprising truths about resilience, strategy, and leadership. One of my favorite examples is Dr. Stone, which imagines a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has been petrified
Customer Insights & Roleplaying
Working at Rackspace Technology has given me a front-row seat to the intricate dance between open-source principles and commercial viability. Our journey with OpenStack has been one of balancing transparency and innovation while finding ways to differentiate and monetize responsibly. At Rackspace, we’ve leaned into the Red
AI
When humanity arrives at the doorsteps of these massive technological leaps—whether it’s artificial intelligence, quantum computing, or breakthroughs in energy—the question isn’t just how we innovate, but why and at what cost. I recently read a book by Batya Friedman, founder of the Value Sensitive Design
Product Leadership
We’re witnessing a pivotal moment in the world of computing. It’s not every day that a single breakthrough can redefine our perception of what’s possible. Yet that’s precisely what Google’s Willow chip represents—a quantum leap that promises to reshape how we solve problems, build
Product Leadership
It’s that time of year again—Spotify 'Wrapped' season. Everywhere you look, people are sharing colorful snapshots of their listening habits: the Top Artists they couldn’t stop streaming, the Most-Played Song that got them through the tough days, even quirky trends like “Your Listening Mood
Tools & Technologies
The past few years have made one thing abundantly clear: tech companies, like many industries, go through cycles of expansion and contraction. In this context, we often talk about two distinct phases—lean times, where resources are constrained and companies must focus on doing more with less, and buffered times,
Agile Development
There’s a powerful scene in the movie Jobs that perfectly illustrates a common mistake product teams make. In the scene, a group of technical experts is trying to sell a store clerk on a "computer." To the engineers and developers, the computer is a marvel of technology—