What burnout taught me: Lessons from product managers
“In product, burnout is characterised by a sustained blurring or destruction of boundaries which degrades the health and long-term productivity of an individual or team,” Nick Jemetta tells Mind the Product. Nick, an AI Product Coach and Human Skills Speaker, continued: “It’s a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged
What I learned from building products in Africa
There’s a story I often share with the product teams across Africa that I work with. A factory’s critical machine breaks down, halting production. After multiple engineers fail, a veteran technician studies the machine, taps once with a small hammer on a specific component, and it roars back to life. His invoice reads: “$10,000 for
Precision over hype: A product manager’s playbook for launching AI that lands
Build AI products with purpose, not pressure. Learn 6 essential habits for successful GenAI launches—validation, alignment, prototyping, and more.
Why setting short-term goals can be problematic for high-tech companies
The most common scenario we see among high-tech companies is mistakenly defined by marketing practices inherited from traditional sectors. There are distinctions that should be obvious to managers in this niche, but apparently, they are not. Businesses focused on selling traditional physical products adopt aggressive short-term sales goals for a reason: the product they sell
Sunday Rewind: Video: Hardware vs software product management
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2015 ProductTank San Francisco talk in which Kristoffer Lawson talked about how creating hardware has become easier than ever before with platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, and a wealth of manufacturing opportunities in Asia. At the time, Kristoffer was running Solu Machines, which built a pocket-sized cloud-based computer,
How accessibility users drive better product development
User-centric design is a methodology that instructs professionals to develop product strategies with the user in mind, considering their needs and pain points. However, it’s crucial to understand what user we’re talking about and whether a single user can adequately represent the entire audience. We’ll try to break it all down in this article. Average
Overcoming AI fatigue: Practical advice for product managers
As a product manager, do you find the mere mention of the word “AI”exhausting? Many of our experiences look like this: Forces at the top of the chain at your company start mandating the use of AI across your workstreams. You start having conversations with engineers and other product managers where phrases like “everyone wants to
WhatsApp runs ads and Amazon sees a GenAI future: this week’s news roundup
As WhatsApp advertising backtracks on old promises to users and Amazon’s CEO shares his vision for the future, here are the news stories that caught our attention this week. Amazon sees the future, and it’s generative AI Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently shared his thoughts on generative AI in an internal company memo, later published
How to build a product-led operating model that actually sticks – Jen Swanson
Transformations are hard, and too often, they fail to deliver on their promise. In this episode of The Product Experience, Lily and Randy speak with Jen Swanson, CEO of Tuckpoint Advisory Group, to unpack why transformation initiatives falter and what it truly takes to succeed. Key Takeaways— Transformation requires intentionality: Real transformation isn’t accidental or
Join our hosts Lily Smith and Randy Silver for in-depth conversations with some of the best product people around the world!Learn more
Explore our full content library
