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Michael Hirsch

Michael Hirsch

Michael Hirsch spent 25 years in product leadership at companies including Sony, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and HERE Technologies. He now runs Break a Pencil Consulting, where he helps product teams build AI as an organizational capability, and teaches Business Strategy at the University of Washington and Seattle University. Subscribe to his newsletter Broken Pencils at breakapencil.com. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two daughters, and two Aussiedoodles — Hazel and Willow.

Articles by Michael

Your executives don't understand AI. That's your problem to solve

Your executives don't understand AI. That's your problem to solve

Elevating your product management game: A guide for the new and the ambitious

Elevating your product management game: A guide for the new and the ambitious

How can you become an exceptional product manager in an environment where you’re under constant pressure to deliver but have little guidance or time to learn? Michael Hirsch shares his self improvement plan.