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.

Become a better product manager
Learn from product experts and become part of the world’s most engaged community for product managers
Join the community

Free Resources

  • Articles

Popular Content

Company
  • Careers

    HIRING

Follow us
  • LinkedIn

© 2026 Pendo.io, Inc. All rights reserved. Pendo trademarks, product names, logos and other marks and designs are trademarks of Pendo.io, Inc. or its subsidiaries and may not be used without permission.