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Early warning signs that there may be another storm brewing in tech for product managers to weather
Early warning signs that there may be another storm brewing in tech for product managers to weather
» Bad services can arise from not realising the service and the user need have drifted apart
» GenAI shifts the focus from shipping products to stewarding living systems that are continually learning and adapting
» Delegate the same kinds of task to an AI agent as you would to an intern
» Generative AI won’t help you find product differentiators
» Evals are a way of checking the quality and effectiveness of your LLM and AI tools
» Learning their skills hands-on is the best way to appreciate specialists’ roles
» A good roadmap can be a valuable way of showing reliability and building trust
» CEOs fall on a spectrum of ‘only assigning work’ and ‘collaborating with staff’
» Master the genAI tools relevant to your skillset before someone less experienced makes you redundant
» Rank stacking has fallen out of favour because it breeds internal sabotage and mediocrity
» Orgs drift between varying degrees of horizontal and vertical ‘coupling’
» We are arguably in 3 AI bubbles: speculative, infrastructure and hype
» Better methods than roadmaps exist when there’s a broad gap between vision and execution
» A PM’s vibe coded prototype is just another way to dictate requirements to the team
» Just because you can build features more quickly doesn’t mean you should build them
» Greater strategic discipline than ever is needed to build worthwhile products
» AI may help you ship faster, but validating what you shipped still takes time
» In large complex organisations, transparent, written communication helps to avoid misinterpretation
» A strategy is just a wishlist if you never actually follow through on a decision
» What are the factors that lead us to trust someone (or an AI tool)?
» Vibe coding is great for prototyping; but for production code, dev teams still rule
» What happens when anyone in your org can build and ship product?
» GenAI is creating a productivity disparity between companies using it by default and those which are not
» Investors are increasingly valuing companies based on ‘revenue per employee’ (≈ efficiency)
» Job interviews are a terrible way to assess how someone will perform in role
» All genAI companies are evil, but some are less evil
» Accumulated inefficiency has come back to bite organisations – what to do about it