» 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
» There may be multiple ‘truths’ about the work depending on how different people frame it
» Different groups of people will adopt strategy in stages, and have differing information needs
» Fostering collaboration is the necessary first step for an organisation to work with more agility
» Empowered teams don’t work without alignment
» Transparency is a precursor for alignment and trust
» A clear area of focus is needed to make OKRs effective
» Achieving ambitious goals takes years of slog and perseverance — there’s no fast-forward button
» Successful companies such as IKEA use time as a strategic advantage
» There’s no single ‘right’ strategy — what matters more is choosing a good one and sticking with it long-term
» Balancing opportunity with strategy in the midst of competing distractions is hard
» You wouldn’t let genAI write your product strategy without checking it, right?
» Product strategy discovery focuses on the problem space
Coding in the open benefits public sector organisations and can yield a strategic advantage to commercial organisations also. I explore how and why.
» Strategy is a coherent set of choices about what we’re going to do to achieve our vision
» Negotiating estimates ultimately leads to disappointment — it will still take as long as it was going to
» The necessary conditions for any behaviour to be enacted include capability, opportunity, and motivation
“I want to change my pricing strategy to cater differently for SMEs and enterprise customers. Where do I start?”
» A precursor to alignment is a clear product strategy
» Alignment needs you to tell the same story over and over
» Creating an assumption map can help to verify whether the team is actually aligned
