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What AI Did to the Product Org Chart
TL;DR for Executives: The popular read is that the product manager role is fragmenting into specialists (AI-PM, growth-PM, platform-PM, monetization-PM). The operator read is the opposite. AI is absorbing the coordination layer that justified separate scrum master, product owner, and product manager roles, and the work is consolidating upward into fewer leaders who own outcomes…
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AI Agents Are Your Digital Employees
The TL;DR for Executives The rapid adoption of autonomous AI agents within the enterprise has created a significant accountability gap. Because these agents possess agency and the ability to act on behalf of the firm, they can no longer be governed as mere software tools. To satisfy fiduciary duties and establish “reasonable supervision,” Boards of…
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The Builder’s Edge
BLANE WARRENE shares insights on the latest trends and challenges in AI development. APR 22, 2026 What changes when product leaders can ship the things they spec For most of my career, there has been a predictable distance between the product I could describe and the product I could build. I had the vision. Someone…
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I built a prompt that builds free Claude courses
Most prompt training courses I’ve seen are written for people who already think like engineers. Too much theory, technical terminology, and “as a language model.” The operators and consultants I speak with do not need any of that. They need to turn a messy meeting transcript into a clean exec brief before their 2 pm,…
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The People Opportunity in Acquisitions
Retain acquired talent Six weeks after the deal closed, the head of product from the acquired company asked for a coffee. Not a scheduled meeting. I knew before we sat down what the conversation was going to be. Use a meeting like this as your people opportunity in acquisitions. Learn how to retain acquired talent.…
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