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Apr
Product: The Management – Heroes Edition
A little over a year ago, I published the first Tales of Product article.
I didn't know if
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27
Feb
The World According to the Not-So-Great Product Manager
Sometimes the title and the cast of a movie can be misleading. You expect a comedy.... maybe something a little
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29
Jan
I Am, Therefore I Agent
In Ready Player One, humanity has inhabited an extension of reality called the OASIS. People go to school there. They
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18
Dec
Bang! Zoom! To the Moon
On a streaming service, in an alternative universe, The Honeymooners is just starting.
Ralph Kramden storms into the data center
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10
Dec
The Phantom Nonsense
A long time ago on a Zoom call far, far away (well maybe last week).… a product debate broke out
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26
Nov
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Product Manager
That yearly Thanksgiving question, "So what do you do again?" gets a Broadway twist. Spotlight on. A PM parody of the Major General song begins.
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20
Nov
New Podcast Episode: Taking the Monopoly Iteration Story Off the Page
A while back I broke down what Monopoly and Hugh Grant can teach us about iteration. The article sparked a
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05
Nov
Be Careful What You Optimize For: The Wishmaster and the Coming AI Genie
Every algorithm grants a wish. The question is whether we’re ready for what it delivers.
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15
Oct
The Product War Game: Shall We Play?
In WarGames (1983), Matthew Broderick plays a young hacker who accidentally accesses a military supercomputer named Joshua, capable of simulating
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02
Oct
PreCog Banking: JPMorgan’s AI Future and the Safeguards We Need
In the sci-fi thriller Minority Report, the brilliance of the world-building was how completely AI permeated everyday life. Billboards scanned
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