Elmer Ramos

Elmer Ramos

Elmer Ramos, founder of Tales of Product, helps companies bridge innovation and compliance—drawing on 15+ years of product leadership in AI strategy, risk management, and growth at firms like Kroll, Fiserv, and Wolters Kluwer.
29
Apr
Retro Product Science poster with AI figure and two office rebels.

Product Science: “Is It Real? My Creation…I Do Not Know”

BlackRock’s AI transformation has a hint of Weird Science. In 1985, two teenage boys sat in a bedroom, hooked
5 min read
01
Apr
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Product: The Management – Heroes Edition

A little over a year ago, I published the first Tales of Product article. I didn't know if
5 min read
27
Feb
Vintage poster of a smiling PM beside a shattered monitor with a paper airplane bursting out.

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
3 min read
29
Jan
A modern living room facing a subtly digital cityscape through a large picture window.

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
4 min read
18
Dec
Uniformed man points to moon in data center, AI woman on monitor in a data center.

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
2 min read
10
Dec
Four robed jedi like figures study a holographic chart as cloaked shadows loom in the background.

The Phantom Nonsense

A long time ago on a Zoom call far, far away (well maybe last week).… a product debate broke out
3 min read
26
Nov
Major General at Thanksgiving table under spotlight as kids in pirate costumes cheer.

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.
2 min read
20
Nov
Mr. Monopoly dancing joyfully on a tilted Monopoly board.

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
1 min read
05
Nov
A blue-skinned genie in a suit emerges from a monitor, smiling as glowing wishes appear behind him.

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.
4 min read
15
Oct
A dim 1980s office with an empty chair and a glowing monitor reading ‘Shall we play a game?’

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
4 min read

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