Product Hits: January 5, 2026 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! The curse of knowledge by Cindy Alvarez Cindy Alvarez, Director of UX at Microsoft, explains how expertise can distort communication, causing leaders to assume shared context when none exists. She urges PMs to design communication deliberately by spelling out intent, anticipating confusion, and explaining the why so teams can actually align and act. Get Out of Your...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: November 17, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! Why OKRs Fail by Radhika Dutt Radhika Dutt, Chief Product Officer at Moveprice, explains that OKRs often fail because they compensate for a lack of clear vision, pushing teams toward short-term wins and metric gaming instead of genuine progress. Dutt urges PMs to replace goal-setting with vision-driven strategy instead; in other words, PMs should treat initiatives...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: November 3, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! What Are You Resisting? by Deb Liu Deb Liu, CEO of Ancestry.com, identifies that resistance can feel like control but often keeps us stuck. While many product managers regularly prefer being in control, Liu argues that real progress comes from relaxing into change, accepting help, and finding flow instead of struggle. The Rule of 40 by Nnamdi Iregbulem Nnamdi...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: October 13, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! Good struggle vs. bad struggle by Wes Kao Wes Kao, co-founder of Maven, explains that not all struggle leads to growth. Some challenges build skill and resilience, while others just drain energy. Kao encourages PMs to recognize the difference, and to focus only on the struggles that are actually worth it. Time sinks and money sinks by Andrew Chen Andrew Chen, Partner...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Product Hits: October 6, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! Leadership Strategy Scan by Kate Leto Kate Leto, Head of Product at Moo, introduces the “Leadership Strategy Scan,” a framework that helps leaders visualize how they spend time, make decisions, and influence others. She encourages PMs to shift from reactive execution to intentional leadership by tracking one behavior for 90 days and aligning their calendars with the...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: September 29, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! Growing a Teachable Spirit by Elaine Chao Elaine Chao, Director of Product at Adobe, draws on her martial arts training to show why humility and curiosity are core to product management. She argues that PMs who stay teachable build sharper instincts, since structured feedback loops and openness to learning reveal insights that ego might otherwise block. Playing...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: September 15, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! How to turn thoughts into insights by Linda Zhang Linda Zhang, founder of Product Lessons, explains that insights aren’t raw thoughts but the result of deliberate processing. She shares tactics like documenting early ideas, stepping away to let the subconscious work, and honing pattern-matching skills. For PMs, this discipline turns scattered observations into...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: September 1, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! On 15 years at one company by Elaine Chao Elaine Chao, Director of Product at Adobe, reflects on 15 years at one company, showing that career growth can come from staying instead of hopping. She highlights how long-term commitment built institutional knowledge, widened her skills, and created compounding impact over time. What If Your Weaknesses Don’t Matter? by...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Product Hits: August 11, 2025 Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in! Product-Led Growth (PLG) Is a Misleading Name by Noa Ganot Noa Ganot, Founder of Infinify, explains why many product-led growth efforts fall short: teams copy tactics from scaled PLG companies without first reaching product-market fit for the right audience. She reframes PLG as a go-to-market model where the product drives acquisition, which requires rethinking both...
8 months ago • 2 min read