Lenny explains the Minto Pyramid Principle (lead with the answer, then support it with arguments and data) and the Situation-Complication-Resolution (SCR) framework for structuring business narratives. He shows how…
“Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Is product management dead? Petra Wille and Teresa Torres unpack the big question making the rounds at conferences: Is PM disappearing—or evolving? Their take: product management isn’t dead. But the traditional product trio (PM, design, engineering) is collapsing into something”
Lenny Rachitsky follows up his earlier analysis by ranking companies whose former product managers most often start companies, raise Series A rounds, accelerate their careers, or become product leaders. Using alumni…
Marty Cagan argues that the pandemic's reduction in commuting gave many people uninterrupted solo time, such as long walks, that is valuable for deep thinking about hard problems. He describes his own experience writing…
Shreyas Doshi argues that many behaviors large companies encourage, such as answering support tickets, talking to many customers, and responding instantly to email and Slack, are designed to keep average performers…
Lenny Rachitsky shares seven more practical productivity tactics following his popular time management post. The core argument is that small, concrete habits, such as arbitrary deadlines, physical to-do lists, graceful…
Teresa Torres and Petra Wille push back on the hype around the 'product builder' trend, arguing that whether product managers should code or vibe code is the wrong starting question. They suggest first asking whether…
Lenny Rachitsky argues that AI will hit the high-level strategic parts of product management, such as strategy, vision, and goal-setting, harder than the people-centric work. He contends that soft skills like…
Marty Cagan, author of product management writing, sets out the personal beliefs that underpin his work and teaching: faith in technology, leadership, honesty, people, giving back, and continuous improvement. He argues…
Lenny Rachitsky and Louise Beryl analyze over 5,000 survey responses from newsletter subscribers to benchmark U.S. product manager salaries by level. The headline finding is the rise of the individual contributor path…
Marty Cagan reflects on the many competing definitions of the product role and argues that how a product person defines their job reveals a lot about their experience. He highlights an analysis by technology analyst…
Teresa Torres reviews 2022, when her business shifted to being course-first and reached far more people than one-on-one coaching ever could. She describes the grind of the pandemic years, including launching several…
Executive coach Natalie Rothfels observes widespread workplace anger among clients and offers a four-step process for turning it into useful insight. Drawing on Buddhist, Internal Family Systems, and somatic ideas, she…
Marty Cagan announces the second edition of his book INSPIRED, which he describes as essentially a new work rather than an update. He explains that the field has moved past early Lean Startup and Agile ideas, so the new…
Lily Smith, Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, describes how she set out to add deliberate practice to product learning after realizing that reading and talks were not enough to change how she and her peers work…
Lenny Rachitsky revisits the product job market using TrueUp job-board data, finding a mostly optimistic picture for 2025. Open PM and engineering roles are rising, AI-related roles are growing rapidly, layoffs are…
Teresa Torres describes how she dedicates much of December to reflecting on the past year and planning the next. She runs an annual retrospective asking what went well and what did not, and keeps both lists in view to…
Marty Cagan argues that most tech product companies struggle to find enough very strong product managers, and that strong product teams depend on them. He points to Google's Associate Product Manager program, which…
Lenny Rachitsky argues that three core Buddhist teachings (dukkha, impermanence, and non-self) map well onto product management work. He explains that dissatisfaction is a built-in feature of human psychology, so PMs…
Marty Cagan reflects on witnessing gender-based bias early in his career and argues that avoiding discrimination is not enough; leaders must actively work to counter the lingering effects of past inequities. He focuses…
Marty Cagan argues that many product managers, especially in larger companies, get trapped in 'meeting hell': they work constantly yet fail to make progress on the things that matter most. He notes the causes include…
Marty Cagan argues that the current trend of cutting managers in favor of pure individual-contributor builders is a temporary phase rather than the future. He restates the principle that experts lead experts: effective…
Tal and Aman argue that the fastest way to build intuition for AI products is to use coding agents like Cursor for non-technical product work rather than consumer chat tools. The post walks readers through setup, model…
Jason Fried argues that the common hiring requirement of 'years of experience' is a weak signal, since time spent doing something doesn't guarantee anything was actually produced or learned. He proposes evaluating…