Mind the Product

🚀 Don't miss our webinar next week: Supercharging product planning with AI in Airtable 📅 Wednesday, 10 DECEMBER, 10am PT | 1pm ET | 6pm GMT RSVP 👉 https://bit.ly/4p2VhwT Annual planning is here: Is your product team set up to move faster, align better, and adapt in real time? Join us for a live walkthrough of how product operations teams are using Airtable AI to run faster, more aligned annual planning cycles inside ProductCentral. Featuring: Rachel T., Solutions Marketing Lead David Reinfeld, Head of GTM, Product Management & Ops Practice Jordan Benty, Lead Solutions Consultant 💡 In this webinar, you’ll learn how to: 🔷 Intake better ideas with less friction using AI-powered forms and classification 🔷 Score, triage, and compare scenarios in real time with full visibility into impact and tradeoffs 🔷 Keep execution connected to strategy with dynamic rolling roadmaps Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/4p2VhwT

🌍 Building products in Africa: Stories from PMs working on the continent 👉 https://bit.ly/4pcOtwB At Inspire Africa Conference, Louron Pratt, our Senior Editor, interviewed three product leaders: Upenyu Hamudikuwanda, Keena Patel, and Nana Yaw Nhyira Butah, who shared their stories, challenges, and revealed what it means to build products in Africa today. Key takeaways 🔷 Product looks different in Africa: Infrastructure, users, and markets require unique approaches. 🔷 Service-led products matter: Sometimes the market wants service enabled by tech, not tech alone. 🔷 Community is key: Knowledge sharing is becoming Africa’s biggest product advantage. Read the full case study 👉 https://bit.ly/4pcOtwB

"Stakeholders are more in tune because we’re speaking their language and playing to an environment they understand.” 🎙️New podcast episode with Teresa Huang is now out 👉 https://bit.ly/4rzJ9oL In this week's episode, Randy Silver speaks to Teresa Wang, Head of Product for Enablement at Bupa, about the unique challenges and lessons from a career in platform product management. 3 key takeaways: ✅ Efficiency is no longer enough. Platform PMs must connect their work to business outcomes like retention, acquisition, and NPS. ✅ Use the “hop two steps” mindset to understand both internal users and the end customer. ✅ Build business cases proactively to unlock broader value across teams, don't wait to be asked. 🎥 🎧 You can now listen/watch the full episode 👉 https://bit.ly/4rzJ9oL

"Stakeholders are more in tune because we’re speaking their language and playing to an environment they understand.” 🎙️New podcast episode with Teresa Huang is now out 👉 https://bit.ly/4rzJ9oL In this week's episode, Randy Silver speaks to Teresa Wang, Head of Product for Enablement at Bupa, about the unique challenges and lessons from a career in platform product management. "Stakeholders are more in tune because we’re speaking their language and playing to an environment they understand.” 3 key takeaways: ✅ Efficiency is no longer enough. Platform PMs must connect their work to business outcomes like retention, acquisition, and NPS. ✅ Use the “hop two steps” mindset to understand both internal users and the end customer. ✅ Build business cases proactively to unlock broader value across teams, don't wait to be asked. 🎥 🎧 You can now listen/watch the full episode 👉 https://bit.ly/4rzJ9oL

🎟️ Team discount: Save 10% when you buy 6+ tickets to #mtpcon London 2026! 👉 https://bit.ly/4d If you still have professional development budget to use before the year ends, there’s no better investment than attending #mtpcon London together next June. Why attend as a team? ✨ Align on best-in-class product practices ✨ Upskill together with expert-led workshops ✨ Boost cross-team collaboration ✨ Bring fresh energy, frameworks, and inspiration back to your organisation ✨ Network with 1,200+ product peers A reminder of the team discount available: Buy 6+ tickets 👉 Save 10% on your total order Bringing 10 or more team members? 👉 Get a FREE Leadership Forum ticket to support your senior product leaders Lock in your team’s spot today 👉 https://bit.ly/4d

"Efficiency is no longer really a core metric for the business." Teresa Huang, Head of Product at Bupa. 👀 Podcast sneak peek time! The full episode drops tomorrow, don't miss it 👉https://bit.ly/4qmsuEs

“Just because you can build an AI agent doesn’t mean you should.” 👉 https://bit.ly/4pFZZQT Product management for agentic AI: When to build agents and how to do It well In this article, Shruti Tiwari breaks down what makes agentic AI different from traditional generative AI and offers a practical framework for deciding when (and when not) to use it. 3 key takeaways 🔹 Agents are only worth the complexity when the task is multi-step, variable, and requires real-time tools or memory. 🔹 Clear goals and guardrails matter more than ever. 🔹 Treat autonomy as a ladder, not a switch. Read the full article 👉 https://bit.ly/4pFZZQT

“There is never going to be a time when strategy just presents itself and makes itself available for you to work on.” Jenny Wanger at INDUSTRY 👉 https://bit.ly/3MpQG9q 🐹 Stuck on the execution hamster wheel? You’re not alone. At INDUSTRY 2025, Jenny reminded us of a hard truth: Execution never stops, but without a system, strategy does. She introduces the strategy flywheel, a system designed to reclaim space for strategic work without abandoning the realities of day-to-day execution. The flywheel consists of three steps: 1️⃣ Narrow your focus 2️⃣ Operationalise your strategy 3️⃣ Reinvest the time you win back You can find Jenny’s talk and more in the INDUSTRY recap site. 👉 https://bit.ly/481YJlN

“Sometimes the path to building better products isn’t about avoiding problems — it’s about recognizing when problems are actually pointing toward the solutions you need most.” 👉 https://bit.ly/4p6s5oK Our biggest crisis was a product strategy blessing in disguise In this article, Asher A. shares how losing the lead engineer at eMusic Live became the catalyst for fixing a long-standing scalability problem. A reminder that sometimes disruption doesn’t derail product strategy, it finally unlocks it. Read now 👉 https://bit.ly/4p6s5oK

🚀 Upcoming webinar: Supercharging product planning with AI in Airtable 📅 Wednesday, 10 DECEMBER, 10am PT | 1pm ET | 6pm GMT RSVP 👉 https://bit.ly/4p2VhwT Annual planning is here: Is your product team set up to move faster, align better, and adapt in real time? Join us for a live walkthrough of how product operations teams are using Airtable AI to run faster, more aligned annual planning cycles inside ProductCentral. Featuring: Rachel T., Solutions Marketing Lead David Reinfeld, Head of GTM, Product Management & Ops Practice Jordan Benty, Lead Solutions Consultant 💡 In this webinar, you’ll learn how to: 🔷 Intake better ideas with less friction using AI-powered forms and classification 🔷 Score, triage, and compare scenarios in real time with full visibility into impact and tradeoffs 🔷 Keep execution connected to strategy with dynamic rolling roadmaps Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/4p2VhwT