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Content Highlights of 2026 (so far)
Content Highlights of 2026 (so far)π¨ NEW LIVE WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED (Virtual) βAugust 26: From Staring at KPIs to Prioritizing with OKRs, in 6 Hoursβ βSep 1 - 24: How to Build and Execute a Winning Product Strategyβ βDear Reader,β With the year nearing its halfway point, I wanted to reflect on the ideas that resonated the most with my readers and followers. Which led me to bring you concise summaries of my most popular content of the year (so far). And since I focused a lot on live formats like webinars, these are at the center of it. Please enjoy! Use Real-Life Metrics Trees to Define NSMs, OKRs, and KPIs WebinarMetrics trees should help you identify actionable levers, not just produce an impressive diagram. In this webinar, I use real-life cases to show how to structure a MECE tree, choose which metrics should become KPIs or a North Star Metric, and identify the few metrics worth prioritizing through OKRs. Connect Strategy, Goals, and Discovery with Progress Wheel WebinarStrategy, goals, and Discovery are often treated as separate activities, even though a weakness in one is often best addressed by another. In this webinar, I use the Progress Wheel to show how Strategy helps teams say yes and no, goals make progress measurable, and Discovery reduces uncertainty with evidence. AI-Assisted Product Discovery Webinar RecordingJulia Bastian and I unpack where AI genuinely accelerates Product Discovery and where it creates plausible-looking but shallow βDiscovery Slop.β The session covers research agents, the changing Product Trio, and why synthesizing across contexts remains different from summarizing what is already in front of you. From OKR Theater to Pragmatic Outcome Steering WebinarMost OKR problems cannot be fixed by writing prettier Objectives or adding another process meeting. This webinar shows how to clarify what should change because you use OKRs, adapt the system to your organization, and create Key Results you can actually use to steer decisions. Thank you for Practicing Product, βTimβ As a Product Management Coach, I guide Product Teams to measure the real progress of their evidence-informed decisions. I focus on better practices to connect the dots of Product Strategy, Product OKRs, and Product Discovery. |
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1 tip & 3 resources per week to improve your Strategy, OKRs, and Discovery practices in less than 5 minutes. Explore my new book on realprogressbook.com
Product Practice #416 How to Connect OKRs to OSTs PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2026 READ ON HERBIG.CO Dear Reader, OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) help you measure strategic progress. OSTs (Opportunity Solution Trees) are a visual structure for connecting solution and problem spaces to business goals. Let me break down how the layers of an OST connect to the practices of OKR drafting and execution: Layer 1: The Outcome Teresa differentiates between business outcomes, product outcomes, traction metrics...
Product Practice #415 Accelerated Context and the Validation Sparring Partner PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2026 READ ON HERBIG.CO Dear Reader, Most of the AI conversation in product management right now is either describing doomsday scenarios, exaggerated improvements, or warning about what might go wrong. But I am more interested in what changes for product teams doing real work. When a product team adopts an AI tool, what specifically changes about their day? What benefit do they keep coming back for,...
Product Practice #413 Case Study: How to Develop Your Product Vision Collaboratively (Part 3) PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2026 READ ON HERBIG.CO Sign up for free Dear Reader, Go here to check out part 1 of this series, and find part 2 right here. There is rarely a perfect moment to work on your product vision. But there are some clear triggers for initiating that work. The clearest ones are structural: A team reorganization, a strategic pivot, an acquisition, or new ownership of a product area. Any of...