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3 Observations from our The AI-Powered PM Workshop
Linked Better Practices over Stacked Best PracticesDear Reader, Last week, Julia and I taught our new The AI-Powered PM: From Hype to Agentic Application workshop, and I wanted to share my top three takeaways across our material and participants' takeaways: #1 Effortless Agentic Building Enables True Product CreativityOnce everyone locked in on the fundamental agent components of user prompt, system prompt, context, and output, everyone was SO eager to get to work. It was inspiring how ambitious people were, and how much they loved speeding up the creation process by leveraging dictation after the structured thinking task we had them go through. Leave alone the wall with 30+ items of which agents they want to put into practice next. #2 AI lets you and forces you to re-imagine your Product StrategyWith the fundamental questions strategy must answer staying the same, a few things must be reimagined in this much wider solution space. Among the parts we worked through, the impact on UI for humans vs. agents as well as the possibilities (and consequences) of true Outcome-aligned pricing got people (and me) thinking the most. Across industries and businesses, I love the openings for strategic thinking. #3 Evals TRULY are the new Discovery HabitWhich metrics determine your agent's success? Hopefully something more nuanced than revenue or thumbs up/down. It was fun to see how inspiring simple but powerful tactics like ground truths or golden rules were for people who wanted to put AI products into their customers' hands. With tools like Langfuse or Lovelaice becoming more and more powerful allies for product teams. Thank you for Practicing Product, Tim 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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Product Practice #433 Could You Run YourFirst OKR Check-In Today? PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2026 READ ON HERBIG.CO Dear Reader, One question I asked in an OKR workshop this week was: “Can you check in on these in two weeks?”Imagine an online clothing store where customers often order two sizes of the same shirt and return one. The team wants to help shoppers choose a size they’ll keep. They decide to try a size guide on their best-selling shirt.A reasonable Key Result would be to reduce the share of...
Product Practice #432 Your Product Strategy Can Be Focused Without Covering Everything PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2026 READ ON HERBIG.CO Dear Reader, If your Product Strategy prioritizes paid customers, what happens to everyone using your product for free? Aakash Gupta raised this question in our Product Growth podcast conversation. At Apollo, the strategic focus was on paid users. But he couldn’t ignore everyone else. It’s a useful tension. A strategy needs to concentrate your effort, while your team...
Product Practice #430 How to Think About Product Strategy in the Age of AI PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2026 READ ON HERBIG.CO Dear Reader, Two weeks ago, I had the incredible opportunity to be on Akash's Product Growth Podcast. Now that the episode is out, I can finally share it with you as well. I typically don't put podcast episodes front and center in this newsletter, but since this is more of a 1-hour AI Product Strategy Masterclass than an audio-only podcast, I think it's one of the best pieces of...