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AI is making execution easier, but decision-making harder. Andrej Karpathy calls it 'agentic engineering', yet it looks exactly like core Product Management: judgment over outcomes, not just output. Are you ready for the shift?
See why the typing was never the hard part: https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/karpathy-said-vibe-coding-is-obsolete-what-he-described-instead-is-product-management/
Stop debating CapEx vs OpEx. Modern product leadership is about the feedback loop: ship, measure, and earn the right to invest again in 90-day cycles. This shift from annual plans to outcome-gated funding is a game-changer for agility.
Optimise your flow here: https://www.liminalarc.co/2026/05/the-new-software-economics-earn-the-right-to-invest-again-in-90-day-cycles/
AI is accelerating build speed, yet Steve Blank warns of a "denial of service" on critical thinking. Velocity isn't validation; we need outcomes over outputs. Explore why the Minimum Productive Outcome is the new MVP.
Shift from build to judgment here: https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/customer-development-has-an-ai-problem/
Same brain. Completely different leverage. Welcome to the 2026 PM productivity era ✨ The difference between overwhelmed PMs and ones shipping confidently? Not talent. Not experience. It's the system they built to multiply their impact. Here's the complete 2026 productivity stack and how it all connects: 🧠 ChatGPT does all boring job: → Strategy into product bets → Extract insights from notes → Draft PRDs fast → Explain decisions clearly → Compare roadmap options 👥 Learn From the Best Follow these product experts on LinkedIn: Aakash Gupta • David Pereira • Alex Rechevskiy • Francesca Cortesi• Teresa Torres • April Dunford • Diego Granados • Paweł Huryn • Wes Bush • Stephanie Leue • Melissa Perri • Nickey Skarstad 📊 North Star Metrics Framework 1️⃣ Understand your customer 2️⃣ Align with business goals 3️⃣ Keep it simple ⚡ Operational Excellence Task Tracking: Jira • Asana • ClickUp • Todoist Time Management: RescueTime • TickTick • Time Doctor • Clockify Meeting Intelligence: Calendly • Sembly • Sendspark • Granola Best AI Agents: ChatGPT • Claude • Jason AI (Reply) AI • Perplexity 📈 Top Product Trends 2026 ➡️ Outcome-First - impact over features ➡️ AI-Native Agents - core product layer ➡️ Adaptive UX - personalized by default ➡️ Vibe Coding - AI-powered shipping ➡️ Automation-First - remove work 📚 Must-Read Books Empowered • Inspired • Escaping the Build Trap • The Lean Analytics • The Lean Startup • Sprint • Product Roadmaps Relaunched • Build What Matters • Hooked ▶️ YouTube Channels Product School • Lenny's Podcast • Exponent • Mind the Product • PRODUCTIZED 🎙️ Top Podcasts Lenny's Podcast • How I Built This • The Product Podcast • Product Love • This Is Product Management • Product Hunt Radio • One Knight in Product • Masters of Scale Here's how it all connects: AI accelerates execution 👉 Learning keeps you current 👉 Metrics maintain focus 👉 Ops create bandwidth 👉 AI agents multiply leverage 👉 Trends guide direction 👉 Deep content builds strategic thinking. What's your go-to tool in this stack? 👇 | 66 comments on LinkedIn
In many organisations, status dictates behaviour more than value. Performative "busyness" often replaces genuine impact when quality is hard to measure. We must shift the status economy toward learning and candour to build real psychological safety.
Dive in: https://psychsafety.com/st-r-e-a-m-status-rules-everything-around-me/
ST.R.E.A.M: Status Rules Everything Around Me In the classic hip hop track C.R.E.A.M., the great Wu-Tang tell us “Cash Rules Everything Around Me”. Whilst it might sound like the song is glorifying money, it’s actually a commentary on how economic […]
The career risk from AI isn't that it replaces you. It's that you become the person producing content no one asked for. Forwarding everything. Reacting to everything.
When every channel is full, the people who stand out filter well. Who decide not to send the thing. Who route the clarifying question, not the mess.
AI is faster at output. Not as good at judgment. That gap is widening.
AI may draft it. You stand for it being worth reading.
