52 Weeks of Product Management
A field guide to product judgment.
52 essays grounded in the realities of product work — the decisions, tradeoffs, influence, incentives, and the people dynamics behind what actually gets done.
“Too many articles I’ve read assumes the hard part is choosing the right framework. This gets into the harder part: reading the room, making the tradeoff, and figuring out how to move the work forward anyway.”— Randy Mitchell
Are You Running a Learning Bet Like an Execution Plan?
Learning work and execution work need different governance because one reduces uncertainty while the other fulfills a commitment.
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Each number is one essay.
The Work
Framing, discovery, evidence, uncertainty, decision-making, risk, delivery, and responsibility for what ships.
The People
Influence, decision rights, leadership, organizations, storytelling, capability, and operating models.
The Vision
Strategy, priorities, economics, markets, principles, funding, product-market fit, and direction.
The System
Value, technology, automation, AI, evaluation, attribution, scale, and organizational systems.
“Too many articles I’ve read assumes the hard part is choosing the right framework. This gets into the harder part: reading the room, making the tradeoff, and figuring out how to move the work forward anyway.”— Randy Mitchell
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