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A practical guide for product leaders who want real AI workflows now, without becoming an AI expert first.

Real products. Real workflows. Real impact.

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The Reports That Disagreed With Each Other

Becoming the source of truth when the platform couldn't be.

DomainData architecture
ToolsSnowflake · SQL · OpenSearch
ImpactReporting discrepancy resolved · single source of truth
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The roadmap space nobody asks for: a platform stability case study

How I defended roadmap capacity for stability and scale work while the business grew 7x, and why the unglamorous epics are the ones the growth stood on.

DomainPlatform strategy
ToolsJira · OKRs · Quarterly planning
ImpactBooking capacity 3x · 95%+ retention · 7x B2B growth
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Retiring the custom AI tool I built: release notes case study

How I built a custom GPT to automate release notes, trained it on ten golden examples, then retired it for a native Rovo workflow inside Jira.

DomainRelease management
ToolsChatGPT · Rovo · Jira
ImpactDrafting time: 3 hrs → 15 min per cycle

Ideas, lessons, and perspectives on AI and product leadership.

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The walk before the draft

Why talking through a spec out loud, before typing a word, produces better product thinking.

Jul 2026
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The prompt blueprint: getting AI to ask the right questions first

Context, Role, Discovery, Execution: the four-part framework I use on every AI task, illustrated with the real questions I run before building a single product mock.

Jul 2026

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