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Part One: Certainty

In every product organization, there comes a moment when a decision feels too big, too irreversible, too loaded with consequence—when the pressure to be right overshadows the freedom to learn, and the very act of choosing becomes a referendum not just on strategy but on the chooser's fitness to choose at all. This is a story about one of those moments, about the particular kind of paralysis that afflicts the modern knowledge worker when confronted with equally compelling...

Put That Down, You Don't Need It

Part One: The Human Jenga Tower

There's a moment that happens in every product manager's career—usually around year three, sometimes sooner if you're unlucky—when you realize you've become a human Jenga tower. Every new request, every "quick ask," every "just this once" commitment gets stacked on top of the previous one until you're swaying precariously, one breath away from complete collapse.

I watch this happen almost every week. A PM eating cold takeout as...

Marty Cagan has shaped how many of us think about product. His work on empowered teams, product leadership, and the value of solving real problems has helped raise the bar across the industry. I have enormous respect for him. I am, and continue to be a disciple.

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Which is why his recent essay, Agency vs. Ambition, landed harder than expected.

In it, he argues that some product people simply lack drive. They don’t want to grow. They aren’t curious. They just want to...