Best Of Product Roundup - Mar 23, 2024

The best expert-curated product content from the best product thinkers from around the Internet delivered twice a month.

Every two weeks we consume all the product content on the Internet (free and paid), analyze it, and then we round-up links and short excerpts from the best content to:

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• And most importantly, we save you years spent trying the wrong advice.

• Finally, we promote thinkers in product who are doing great work whether well known or soon-to-be-known!

Top Long-Form Articles

What Product Archetype are You?

• Articulates styles of talent spikes observed across the product management discipline.

• Choice Quote: “I regularly come across product managers and think, “Wow, you’d be really well-suited for this type of work.” Or “Yikes, you are clearly in the wrong product role.” I also hear from people who want my referral for a specific role and wonder, “Will you be successful in this role?”

• What we liked: Product work spans a ridiculous number of competencies and no one is talking about that. This article neatly explains what some of those ranges in skills and natural talents look like.

Breaking "Product Sense" into It's Component Skills

• A practical description of the skills required to hone and develop strong product sense.

• Choice Quote: “I once had a CEO tell me that I had built “easily the most customer-centric product in the company.” He was right, customers loved my product. But a year later, it was canceled.”

• What we liked: easy to follow breakdown into three core areas to consider.

Top Tweets

• Summary of 8 Principles from Marty Cagan’s Transformed

• 25 AI Product Tools to Speed You Up