Why self-care is your secret weapon as a product manager



What if pricing was your best feature?
Discover why pricing is the most underrated product feature. Learn how strategic pricing can drive growth, enhance UX, and become your product’s competitive edge.

Navigating the workplace as a young product manager
Discover key strategies for early-career product managers to build credibility, lead effectively, and grow professionally. Learn how to connect with stakeholders, celebrate your wins, and mentor others.

What burnout taught me: Lessons from product managers
“In product, burnout is characterised by a sustained blurring or destruction of boundaries which degrades the health and long-term productivity of an individual or team,” Nick Jemetta tells Mind the Product. Nick, an AI Product Coach and Human Skills Speaker, continued: “It’s a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged

How to navigate the explosion of AI tools aimed at product managers
According to a 2024 Forbes Advisor poll, the vast majority of people (79%) in the UK are already using generative AI, such as ChatGPT, to help them with their work while one in six UK organisations have embraced at least one AI technology. To give an example of the impact AI is having in workplaces


A guide on implementing effective AI evaluations
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI product development, one skill has emerged as critically important yet often overlooked: the ability to write and implement effective AI evaluations, or “evals” as they call it. As Kevin Weil, CPO of OpenAI, put it succinctly: “Writing evals is going to become a core skill for product managers.


Strength through tension – in defence of the product triad
Is AI replacing the product development triad? Explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the roles of product managers, designers, and engineers—and why spreading accountability still matters for building better products.


TikTok launches tools to improve user control
It’s been a good week for TikTok which announced it is rolling out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters, a content moderation tool designed to improve user control over the content displayed in their For You feed. The feature builds on TikTok’s existing keyword filter system by incorporating AI to identify and filter out not only specified


Monzo reaps benefit of strong product thinking to deliver stellar results
Challenger bank Monzo has posted a strong set of annual results for 2025, with revenue growing 48% to £1.2 billion, a significant milestone in the 10-year-old bank’s evolution from startup to a major player in the UK banking sector and a vindication of its history of strong product thinking. The company also posted a big


Rerun: Building fun products at scale: Inside King with Todd Green (CEO, King)
This week on The Product Experience, we revisit a great conversation with Todd Green, now President of King – the studio behind Candy Crush. Todd shares how he thinks about building products that are not only globally successful but enduringly fun. Todd takes us behind the curtain on what it really takes to build for


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Top product management reads in May
From taking lessons in communication from the military to Klarna’s decision to dump its AI-first policy and a playbook for integrating AI, here’s a recap of the most popular Mind the Product posts in May. Context, intent, change, purpose, constraints – a model for communicating requirements This article from Jake Bowen-Bate, Product Lead at Amiqus,


Sunday Rewind: Enhancing product thinking with 5 slides (and Practice), by Fanni Fejes
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2020 ProductTank London talk from Fanni Fejes, then a product coach at the Founders Factory, about a powerful coaching tool used at Founders Factory to help entrepreneurs develop a strong product mindset. Fanni developed the tool as a quick and easy way to understand product management tools and frameworks,


What burnout taught me: Lessons from product managers
“In product, burnout is characterised by a sustained blurring or destruction of boundaries which degrades the health and long-term productivity of an individual or team,” Nick Jemetta tells Mind the Product. Nick, an AI Product Coach and Human Skills Speaker, continued: “It’s a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged


Anthropic CEO makes bold AI claim while Workday new product chief wants you to love software
From Anthropic’s job warning to Workday’s product charm offensive, here’s the news that grabbed our attention this week. Anthropic CEO says AI could wipe out half of white-collar jobs In a forecast projected by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, warned this week that AI could eliminate up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs over the


Why you should do as few things as possible
Focus on what matters: Learn how doing fewer, high-impact tasks boosts productivity, clarity, and product success.


How Stack Overflow is competing with AI – Jody Bailey (CPTO, Stack Overflow)
Artificial Intelligence has changed the way developers work—and Stack Overflow is right at the centre of that shift. In this episode of The Product Experience, Jody Bailey, CPTO at Stack Overflow, shares how the platform is adapting to AI, protecting its community, and embracing new revenue streams. We explore how LLMs are reshaping developer behaviour,


Navigating the workplace as a young product manager
Discover key strategies for early-career product managers to build credibility, lead effectively, and grow professionally. Learn how to connect with stakeholders, celebrate your wins, and mentor others.


Sunday Rewind: Top 7 signs you’re in a bad product system by Scott Williamson
This week’s Sunday Rewind goes back to 2022 and a #mtpcon SF+Americas 2022 keynote from Scott Williamson, former Chief Product Officer at GitLab, who offers seven signs that you may be in a bad product system, and gives some practical and actionable advice on making meaningful changes. Everyone starts with the solution: Solution-first thinking is


How one Hackathon sparked a whole new product at Transifex: Maya Toutountzi (Head of Product) — Product Unplugged
In this episode of Product Unplugged, Mike Belsito sits down with Maya Toutountzi, Head of Product Management at Transifex, to explore the surprising journey from early AI hackathon scepticism to launching a fully AI-powered product. Maya walks us through the bumps, breakthroughs, and big lessons learned—offering practical insights for any product team looking to innovate


World Product Day: Your 2025 award winners
To celebrate World Product Day this year, we wanted to spotlight the best voices in the product space, so we invited the product community to nominate the people and products making the biggest impact on their working lives Here are this year’s ten standout winners, ranging from new kids on the block to product legends.


How to drive internal AI adoption
Discover how a simple, action-focused AI workshop helped internal teams overcome hesitation, identify practical use cases, and build confidence with AI tools—starting with real problems, not hype. Learn the 3 key takeaways to run your own successful AI adoption session.


What made Intercom throw away its product playbook – Paul Adams (CPO, Intercom)
Intercom’s CPO Paul Adams joins The Product Experience to talk about how the company has radically transformed its approach in the wake of AI’s acceleration. From ripping up roadmaps and reorganising teams to reinventing pricing models, Paul shares what it really takes to adapt—fast. Key takeaways“You’re not selling users anymore. You’re selling work.”AI has shifted


What if pricing was your best feature?
Discover why pricing is the most underrated product feature. Learn how strategic pricing can drive growth, enhance UX, and become your product’s competitive edge.


How Dolphin AI was launched by staying obsessively close to the customer: Ilai Szpiezak (Co Founder)
In this episode of Product Unplugged, host Mike Belsito sits down with Ilai Szpiezak, Founder and CEO of Dolphin AI, to trace the remarkable journey from running dance events and theatre shows to building a voice-of-customer analytics tool powered by AI. Ilai Szpiezak shares how the pandemic wiped out his events business overnight, forcing him


Sunday Rewind: Scaling the product and the team by Rachael Shah
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2020 MTP Engage Manchester talk from Rachael Shah, then Delivery Lead at the Co-op, which challenges us to think holistically about scaling our products. Rachael draws on her own experience to show that it’s critical to think about scaling the team in parallel with scaling a product. She provides practical


Microsoft lays off 3% of workforce while renegotiating partnership with OpenAI
In Microsoft news, the tech giant announced this week that it will be laying off 3% of its workforce. On Tuesday, the company confirmed it would cut around 6,000 roles across the organisation. In a statement, Microsoft said it “continues to implement organisational changes to best position the company for success.” Bloomberg first reported that


How to build the right product culture during transformation – Joca Torres (Product Consultant)
In this episode of The Product Experience podcast, we sit down with Product Consultant Joca Torres, whose work at Gympass is featured in Marty Cagan’s book Transformed. Joca shares the four core principles of successful digital transformation—principles he’s applied in both high-growth startups and century-old corporations. We unpack what it really takes to shift a


Why self-care is your secret weapon as a product manager
In today’s tech landscape, product managers face unprecedented challenges. As the linchpin connecting strategy, execution, technology, and market demands, product managers operate in a high-pressure environment where burnout isn’t just a risk – it’s practically an occupational hazard. But what if prioritising your wellbeing wasn’t just about personal health, but actually a strategic advantage? Let’s

