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ARTICLES

Field notes from rebuilding product organizations around AI-native workflows.

  • AI Won’t Replace Your Kid. The Kid Next to Them Might.

  • AI Doesn’t Need More Builders. It Needs Thinkers.

  • I Built an AI System. It Had to Earn Its Access.

  • AI didn’t unlock everyone. It specifically unlocked Product Managers.

POSTS

Short takes on what I'm observing across organizations, learnings, and market signals.

  • Your engineering team just 5x’d their output. Your PM approval process hasn’t changed.

  • When AI adoption stalls inside an organization, the instinct is to blame the tools or the lack of training.

  • 1% maturity.

  • Most companies deploy AI, then wait for results to come. But don’t.

FEATURED

  • AI Didn’t Unlock Everyone. It Unlocked … the Connectors.

Trusted in Complex Environments

“Michael stepped in when we needed it most.”

He ramped quickly, defined strategy, rebuilt the roadmap, and fixed what was broken. Within two months, he launched a new homepage and tools that drove measurable traffic growth. A consummate professional who executes under pressure. - Dariusz Paczuski, CMO

“An extremely capable operator who makes tough decisions.”

Michael can lead multiple distinct product organizations, communicate clearly, and make the hard calls needed to move teams forward. He balances product excellence with strong business alignment. - Josh Jacobson, SVP & GM

“Strategic, decisive, and trusted at scale.”

He led large, diverse product and design teams at massive scale while driving multi-billion-dollar performance. A rare executive who combines strategic clarity with operational discipline. - Shaun Haase, VP Product

“Calm leadership through complexity.”

Michael established structured operating discipline, led through reorganizations and ownership transitions, and drove impact with clarity and accountability. - Anindita Mukherjee, VP/Head of Product and Strategy

What You Walk Away With

Depending on your situation, engagements typically result in:

  • A focused product strategy aligned with company-level objectives

  • A rationalized portfolio and prioritized roadmap

  • Clear decision rights and accountability structure

  • Defined operating cadence tied to measurable outcomes

  • Organizational realignment recommendations where needed

  • Support in executive hiring and leadership transition where appropriate

  • A practical execution plan with immediate next steps

  • Leadership stability during transition

Where the engagement includes an AI layer: a clear view of where workflow restructuring creates leverage — and a practical path to get there.

How Engagements Begin

1. Situation Review

We begin with a focused discussion of your current state — leadership transitions, execution drift, stalled growth, or organizational misalignment. The goal is to quickly understand where momentum has slowed and why.

2. Mandate Definition

If aligned, we define a clear scope and success criteria. This includes priority focus areas, leadership expectations, and the outcomes that matter most to the business.

No open-ended consulting. Clear mandate.

3. Structured Reset

We move quickly into execution — clarifying strategy, realigning priorities, resetting decision rights, and restoring disciplined operating cadence tied to measurable growth outcomes.

Engagements are decisive, focused, and built around restoring clarity and momentum.

Navigating a product leadership gap, execution drift, or the shift to AI-native ways of operating?
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