listen to Dr. Cat - she talks good! and read her book, too - it's full of smart stuff we didn't have time to cover fully on the podcast.

Cat Hicks@grimalkina.bsky.social · 11h ago

I was on The Product Experience talking about building coalitions on our teams, lowering threat temperatures, and of course, the understanding that psychology can bring to your development work. Watch or listen: www.mindtheproduct.com/inside-the-m...

new episode of The Product Experience podcast is out - give it a listen! What your developers aren't telling you - Cat Hicks (Psychologist)

why didn't anyone tell me it was international 🦉 awareness day?

this is one of many reasons that we wrote the Makers Manifesto. makersmanifesto.org/manifesto Purpose over possibility Everything may be possible, not everything is worth building. WHAT IT'S NOT: “Everybody's a builder”. Shipping more because it's cheap, whether or not it's worth making.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 4d ago

Vibe coded software is free as in puppy not free as in beer. Even if writing code is now cheap, you still have to maintain it.

new episode of The Product Experience podcast is out - give it a listen! Why Agile no longer works - Faith Forster (Chief Product Officer)

new blog post alert: Boris Cherny's AI Maturity Model Is Smart. It's Also Incomplete. https://outofowls.com/blog/boris-chernys-ai-maturity-model-is-smart-its-also-incomplete

new episode of The Product Experience podcast is out - give it a listen! 5 human signals AI won't replicate - Sarah McDevitt (Hubspot)

You've heard of vibe coding - but how about rage coding? I had a great time chatting with Dr Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) last night for The Product Experience podcast about her new book, The Psychology of Software Teams. Look for the episode to drop in a couple of weeks!

Panda Rage Angry in Office

Alt: Panda Rage Angry in Office GIF - person in a panda suit (or is it?) shoving a monitor off a desk and destroying a keyboard in front of shocked office workers

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new episode of The Product Experience podcast is out - give it a listen! Building trust pays off - Simonetta Batteiger (Product Leadership Coach)

well done, Thames Water. 1. go to report no water 2. directed to report via WhatsApp 3. sorry, our WhatsApp service is down 4. no other way to report failing gracefully is basic service design. this doesn't cut it.

If you haven't read Rich Mironov's new book, Money Stories, you're missing out. We're hosting him tonight at Cleo's office in London - but if you can't make it, we'll be streaming his talk on YouTube. 7pm UK www.youtube.com/live/WxGS-rz...

new episode of The Product Experience podcast is out - give it a listen! Why is product so hard? - Charity Ibhadon (Global Product Director, WPP)

in the car, listening to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social 's Origin Story on paranormal investigation with Mr. 14, who mishears Bilderberg as Build-a-Bear Group.

@simonwillison.net - wondering if you've seen the Makers Manifesto (makersmanifesto.org) yet, and what you think of it. seems relevant given your blog post about Google being held responsible for their AI overviews. (simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/25/...)

i mean, there's a reason i teach the Mythbusters model of product development. it's the perfect illustration of the approach. except i usually say that we should NOT blow it all up at the end. maybe i should rethink that. outofowls.com/blog/mythbus...

The Mythbusters model of Product Development — Out of Owls

We’ve all been there: your stakeholder leans in, nods their head just a fraction, and says the magic words. “Yeah, but we already know what’s needed. Can’t you just give it to me?” (A quick aside: JU...

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Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · last mo.

It's really time we updated the conventional design process model to be more descriptive. We're in our third diamond era.

A bunch of us — (44!) — just spent a while writing a new manifesto. Think Agile Manifesto, but for building things in the age of AI. This is the Makers Manifesto makersmanifesto.org

Makers Manifesto — Principles for making great products

Core principles for how to make great products in an AI-driven world, created by a global group of cross-disciplinary experts and operators.

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a great start to the morning at @agilemanc.bsky.social / Agile Manchester from Kirsten Mann - photo tKen before she got us all line dancing. (no, really. and it was ace.)

a: therrs always room for pedantry in a conversation b: well, technically, that's not always the case....

yikes! Quoting Mo Bitar. simonwillison.net/2026/May/12/...

Love this - it fits with what I've been working on in coaching & transformation. It takes intention and dedication: >>>The key is densely planting diverse & native species…this isn’t just planting some trees.<<< kottke.org/26/05/004886...

A week of great conversations left my head full of some really great questions. Read 'em all in the link, but first: if teams are shrinking, do we still need 2 🍕pizzas🍕 to feed them? What's the right catering metric for a product development team now? www.linkedin.com/posts/randys...

Culture ate strategy. AI is devouring the 2-pizza team. Now what? | Randy Silver

A week of great conversations left my head full of some really great questions. Read 'em all in the newsletter, but first: if teams are shrinking, do we still need 2 🍕pizzas🍕 to feed them? What's the...

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Every exec review contains the same request: Can't we just use AI? I'm doing a free session on 11 May that's help you to assess any AI request in minutes using a Cynefin-based framework — and to base the discussion in facts, not frustration. Sign up here: maven.com/p/1fa98c/get...

Get Leadership to See AI Reality

Every exec review contains the same request: Can't we just use AI? Most approaches teach you to work better under that pressure. This one teaches you to change the conditions — shifting leadership fro...

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

RFK Jr: "President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."

I'm seeing a lot of people struggling with how AI will affect their jobs developing products and services. HOW we work is changing. And will continue to do so. If you're a designer and only concerned with pushing pixels, you're in trouble. If you're a PM and only focus on writing tickets, same. /1

London people! Thursday! I'm hosting Kate Leto and @bfgmartin.bsky.social for a free event. Join us! Leadership is harder than ever - learn how to thrive while everyone is being disrupted. RSVP: go.outofowls.com/kate

Kate Leto- Everyone's disrupted - the best leaders are thriving · Luma

Join us for an energising evening with Kate Leto, hosted by CPO Circles and the Female Product Lead. We’re living and working through constant disruption, and…

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London people! Next week, I'm hosting Kate Leto and @bfgmartin.bsky.social for a free event. Join us! Leadership is harder than ever - learn how to thrive while everyone is being disrupted. RSVP: go.outofowls.com/kate

Today's acronym, for OpenClaw & the like: MaaS - Malware as a Service

Hey London people! The Female Product Lead and I are hosting Kate Leto and Martin Eriksson on 23 April, about how to thrive as a leader when everything is being disrupted. Join us! Signup at go.outofowls.com/kate

Kate Leto- Everyone's disrupted - the best leaders are thriving · Luma

Join us for an energising evening with Kate Leto, hosted by CPO Circles and the Female Product Lead. We’re living and working through constant disruption, and…

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Edge cases: Don't use this phrase to describe groups of people. Edge cases only apply to a process. Edge cases are other ways to do the process when the context is slightly different, like "it's below freezing" or "several people are out sick today."

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