Product leadership, AI practice, management notes.
Essays and field notes by Piotr Durlej on building useful products, working with intelligent tools and staying effective inside complex systems.
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Why is organisational culture so important topic for product leadership?
In ’00, besides Silicon Valley, product management wasn’t a thing; in „Four Steps to the Epiphany” from 2005, this concept wasn’t even mentioned. In ’10, thanks to the mainstream success of „Lean Startup” and the explosion of the startup scene, people started…
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Product Market Fit is a never-ending cycle
Product Market Fit isn’t static. You need to evolve, not to be disrupted by competition, changing market or consumer sentiment. Remember HipChat (Slack) or Adobe Creative Cloud (Figma)? There isn’t an end to this process, so keeping it going it’s the most…
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Embrace crazy, passionate people
One of the best KPIs for the quality of your professional & personal life are amount of crazy, passionate people in your social circle. You are in a good spot in life when you find people so intense about some topics that…
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Rules of investing
To invest wisely, you need to have some rules that help you stay focused. There will be many challenges and fake friends on the way. It’s based on my life experiences, so it’s subjective and might not work for your situation. Of…
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Why does Israel dare when Poland is afraid
„To understand this cultural nuance better, there are a few words in the Hebrew language that best encapsulate the pioneering Israeli spirit. The first of these is “chutzpah.” Defined loosely as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible ‘guts’”—such directness might be jarring and…