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Apr 25, 2021

About me

Apr 25, 2021

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AI Advances

Why Good Judgment Still Outwits AI: Lessons For Leaders To Avoid Work With No Soul

Here’s how I use humans and AI together.

Nov 16, 2024

Humans Are Necessary in an AI World (Woman Lit With Digital Imagery) | Photo By ThisIsEngineering on Pexels

Nov 16, 2024

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Management Matters

How Scrum Masters (and Managers) Go Astray By Committing to Plans

I’ve found only one sane thing to commit to in product.

Aug 15, 2024

Scrum Master presenting his commitment to deliver to an upfront plan. | Photo by Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels

Aug 15, 2024

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Serious Scrum

The Best Metric for Your Product Team

Sometimes metrics can get in the way of a good conversation.

Jul 22, 2020

The Best Metric for Your Product Team

Jul 22, 2020

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Lean Leverage

Why Most Product Teams Struggle to Innovate, and 3 Ways to Fix It

Break through common innovation blockers with safety, ownership, and learning.

Jul 1

Team innovating around a desk in a sunlit, open office space. | Image by Kindel Media on Pexels

Jul 1

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AI Advances

What Can All Product Managers Learn from Apple’s Misstep With Apple Intelligence?

3 lessons from Apple’s AI debacle.

Apr 8

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AI Advances

Ditch the Guesswork: How to Use AI to Learn Faster and Build Useful Products

3 AI use cases you must know.

Mar 15

Don’t Guess At The Moment of Highest Uncertainty. Experiment Faster With AI to Learn the Right Path | Image by Pixabay on Pexels

Mar 15

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Lean Leverage

A Quick Guide to Save You from the Perils of Product Intake

Start achieving outcomes by abandoning the feature factory.

Mar 4

A Product Manager Who Abandoned Intake to Empower His Team to Solve Business Problems | Photo by Lubomir Satko on Pexels

Mar 4

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AI Advances

AI Is Making Us Faster — But Not Smarter (And Why That’s a Big Problem)

A rare stance on innovation amidst the AI productivity stampede.

Feb 16

The AI Productivity Stampede | Digital horses racing fast in a digital environmen. | Image by the author using DALL-E

Feb 16

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DeepSeek R1: Was It Fear or Empowerment That Drove Its Innovation?

The answer holds the secret to product team effectiveness.

Feb 9

Breakthrough Innovation | Explosion of glass-like bubbles expanding out from a central glass orb. | Image by Google DeepMind on Pexels

Feb 9

Todd Lankford

Todd Lankford

Hi–I’m Todd. I help managers and product teams maximize outcomes while respecting people. https://www.coachlankford.com

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