Every product decision carries risk. Most teams only look inward at their own internal metrics, but that leaves some blind spots. In this episode, I share why Product Market Intelligence gives you the market view you need. It helps you avoid developing the wrong features, setting the wrong prices, or missing important market shifts. You’ll hear how it leads to better and more actionable strategic decisions.

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Most product teams know their sales numbers and their roadmap. But when it comes to explaining why their roadmap choices are the right ones for the market and for their customers? Far fewer can explain with confidence why those choices are the right ones for the market.

Here is how AI is transforming Product Market Intelligence (PMI) into something dynamic, real-time, and actionable.

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Career growth doesn’t follow a straight line. At some point, many of us face the moment when technical expertise alone is no longer enough when the next step is about influence, leadership, and cross-functional outcomes.

Most advice you’ll find online is either a checklist or a story. Helpful, but incomplete. That’s why I created this short video to share 9 principles that have made the biggest difference in navigating career transitions.

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A lot of you read “The Best Career Advice I Ever Got.” I wrote it as a small reflection, but didn’t expect how many of you would connect with it. That piece sparked conversations about how to move through work with influence, clarity, and staying power, especially when everything in work and life is changing.

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Over the past year, I’ve had a lot of conversations with senior leaders trying to make sense of AI in the context of real business decisions. Questions like: What should we invest in? What’s safe to cut? What actually moves the needle?

One theme keeps showing up: It’s not the AI tools that are confusing. It’s the uncertainty around how to use them well and how to lead with clarity when both the market and the technology are evolving so fast.

That’s why I’m creating a new series called Behind the Prompt.This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://sdsquared.substack.com/.

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Welcome to The Second Draft Studio. If your work and leadership still feel like a first draft, you’re in the right place.

Listen to or watch stories, tools, and small experiments for the second draft of how you work and lead.

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