In this episode of The Product Handbook, we challenge the increasingly popular mantra of “think like an owner” — and unpack why leadership isn’t the same as ownership.

We explore:

• The difference between showing initiative and being expected to carry disproportionate weight

• Why “ownership mentality” can feel empowering — or exploitative — depending on compensation, boundaries, and context

• Real-world perspectives from employees and managers who’ve questioned this mindset

• Alternative ways to align teams — like transparent compensation, phantom equity, and financial literacy — without blurring the lines between loyalty and free labor

This isn’t about rejecting responsibility. It’s about redefining what leadership really means in modern organizations — especially when actual ownership is off the table.

If you’ve ever been told to "own it" but felt like you were just inheriting someone else’s burnout, this one’s for you.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we turn the Double Diamond design process into something you’ll never forget — literally.

We’ll walk through each of the four stages — Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver — and show you how to lock them into memory using mnemonics, visual cues, and narrative structure. You’ll learn:

• The logic behind the two “diamonds” of divergence and convergence

• How to use the framework to structure product thinking, even in messy orgs

• How to recall it confidently in interviews, workshops, or when leading strategy

This isn't just a design tool — it’s a way to communicate clearly, collaborate better, and show up as a more structured, thoughtful PM.

By the end, you’ll have a memory palace-shaped diamond ready to go.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we break down A/B testing into memorable, bite-sized pieces — helping you retain what matters and avoid the most common traps.

You’ll learn:

• How to remember the key stages of A/B testing using simple mnemonics

• What terms like control, treatment, and statistical significance actually mean (and how to explain them in interviews without sweating)

• How to spot false positives, underpowered tests, and sample size issues — before they derail your results

• Plus: how to ethically approach A/B testing with user privacy in mind

Whether you're prepping for a PM interview or launching your next experiment, this episode gives you the mental shortcuts and structure to think like a data-driven pro.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we explore how to turn your brain into a high-performance workspace using mnemonics, memory palaces, and other proven memory techniques.

Whether you're prepping for interviews, managing complex product work, or just tired of forgetting acronyms like RICE or INVEST mid-sentence, this episode shows you how to:

• Build and use a Memory Palace to store frameworks, processes, and talking points

• Create mental hooks using association, imagery, and storytelling

• Use multimodal rehearsal (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) to lock things in long term

Frameworks aren’t the focus — they’re the payload. This episode is all about how to store them, retrieve them, and actually use them when it matters most.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we break down Team Topologies — a powerful framework for structuring software teams to maximize delivery, reduce friction, and scale with clarity.

You’ll learn the four key team types:

• Stream-aligned – delivering end-to-end value

• Platform – enabling others by building reusable internal services

• Enabling – coaching teams through change and capability growth

• Complicated-subsystem – tackling deep technical complexity

We’ll also cover how team interaction modes, cognitive load, and aligning with business value streams can make or break your org design. This episode pulls from real-world case studies where Team Topologies helped drive digital transformation — and gives you a toolkit to start applying it in your own org.

Whether you’re scaling a startup or untangling enterprise chaos, this one helps you build teams that actually work… together.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we focus on the Inverse Conway Maneuver — the idea that if your system’s architecture mirrors your organization, then changing the org structure is the fastest path to a better system.

We explore how this concept plays out in real product and engineering environments, why Team Topologies supports it, and how to intentionally structure teams to enable the systems you want (instead of the ones your current silos accidentally create).

You’ll also learn:

• When to apply the Inverse Conway Maneuver (and when it backfires)

• Why org changes without architectural change = chaos

• How to evolve team structures collaboratively with system goals in mind

If you've ever wondered why every feature requires three handoffs and a sacrifice to the monolith gods — this episode is your blueprint for change.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we explore Conway’s Law — the idea that the way your teams communicate will directly shape the systems they build.

Originally introduced in 1968 (and still haunting engineering teams today), Conway’s Law isn’t just a quirky observation — it’s a powerful lens for understanding why product and technical decisions often reflect internal silos, not intentional design.

We’ll dive into examples of how organizational structure leaks into system architecture, why this matters for product managers, and how to use the Inverse Conway Maneuver to flip the script: shaping your team to design better systems — not the other way around.

If you've ever shipped a product that looked like a committee meeting... this one’s for you.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we dive into the LNO Framework by Shreyas Doshi — a no-nonsense lens to help Product Managers focus on the work that actually moves the needle.

We’ll break down how to categorize your tasks into Leverage, Neutral, and Overhead, and how that clarity can help you prioritize smarter, reduce busywork, and make more impact with less burnout.

We’ll also touch on Shreyas’ view of product leadership archetypes — the Operator, the Craftsperson, and the Visionary — and how understanding your own style can shape your influence, role fit, and the kind of work you should lean into.

If your to-do list is a mess of meetings, docs, and “quick questions,” this one’s for you.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we unpack the Kano Model — a powerful tool that helps Product Managers go beyond “what users say they want” and focus on what actually drives satisfaction (and surprise delight).

You’ll learn how to categorize features into Must-haves, One-dimensional satisfiers, Delighters, and Indifferent extras, and how to use Kano surveys and evaluation tables to prioritize what’s worth building. We’ll even touch on a real-world case study that applied the Kano Model to... university libraries in Sweden (because yes, even bookworms need good UX).

This episode will help you think more strategically about customer feedback, allocate resources with intention, and maybe — just maybe — build something your users didn’t know they’d love.

In this episode of The Product Handbook, we unpack Product-Market Fit — and go further with Brian Balfour’s Four Fits framework for building sustainable growth.

You’ll learn:

• Why Product-Market Fit is only the first step, and how it fuels (or stalls) growth
• The Four Fits: Market–Product, Product–Channel, Channel–Model, and Model–Market — and what alignment looks like in each
• How ARPU shapes which channels and business models actually make sense for your product
• Practical tools like Test Cards and Learning Cards to validate assumptions and measure progress

If you’ve ever wondered why some startups hit a wall after finding Product-Market Fit, this episode shows how aligning across all Four Fits is the real key to scaling.