I’ve been guest lecturing at Stanford this Fall for Christina Wodtke in her CS 177: Human-Centered Product Management course. Last week, she, Albert Collell and I led a hackathon for the 80 students.

The power to create so much so quickly impressed the students and continually impresses me. These tools aren’t perfect but they have a growing role in how we manifest and test ideas.

I recently helped 40 PMs in a regulated industry brush up on their Discovery skills and get their feet wet using AI.

What made this day special? This participant quote captures it perfectly:

"The information was extremely practical and not just abstract. I felt like what I learned I could apply. The vibe prototyping was the best part as it made this more accessible to me that once before felt extremely daunting."

I’ll be answering questions about AI in Product Management at the end of July for a variety of Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) backed companies.

What makes a product not just useful, but irresistible? At our June ProductTank Silicon Valley meetup, we’re diving into what it takes to build products that truly resonate with users- emotionally, behaviorally, and experientially.

Unlike traditional hackathons that spanned full weekends and required well-balanced teams of designers, developers, and business thinkers, this modern AI hackathon offers just two hours of focused, hands-on experimentation.

Participants explore the latest AI tools like Replit, Bolt, v0, and Lovable, and walk away having built functioning prototypes without any coding experience.

Under stress, company leaders often revert to a “command and control” culture. Product teams and their leaders can change this trajectory by using quantitative and qualitative data to earn trust, speak truth to power and win over stakeholders.

Learn how an iterative, bottoms-up transformation can deliver positive results sooner without the risk incurred with big bang reorgs and changes.