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Waqas’ Musings

Waqas Sheikh

The mental game of product work

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Escaping the boil

I write about the mental side of product, by sharing the mindsets and mental models that I’ve seen lead to durable success in the PM/product leadership role. Today’s essay will focus in on that idea of durability, by addressing the topic of...

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Contextualizing context

I have never resonated much with the metaphor of PMs as CEOs of the product. While it is a useful call to the agency and leadership aspects of our roles, it tends to imply far more centralized power than I believe should exist in a good pro...

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Depth blindness

In recent months, a surprising pattern has emerged around AI. Contrary to what many people predicted (and in some cases, sold to us), the use of AI at work has not reduced our workload; it’s had the opposite effect. Those of us immersed in...

3 months ago
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The uncanny trust valley

Reflection: writing is a form of communication, translating ideas from our minds to paper. Communication is a form of building connection, from us as the messengers to our receivers. And connection is how we build mutual trust, and ultima...

4 months ago
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Abundance needs curation

When we live in scarcity, we crave abundance. But when we live in abundance, we crave scarcity. The former is more obvious, while the latter is less so - but both are equally true. When we don’t have enough, we need more. But when we have t...

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