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Lessons from Naomi Gleit

Naomi Gleit, Meta’s Head of Product and longest-serving executive after Mark Zuckerberg, developed the PM as Conductor framework and internal execution standards. Her operating model centers disciplined communication, cross-functional leadership, and product strategy within a large social network.
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Lessons from Mayur Kamat

Mayur Kamat, a product leader with experience at Google, Binance, and N26, structures organizations for rapid decisions and treats strategy as a sequence of fast hypotheses. His principles connect execution, career development, and product building in regulated environments.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Maya Prohovnik

Maya Prohovnik, Anchor’s first employee and Spotify’s VP of Podcast Product, is leading a shift from audio-only feeds toward interactive video. Her work highlights how creator tools are built and how dogfooding operates in practice.
Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Max Schoening

Max Schoening, Notion’s Head of Product and former GitHub VP of Design, advances the “tiny core” theory and malleable software. His ideas explore how AI can move software creation beyond rigid job titles toward hands-on agency and rapid prototyping.
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Lessons from Matt LeMay

Matt LeMay, consultant, coach, and author of Product Management in Practice and Agile for Everybody, created the One Page / One Hour pledge. It cuts busywork, prompts earlier collaboration, and ties daily tasks to business survival amid organizational constraints.
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Lessons from Marily Nika

Marily Nika, an AI product leader who built machine-learning products at Google and Meta, teaches AI Product Sense: translating unpredictable, probabilistic models into reliable experiences. Her methods address model uncertainty, AI-native workflows, and career transitions in technology.
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Lessons from Maggie Crowley

Maggie Crowley, a former Olympic speed skater and product leader, popularized the one-pager as a tool for simplifying customer problems before execution. Her philosophy combines teamwork, strategic pacing, and an honest view of the unglamorous realities of shipping software.
Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Lauryn Isford

Lauryn Isford, a product leader who scaled product-led growth at Notion and Airtable, drives self-serve revenue by redesigning onboarding and defining precise activation metrics. Her methods show how software can sell itself and how teams should be structured to sustain it.

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