Adam Thomas

The Product Story: Why Most PMs Can't Explain What They Do

Discover which product story PMs should tell to align stakeholders, frame decisions, and lead through ambiguity with clarity.

Clarity · 4 min read

Better Case Studies for Better Products

Frame case studies that reveal true product insights—not just outcomes—to improve internal decisions and team alignment.

Empowerment · 4 min read

Accuracy vs Precision: Why Your Product Metrics Are Lying to You

Precision and accuracy may seem like the same thing, but understanding the distinction between them will let you level up your product management skills.

Clarity · 4 min read

Product Calculus: Why Linear Thinking Breaks Product Strategy

Because the world moves so fast, product management is seldom a linear process. We can’t afford to let our thought processes be linear, either. Welcome to product calculus.

Deep Dive · 4 min read

Survival Metrics: How Product Teams Know When to Stop

Stop, pivot, invest, written down before the work starts. Then saying stop is just reading back what you agreed.

Survival Metrics · 4 min read

Good Product Strategy Makes Every Decision Easier

Discover how clear product strategy simplifies decisions, empowers teams, and prevents wasted cycles—so your team moves with confidence.

Clarity · 4 min read

When Did You Last Talk to Your Customers?

Yes, I’m asking you. When was the last time you picked up the phone and have a conversation with your customers?

Clarity · 3 min read

Make Your Product Research Actually Matter

Learn how to turn research into influence so insights don’t sit in decks—but change what your team builds

Empowerment · 5 min read

How Great Product Managers Leverage Cognitive Bias

Discover how top PMs ethically leverage cognitive bias to influence better product decisions and user engagement.

Cognitive Bias · 3 min read

Secrecy Culture vs Privacy Culture: Why It Matters for Product Teams

Nobody's hiding anything. They just learned what's safe to say. That's the difference between privacy and secrecy.

Clarity · 4 min read

Customer Abdication: When Listening to Users Destroys Your Product

A game studio I worked with decided to let their users vote on what to build next. They built a beautiful feature-voting board. Customers ranked their requests. The product team built the top-voted features every quarter. The community loved it. The product team felt aligned. For about six

Clarity · 4 min read

Why You Should Exchange Your Epics for Initiatives

Your team has epics. Dozens of them, probably. Big, vague containers with names like "Improve Onboarding" or "Enterprise Readiness" or "Performance Improvements." They sit in your project management tool, accumulating stories like a junk drawer accumulates batteries. Nobody knows when they're done.

Agile Product Management · 5 min read