The CIA Sabotage Manual for Product Organizations

Simple Sabotage: What the CIA Knew About Dysfunctional Product Orgs

Oct 27 • Benedikt Kantus

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AI made feasibility almost trivial. It has not touched value, viability, or usability.

When anyone can ship software in an afternoon, judgment becomes the scarcest resource in your company.

Oct 13 • Benedikt Kantus

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September 2026

I review every week: Why and how

The weekly practice that helps product managers and engineers grow faster

Sep 29 • Benedikt Kantus

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UX should just be called Experience Design

Most people think UX designers just make things look pretty (and how to change that)

Sep 15 • Benedikt Kantus

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AI product management: Familiar enough to start, different enough to fail

Four helpful approaches that matter when you build AI tools

Sep 1 • Benedikt Kantus

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August 2026

Just Show Me the Prompt

AI writes it, AI reads it. And your thinking disappears in between

Aug 18 • Benedikt Kantus

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AI won't kill the PM role. Same job, better tools.

Generative AI is a powerful new tool. The core of the job remains exactly what it always was.

Aug 4 • Benedikt Kantus

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July 2026

Why Shape Up might not be for you

Why Shape Up might not be for you

Jul 28 • Benedikt Kantus and Roman Nikolaev

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You're not failing at product transformation. You're playing the wrong game.

Most transformation playbooks were written for companies that were already halfway there. What to do when yours isn't.

Jul 21 • Benedikt Kantus

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Why stepping in to improve things is always wrong

And when to do it anyway

Jul 14 • Benedikt Kantus and Luca Foppoli

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Product Sense

How to recognize and resolve the tension between analytics and instinct

Jul 7 • Benedikt Kantus

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June 2026

Relationship-driven vs. process-driven organisations

Why talented people burn out in the wrong company culture

Jun 23 • Benedikt Kantus

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