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randy silver
@randysilver.outofowls.com
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Product Management / Leadership Coach, Community Builder & Consultant
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Can’t we JUST do this with AI?

Prioritisation has always been hard - but the biggest challenge now is using the right terms to discuss AI requests. The possibilities are exciting, but it’s not magic fairy dust.

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4 Practical takeaways you’ll get at From Magic Pixie Dust to Strategic Decisions: Prioritising AI Requests Why the word AI Breaks Your Prioritisation: How the hype around artificial intelligence escalates subjective bias and derails strategic decision-making... And what you can do about it. The Cynefin Advantage: A proven framework, adapted for discussing the challenges and opportunities around AI, helping you distinguish between processes that need simple automation and those requiring human judgment. ​ Your Tech Stack Decision Tree: From RPA to LLM, from ML to Agentic — which approaches work for specific situations, with real examples. ​Making Better Decisions, Faster: How to have collaborative conversations across teams that turn "Magic Pixie Dust" requests into prioritised, well-scoped product opportunities. From Magic Pixie Dust to Strategic Decisions: Prioritising AI Requests - Randy Silver Jan 28 Wednesday 28 January 17:00 - 18:00 GMT https://luma.com/ybdbtxi2
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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We just wrapped up all of our recording slots for The Product Experience this year, and we've ha da LOT of great chats. So it's time for reflection and shoutouts.
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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How to lead product transformation at scale w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com www.mindtheproduct.com/leading-prod...
How to lead product transformation at scale – Jo Wickremasinghe (CPTO, BPP)
The world's leading product community
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December 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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When BAD OKRs happen to good people

Most of the time, problems come from the OKRs being either:
😡Too Big
😱Focused on a specific Activity, emphasizing effort rather than results and impact
😠Or they’re Disconnected from overall strategy

Yup, that's an excuse for BAD.

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angry face on a poster
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Tell me about it.
You've reached your thinking limit
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Public voting for @sxsw.com 2026 is open, and I've got two submissions - would love a vote:

(and c'mon, SXSW London, get a Bsky handle!)
I applied to talk at SXSW London 2026, Vote for our submission
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Why we need to design products for machines w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com www.mindtheproduct.com/why-we-need-...
Why we need to design products for machines – Katja Forbes (Executive Director, Standard Chartered Bank)
The world's leading product community
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November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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When you say AI, I hear Magic Fairy Pixie Dust

The word is useless without specificity. RPA? ML? Agentic? LLM?

Check out our new, which guide maps technologies to problem complexity using Cynefin: bit.ly/cpoai2

Webinar with Jeff Gothelf & Joshua Seiden next week: www.linkedin.com/events/fromm...
Webinar with Randy Silver, Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden discussing how to Prioritise AI with a Cynefin approach 20 Nov, 6pm CET, 5pm UK, Noon Eastern, 9am Pacific
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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When to say no to customers w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com www.mindtheproduct.com/when-to-say-...
When to say no to customers – Patrick Ndjientcheu (CPTO, Irembo)
The world's leading product community
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October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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An alarmed clock?
A clock, with cutouts that make it look like there's a sad/alarmed expression on the face.,
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Tools and techniques to scale product teams w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com‬ www.mindtheproduct.com/tools-and-te...
Tools and techniques to scale product teams – Charlotte King (Lead Product Manager, eBay)
As startups grow, product teams often find themselves caught between speed and structure. In this episode of The Product Experience, Charlotte King, Lead Product Manager at eBay, shares practical insi...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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How to build the right product culture during transformation w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com‬ www.mindtheproduct.com/how-to-build...
How to build the right product culture during transformation – Joca Torres (Product Consultant)
The world's leading product community
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September 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Thursday! NYC! One night only!
@thehonorableat.bsky.social @forssto.bsky.social Holly Hester-Reilly, Donna Lichaw + me talking about Product Leadership through Storytelling in the age of AI.

Join us!
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Product Leadership Through Storytelling in the Age of AI · Luma
Why is Product Management so hard? Too many product leaders are stuck on the conveyor belt - reacting to requests, juggling roadmaps, and slowly burning out.…
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September 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Why should we care about building accessible products? w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com‬ www.mindtheproduct.com/why-should-w...
Why should we care about building accessible products? - Dee Miller (Director, Product Strategy & Insights, Adobe)
In this episode of The Product Experience, Lily Smith and Randy Silver speak with Dee Miller, Director of Product Strategy and Insights for Product Equity at Adobe. Dee shares her personal journey int...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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How Stack Overflow is competing with AI w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com‬ www.mindtheproduct.com/how-stack-ov...
How Stack Overflow is competing with AI - Jody Bailey (CPTO, Stack Overflow)
In this episode of The Product Experience, Jody Bailey, CPTO at Stack Overflow, shares how the platform is adapting to AI, protecting its community, and embracing new revenue streams. We explore how L...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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When coaching, I mentally classify what people are talking about into issues that revolve around 4 Ps:
🎯 Priorities
🤼 People
⚙️ Processes
👀 & Perception

This has proved really useful to others, too: outofowls.com/blog/the-pro...

You can hear more about it here: www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1...
EP 135 - Product Environment Canvas with Randy Silver The Product for Product Management podcast
August 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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How to embrace the uncertain future of product w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com‬ www.mindtheproduct.com/how-to-embra...
How to embrace the uncertain future of product — Erica Wass (Product Consultant)
Erica Wass, Principal Product Consultant at Brainmates, joins the Product Experience podcast to share pragmatic tools for building strategic foresight into your roadmap. From horizon scanning to backc...
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August 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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London! 15 July! Free @tamifrommiami.bsky.social talking about The Art of Influence - Gaining, keeping & mastering it & giving away some copies of her new book.

Plus a panel chat with @mattlemay.com, @lilylimpet.bsky.social & @carwowuk.bsky.social's Sean Cason!

RSVP at lu.ma/1zs55yzm
London Product people! Save the date - Tami Reiss will be in town on 15 July for an exclusive event on The Art of Influence - Gaining, keeping & mastering it. We get her talk, then Lily Smith, and Sean Cason will join for an engaging panel discussion. Plus, get a chance to win a copy of Tami's latest book, "What Do Product Managers Do?" RSVP at https://lu.ma/1zs55yzm
July 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Today's question: is this a location for Andor, or a view from a London hotel where lê I'm facilitating a strategy offsite?
View of a round plaza with a white building and funky windows behind it
May 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Sunsetting features is crucial for creating space for more impactful product work and involves removing underused features that introduce hidden costs, complicating onboarding, UX, and development cycles.

From @randysilver.outofowls.com:

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How and when to sunset features - Roni Ben Aharon (CPO, Craft.io, Booking.com, Wix)
Sunsetting features is rarely a celebrated milestone in product, but it’s often one of the most critical. In this episode, Roni Ben Aharon CPO and CTO of Craft.io, joins Lily and Randy to share how hi...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Next week, @lilylimpet.bsky.social and I are talking to @stackoverflow.com.web.brid.gy's CPTO, Jody Bailey, for an upcoming episode of The Product Experience podcast. #productmanagement people - want do you want to know? What should we be asking him?
April 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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What product leaders can learn from mergers and acquisitions w/ @randysilver.outofowls.com www.mindtheproduct.com/what-product...
What product leaders can learn from mergers and acquisitions - Vincent Jong (CPO, Dealfront)
What product leaders can learn from mergers and acquisitions
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April 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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A problem that crops up time & again: how to make impact when there's no strategy in place? Or when an ambition has been mistaken for an actual strategy?

I'm giving a talk on the subject soon - but I'd love to hear from you.

Please share your experience (outofowls.com/strategy-talk)
Pirates looking at a chart, commenting 'we have too few treasure maps and far too many org charts'
March 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Yorai Gabriel discusses the concept of ‘drama’ in innovation and product management, emphasizing how tensions and conflicts within teams can be harnessed as a productive force.

From @randysilver.outofowls.com:

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How to use conflict to solve product problems - Yorai Gabriel (Author, The Innovators' Drama)
In this week's conversation on The Product Experience podcast, Yorai Gabriel discusses the concept of 'drama' in the context of innovation and product management. He explores how drama arises from ten...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM