Patrick Sauerwein
@srwn.bsky.social
Product person in love with humanity & software. Cat lover. In Product since 2006. Private account. he/him/his
#prodmgmt #productmanagement
#prodmgmt #productmanagement
Welcome to the Feature Factory with no problem-solution fit.
#productmanagement
#productmanagement
A use case is a solution to a problem they wish you had
"Altman, though, said AI adoption has been slower than what he expected despite the growing use cases ranging from medical research to writing software."
is that good?
www.reuters.com/business/ope...
is that good?
www.reuters.com/business/ope...
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Welcome to the Feature Factory with no problem-solution fit.
#productmanagement
#productmanagement
Great read, highly recommend! Watch out the cross references too! #productmanagement
The most common strategy for "AI-proofing" your career is to get good at using AI tools.
This is futile, because no one is using AI tools to make things that are *good.* The goal is to check the box on the project plan at a predictable pace.
To AI-proof your job, get out of the project game.
This is futile, because no one is using AI tools to make things that are *good.* The goal is to check the box on the project plan at a predictable pace.
To AI-proof your job, get out of the project game.
You can't "AI-proof your career" with a project mindset
Competing with LLMs on output velocity is a fool's errand because you will always lose. You can only beat them by curing yourself of your computer brain.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Great read, highly recommend! Watch out the cross references too! #productmanagement
10.5 hours with #YearCompass taught me I constantly overcommit and overplan.
2026: Stand up!
More gratitude.
More grounded.
More writing.
What's your word for this year?
virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/18/s...
#Reflection #PersonalGrowth
2026: Stand up!
More gratitude.
More grounded.
More writing.
What's your word for this year?
virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/18/s...
#Reflection #PersonalGrowth
Setting Intentions for 2026: Lessons Learned from YearCompass
In early 2026, I dedicated 10.5 hours over three days to YearCompass for reflection and planning. Previously dissatisfied with the tool, I found renewed value this year, gaining insights about mana…
virtualpatrick.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
10.5 hours with #YearCompass taught me I constantly overcommit and overplan.
2026: Stand up!
More gratitude.
More grounded.
More writing.
What's your word for this year?
virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/18/s...
#Reflection #PersonalGrowth
2026: Stand up!
More gratitude.
More grounded.
More writing.
What's your word for this year?
virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/18/s...
#Reflection #PersonalGrowth
Happy New Year! 🎉
Chased frameworks for years. The breakthrough? Understanding myself first, then how people think.
Self-awareness beats another playbook every time.
Read more: virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/06/self-awareness-the-product-skill-nobody-teaches/
What's your take?
#productmanagement
Chased frameworks for years. The breakthrough? Understanding myself first, then how people think.
Self-awareness beats another playbook every time.
Read more: virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/06/self-awareness-the-product-skill-nobody-teaches/
What's your take?
#productmanagement
Self-Awareness: The Product Skill Nobody Teaches
Happy New Year! 🎉🥳🍀 I’d like to reflect about a post by Shreyas from last year for 2026 that got my attention: You can keep chasing 100s of frameworks, mental models, tactics, playbooks, succ…
virtualpatrick.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Happy New Year! 🎉
Chased frameworks for years. The breakthrough? Understanding myself first, then how people think.
Self-awareness beats another playbook every time.
Read more: virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/06/self-awareness-the-product-skill-nobody-teaches/
What's your take?
#productmanagement
Chased frameworks for years. The breakthrough? Understanding myself first, then how people think.
Self-awareness beats another playbook every time.
Read more: virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/06/self-awareness-the-product-skill-nobody-teaches/
What's your take?
#productmanagement
Eben dein Video auf LinkedIn gesehen und dachte mir, dann folge ich @gerhardkuehne.bsky.social hier auch mal. Bin gespannt. Frohes neues Jahr noch auf diesem Wege! 🎆🎊🥂
January 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Eben dein Video auf LinkedIn gesehen und dachte mir, dann folge ich @gerhardkuehne.bsky.social hier auch mal. Bin gespannt. Frohes neues Jahr noch auf diesem Wege! 🎆🎊🥂
Ganz starker Podcast, ich habe so viel gelernt, dass ich ihn jetzt das zweite Mal höre. Danke, @claudmajor.bsky.social und @neudenken-podcast.bsky.social für diesen Beitrag! 🙏❤️
Sicherheit hängt von unterschiedlichen Grundfragen ab. Anhand ihrer Antworten lässt sich unser Verständnis von Sicherheit ablesen.
Darüber sprechen Claudia Major und Maja Göpel in der neuen Folge NEU DENKEN.
Hört sie euch jetzt an.
Darüber sprechen Claudia Major und Maja Göpel in der neuen Folge NEU DENKEN.
Hört sie euch jetzt an.
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ganz starker Podcast, ich habe so viel gelernt, dass ich ihn jetzt das zweite Mal höre. Danke, @claudmajor.bsky.social und @neudenken-podcast.bsky.social für diesen Beitrag! 🙏❤️
My 2025: reconnecting with my German roots 🇩🇪
Culture Map insight led me to digital sovereignty questions:
→ USA: 75% AI | EU: 5%
→ $109B vs $8B investment
→ EU OS: 0%
Local action via ProductTank Frankfurt.
Full story 👇
virtualpatrick.com/2025/12/30/f...
#reflection #productmanagement
Culture Map insight led me to digital sovereignty questions:
→ USA: 75% AI | EU: 5%
→ $109B vs $8B investment
→ EU OS: 0%
Local action via ProductTank Frankfurt.
Full story 👇
virtualpatrick.com/2025/12/30/f...
#reflection #productmanagement
Finding Ground: Identity and Values in 2025
2025 was another year of intense learning. It challenged how I view collaboration, my European and German identity, and the fragile foundation upon which our digital society is built. The Culture M…
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December 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My 2025: reconnecting with my German roots 🇩🇪
Culture Map insight led me to digital sovereignty questions:
→ USA: 75% AI | EU: 5%
→ $109B vs $8B investment
→ EU OS: 0%
Local action via ProductTank Frankfurt.
Full story 👇
virtualpatrick.com/2025/12/30/f...
#reflection #productmanagement
Culture Map insight led me to digital sovereignty questions:
→ USA: 75% AI | EU: 5%
→ $109B vs $8B investment
→ EU OS: 0%
Local action via ProductTank Frankfurt.
Full story 👇
virtualpatrick.com/2025/12/30/f...
#reflection #productmanagement
⏰ Monday! Matt LeMay online, Dec 15, 7-8pm CET. Learn how to build impact-first product teams from someone who visited 18 ProductTanks this year. Don’t miss it! 🎯
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement #ProductTank
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement #ProductTank
Impact-first Product Teams, Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**🎯 Is your Product Team putting Impact First in the New Year?**
As we close out the year, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on the impact our product teams create — and
meetup.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
⏰ Monday! Matt LeMay online, Dec 15, 7-8pm CET. Learn how to build impact-first product teams from someone who visited 18 ProductTanks this year. Don’t miss it! 🎯
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement #ProductTank
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement #ProductTank
🎯 Last chance to catch Matt LeMay this year! Join us online Dec 15, 7-8pm CET for insights on building impact-first product teams. Matt visited 18 ProductTanks across Europe - don’t miss this exclusive session! ✨
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement
Impact-first Product Teams, Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**🎯 Is your Product Team putting Impact First in the New Year?**
As we close out the year, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on the impact our product teams create — and
meetup.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🎯 Last chance to catch Matt LeMay this year! Join us online Dec 15, 7-8pm CET for insights on building impact-first product teams. Matt visited 18 ProductTanks across Europe - don’t miss this exclusive session! ✨
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement
RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909
#ProductManagement
Reposted by Patrick Sauerwein
Here's my new podcast episode with Tim Herbig, product management coach and author of "Real Progress". Tim thinks too many product teams are making "Alibi Progress" and wants to help teams make real progress by helping them identify where they're getting blocked up.
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here's my new podcast episode with Tim Herbig, product management coach and author of "Real Progress". Tim thinks too many product teams are making "Alibi Progress" and wants to help teams make real progress by helping them identify where they're getting blocked up.
The more I‘m listening to Give and Take by Adam Grant the more I fall in love with it.
Found myself as a giver and learn more about myself and how to make use out of it. Super helpful for me as a long time IC in Product Management.
More here: adamgrant.net/book/give-an...
Found myself as a giver and learn more about myself and how to make use out of it. Super helpful for me as a long time IC in Product Management.
More here: adamgrant.net/book/give-an...
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The more I‘m listening to Give and Take by Adam Grant the more I fall in love with it.
Found myself as a giver and learn more about myself and how to make use out of it. Super helpful for me as a long time IC in Product Management.
More here: adamgrant.net/book/give-an...
Found myself as a giver and learn more about myself and how to make use out of it. Super helpful for me as a long time IC in Product Management.
More here: adamgrant.net/book/give-an...
Recommended read by @spavel.bsky.social productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/amazon-s-l...
So much this:
Managing deliverables rather than outcomes — trying to chase certainty of the design process, rather than finding certainty through the design process — will always fail to achieve real impact.
So much this:
Managing deliverables rather than outcomes — trying to chase certainty of the design process, rather than finding certainty through the design process — will always fail to achieve real impact.
Amazon's layoffs are driven by something even stupider than AI
Andy Jassy wants you to think that velocity can make up for lack of strategy. But "build, measure, learn" only works if you're willing to learn.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Recommended read by @spavel.bsky.social productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/amazon-s-l...
So much this:
Managing deliverables rather than outcomes — trying to chase certainty of the design process, rather than finding certainty through the design process — will always fail to achieve real impact.
So much this:
Managing deliverables rather than outcomes — trying to chase certainty of the design process, rather than finding certainty through the design process — will always fail to achieve real impact.
Alibi Progress vs. Real Progress 🎯
Tim Herbig brings "Real Progress" to Frankfurt Nov 20!
Learn how Strategy, OKRs & Discovery work as a system.
📚 Signed books + pizza & drinks
⚠️ Limited spots!
→ meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/311422024
#ProductManagement #ProductStrategy
Tim Herbig brings "Real Progress" to Frankfurt Nov 20!
Learn how Strategy, OKRs & Discovery work as a system.
📚 Signed books + pizza & drinks
⚠️ Limited spots!
→ meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/311422024
#ProductManagement #ProductStrategy
Making “Real Progress” with Tim Herbig, Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Gude, Product People! 👋
Many teams experience it every day: they’re busy, but not truly effective. Customer interviews, OKRs, roadmaps – on paper everything looks like pr
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November 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Alibi Progress vs. Real Progress 🎯
Tim Herbig brings "Real Progress" to Frankfurt Nov 20!
Learn how Strategy, OKRs & Discovery work as a system.
📚 Signed books + pizza & drinks
⚠️ Limited spots!
→ meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/311422024
#ProductManagement #ProductStrategy
Tim Herbig brings "Real Progress" to Frankfurt Nov 20!
Learn how Strategy, OKRs & Discovery work as a system.
📚 Signed books + pizza & drinks
⚠️ Limited spots!
→ meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/311422024
#ProductManagement #ProductStrategy
Just learned that #Anthropic’s #Claude will use user data for training unless you opt out by September 28, 2025.
Wondering if that’s now the new default for AI?
I opted out. You might want to check your privacy settings too!
#AI #Privacy #DataProtection #Claude #Anthropic
Wondering if that’s now the new default for AI?
I opted out. You might want to check your privacy settings too!
#AI #Privacy #DataProtection #Claude #Anthropic
August 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Just learned that #Anthropic’s #Claude will use user data for training unless you opt out by September 28, 2025.
Wondering if that’s now the new default for AI?
I opted out. You might want to check your privacy settings too!
#AI #Privacy #DataProtection #Claude #Anthropic
Wondering if that’s now the new default for AI?
I opted out. You might want to check your privacy settings too!
#AI #Privacy #DataProtection #Claude #Anthropic
Anyone in #ProductManagement or #Agile have good articles on writing/using #PRDs today?
Curious about the current state of the practice:
- Do you still use PRDs?
- When was the last time?
- What’s your take?
Open to different contexts and perspectives. #ProductDesign #Lean #AgileProductManagement
Curious about the current state of the practice:
- Do you still use PRDs?
- When was the last time?
- What’s your take?
Open to different contexts and perspectives. #ProductDesign #Lean #AgileProductManagement
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Anyone in #ProductManagement or #Agile have good articles on writing/using #PRDs today?
Curious about the current state of the practice:
- Do you still use PRDs?
- When was the last time?
- What’s your take?
Open to different contexts and perspectives. #ProductDesign #Lean #AgileProductManagement
Curious about the current state of the practice:
- Do you still use PRDs?
- When was the last time?
- What’s your take?
Open to different contexts and perspectives. #ProductDesign #Lean #AgileProductManagement
Made me smile today. Seems like I‘m in the software industry too long and seen this too often.
Root causes could be different. Tech debt is real.
Even best engineering skills fail if problem-solution fit is not accomplished.
What do you think about that?
#productmanagement #prodmgmt
Root causes could be different. Tech debt is real.
Even best engineering skills fail if problem-solution fit is not accomplished.
What do you think about that?
#productmanagement #prodmgmt
(comic) Temporary fixes, permanent consequences.
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Made me smile today. Seems like I‘m in the software industry too long and seen this too often.
Root causes could be different. Tech debt is real.
Even best engineering skills fail if problem-solution fit is not accomplished.
What do you think about that?
#productmanagement #prodmgmt
Root causes could be different. Tech debt is real.
Even best engineering skills fail if problem-solution fit is not accomplished.
What do you think about that?
#productmanagement #prodmgmt
🎉 Double celebration! Product Field + ProductTank Frankfurt both hit 10 years!
🌡️ Hot night • 🧠 Learning • 🤝 Networking • 🍕 Pizza
Next: Matt LeMay Oct 20 + book raffle!
📎 virtualpatrick.com/2025/08/16/c...
🎯 www.meetup.com/producttank-...
#ProductManagement #Frankfurt #ProductTank @kpfrahm.com
🌡️ Hot night • 🧠 Learning • 🤝 Networking • 🍕 Pizza
Next: Matt LeMay Oct 20 + book raffle!
📎 virtualpatrick.com/2025/08/16/c...
🎯 www.meetup.com/producttank-...
#ProductManagement #Frankfurt #ProductTank @kpfrahm.com
Celebrating 10 Years of Product Field & ProductTank Frankfurt
TL;DR Loved the ProductTank Frankfurt reboot celebrating a decade of Product Field and ProductTank Frankfurt? Don’t miss our next event with Matt LeMay on October 20, 2025 – register now! The…
virtualpatrick.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎉 Double celebration! Product Field + ProductTank Frankfurt both hit 10 years!
🌡️ Hot night • 🧠 Learning • 🤝 Networking • 🍕 Pizza
Next: Matt LeMay Oct 20 + book raffle!
📎 virtualpatrick.com/2025/08/16/c...
🎯 www.meetup.com/producttank-...
#ProductManagement #Frankfurt #ProductTank @kpfrahm.com
🌡️ Hot night • 🧠 Learning • 🤝 Networking • 🍕 Pizza
Next: Matt LeMay Oct 20 + book raffle!
📎 virtualpatrick.com/2025/08/16/c...
🎯 www.meetup.com/producttank-...
#ProductManagement #Frankfurt #ProductTank @kpfrahm.com
Nice - will give it a try!
Installing gpt-oss-20b via @lmstudio-ai.bsky.social
My hard drive is mostly now just filled with LLMs
lmstudio.ai/blog/gpt-oss
My hard drive is mostly now just filled with LLMs
lmstudio.ai/blog/gpt-oss
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nice - will give it a try!
Reposted by Patrick Sauerwein
August 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I’m still wondering about inflation in Europe or if prices are simply getting more expensive.
For example, I recently bought a panini with tomato, tuna, and some fresh fruits for takeaway, with 100 grams or less. To my surprise, it cost me approximately 12 Euros.
What are your thoughts on this?
For example, I recently bought a panini with tomato, tuna, and some fresh fruits for takeaway, with 100 grams or less. To my surprise, it cost me approximately 12 Euros.
What are your thoughts on this?
August 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’m still wondering about inflation in Europe or if prices are simply getting more expensive.
For example, I recently bought a panini with tomato, tuna, and some fresh fruits for takeaway, with 100 grams or less. To my surprise, it cost me approximately 12 Euros.
What are your thoughts on this?
For example, I recently bought a panini with tomato, tuna, and some fresh fruits for takeaway, with 100 grams or less. To my surprise, it cost me approximately 12 Euros.
What are your thoughts on this?
Pavel’s blog post is worth reading. It should encourage everyone to consider a more human perspective on AI.
#productmanagement
#productmanagement
Users hate AI. So tech made it mandatory. Even if you don't use it, it pollutes what you read and how systems make decisions. The computer's hallucinated word is final.
And it needs all of your data to do it.
In the age of no consent, UX exists to normalized complete acquiescence to surveillance:
And it needs all of your data to do it.
In the age of no consent, UX exists to normalized complete acquiescence to surveillance:
The AI age is the "age of no consent"
"Inevitability" means design decisions are no longer informed by user needs; now they are unilaterally imposed. The users are the ones being designed.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Pavel’s blog post is worth reading. It should encourage everyone to consider a more human perspective on AI.
#productmanagement
#productmanagement
Ah, I see. It all comes with certain costs. The question is, who will benefit from what? Balance and Karma - live and let live.
What are your thoughts on that?
Would you buy or try the product?
Source: techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/t...
#AI #windsurf #cognition #worklifebalance #productmanagement
What are your thoughts on that?
Would you buy or try the product?
Source: techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/t...
#AI #windsurf #cognition #worklifebalance #productmanagement
August 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Ah, I see. It all comes with certain costs. The question is, who will benefit from what? Balance and Karma - live and let live.
What are your thoughts on that?
Would you buy or try the product?
Source: techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/t...
#AI #windsurf #cognition #worklifebalance #productmanagement
What are your thoughts on that?
Would you buy or try the product?
Source: techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/t...
#AI #windsurf #cognition #worklifebalance #productmanagement
Life of a product manager at enterprises: open.substack.com/pub/workchro...
@workchronicles.bsky.social
#hidethepain
#prodmgmt #productmanagement
@workchronicles.bsky.social
#hidethepain
#prodmgmt #productmanagement
(comic) Just checking in
Comics about work. Made with love and lots of coffee.
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Life of a product manager at enterprises: open.substack.com/pub/workchro...
@workchronicles.bsky.social
#hidethepain
#prodmgmt #productmanagement
@workchronicles.bsky.social
#hidethepain
#prodmgmt #productmanagement