https://davidbrimley.com/tags/leadership/ Recent content in Leadership on davidbrimley.com Hugo en-us © david brimley https://davidbrimley.com/posts/the-next-version-of-product-management/ Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidbrimley.com/posts/the-next-version-of-product-management/ <p><img src="https://davidbrimley.com/images/product-2.0.png" alt="The Next Version of Product Management"></p> <p><em>Image: <a href="https://easy-peasy.ai/ai-image-generator/images/young-hacker-surrounded-by-be719fd0-31e2-4a6f-9fa0-1be95ad643ee">&ldquo;Vibrant Cyberpunk Hacker Art&rdquo;</a> by <a href="https://easy-peasy.ai">Easy-Peasy.AI</a>, licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en">CC BY 4.0</a></em></p> <p>I think a lot of product managers are going to struggle in the next few years. Not because they&rsquo;re not smart or hardworking (most PMs I know are both), but because the thing that made them valuable is quietly being automated away, and what replaces it requires a fundamentally different mindset.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been thinking about this a lot lately. As someone who came up through the technical side before moving into product, I have a particular view on where this is all heading. I&rsquo;ll admit my perspective is shaped by where I sit, but I reckon the patterns are pretty clear if you&rsquo;re willing to look honestly at them.</p>