Confused to Confident Product Leader: Divya Chethan’s Leap of Faith

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Confused to Confident Product Leader: Divya Chethan’s Leap of Faith Imagine pouring two decades of your life into mastering a craft, only to find yourself standing at the foot of a new, intimidating mountain. A few years ago, Divya took a bold leap. She co-founded Crex, an AI-powered platform designed to make hiring global talent […]

Why Product Managers Are Questioning Their Relevance in 2025

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Why Product Managers Are Questioning Their Relevance in 2025 When Experience Starts to Feel Like Luggage You’ve shipped features, led teams, and built solid products. You’ve been doing this for a while. But lately, there’s this nagging thought: “Is what I know still enough?” If that’s crossed your mind, you’re not alone. At the Institute […]

The Kano Model: Unlock Smarter Feature Prioritization

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The Kano Model: Unlock Smarter Feature Prioritization Ever sat in a meeting where someone declared, “Our competitors just added six new features, so we need to add eight!”? It’s a knee-jerk reaction that ignores a startling truth: research suggests around 60% of product features gather digital dust, rarely or never used by customers. So how […]

Beyond the Resume: Skills That Truly Matter in the Age of AI Hiring

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Beyond the Resume: Skills That Truly Matter in the Age of AI Hiring In a world where AI can whip up a pitch deck faster than you can brew your coffee, the hiring game has changed a lot. It’s no longer just about your college degree or what’s listed under “skills” on your résumé. Hiring […]

Common Objections and Myths about MBA

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Common Objections and Myths about MBA In 2023, over 250,000 people applied to MBA programs globally, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council. That’s not a small number, especially when many on LinkedIn keep shouting, “You don’t need an MBA anymore!” But here’s the irony. For every post that says, “MBAs are outdated,” there’s a […]

Product Operations Manager: The Power Behind Great Product Teams

Product Operations Manager: The Power Behind Great Product Teams In 2018, LinkedIn listed Product Operations Manager among the most promising job titles in tech. Since then, this role has quietly exploded across product-led companies like Stripe, Atlassian, and Twilio. Why? Because when product teams scale rapidly, someone has to own the chaos. That someone is […]

Project Management Guide: Types, Key Benefits, and Professional Growth

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Project Management Guide: Types, Key Benefits, and Professional Growth Let’s go back to 2010. Nokia was still the global leader in mobile phones. But as Apple and Android devices were racing ahead with smartphones, Nokia was stuck in internal confusion. Despite having cutting-edge R&D and the resources to compete, product launches were constantly delayed, priorities […]

Traditional Product Manager vs AI Product Manager

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Traditional Product Manager vs AI Product Manager Not too long ago, a product manager’s job was straightforward: understand the customer, write the requirements, work with engineering, and ship the product. While that hasn’t fundamentally changed, what has changed is the pace, the complexity, and now, the intelligence powering it all. Artificial intelligence is no longer […]

Why Every Professional Should Consider a Full-Time MBA

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Why Every Professional Should Consider a Full-Time MBA In 2023, nearly 43% of MBA applicants had more than three years of work experience, according to GMAC. Since then, that figure has increased further. Why? Increasing numbers of professionals understand that experience alone doesn’t help them compete in the business world today. You could be doing […]