michael williams
3x first product hire. writing about ai, craft, and how the system of software development is evolving.
work
current:
- →product consulting @ salices | 2026+
prev:
- →head of product @ serotonin | 2023-2026
- building @ se.ro
- →head of product @ unstoppable domains | 2020-2023
- →product coaching @ capital one | 2017-2020
- →director of product @ alpha | 2015-2017acquired
- →product & data @ learnvest | 2013-2015acquired
- →commodities trading @ various | 2009-2013
thoughts
- →moving up the stackaiorg design
- →the upgrade listaidev
- →introducing wtreleasedev
- →agentic desire pathsaiproduct
- →$300m for a cli?aistrategyproduct
- →code is fungible. trust isn't.aiproductstrategy
- →a 114-year-old playbook for ai software engineeringaiorg designmanagement
- →systemic product team designmanagementproductai
- →conferences vs. side eventseventssystems
- →your repo isn't worth protectingaicareerorg design
- →ghibli portraitssocial mediaprivacyai
- →superwhisper + claudeaiproductivityworkflow
- →four product principlesproductprinciples
- →okr tracking templategoalsresources
- →key resultsgoals
- →remote okr workshopsgoalsresources
- →top ten hundredproduct
- →okrs vs. kpisgoals
- →when okrs workokrs
- →communicating directiongoalscommunication
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- →product resourcesproductresources
- →prioritize with pythonproductresourcesdev
- →agile in three drawingsagilesystemsorgs
- →organizational entropymagagement
- →system dynamics + backlog managementproductsystems
- →schemasproductdev
- →excel formulasproductivityresources
- →gherkin + cucumberproduct
- →excel shortcutsproductivityresources