AI Resources
Do the things machines can't
My motto for product work in the AI era: lead with judgment, creativity and taste, and know how to work well with AI, prompting included. These are the resources I keep coming back to, the ones I find gold standard.
Starting in product
- Pendo Learning LabFree, hour-long product courses from Pendo, where I earned my Product Analytics certification.
- Product Management First StepsA short, clear tour of what product managers do and how a product moves from idea to retirement.
- Transitioning to Product ManagementPractical advice for moving into product from another field, from building a portfolio to your first weeks in the job.
- Becoming a Product Manager: A Complete GuideA longer, hands-on course on user interviews, MVP experiments and agile delivery, for when you want to go deeper.
- ADPListFree 1:1 calls with working product managers, so you can ask the questions no course answers.
- The Professional Product OwnerOne of the most useful books I have read in this role: Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham on turning vision into measurable value.
Prompt well
- Prompt engineering overviewClear, practical techniques for getting reliable answers from Claude, and most of them carry over to any model.
- Prompt engineeringOpenAI's guide to the same craft, useful as a second opinion on how to structure instructions and examples.
- Prompt design strategiesGoogle's plain-spoken take on what to include in a prompt and what to leave out.
Learn the foundations
- AI for EveryoneAndrew Ng's non-technical course on what AI can and cannot do, and how to pick projects worth a team's time.
- Generative AI for EveryoneA calm introduction to how generative AI works, where it helps and where it still falls short.
- ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for DevelopersA short, free course that turns prompting into a few habits you can practice right away.
Think about AI products
- PAIR GuidebookGoogle's people-first guide to designing AI products, with questions I can bring straight into a discovery session.
- AI Product Management 2 Years InMarty Cagan on how generative AI changes the work of product teams, and why the role matters more, not less.
- Patterns for Building LLM-based Systems & ProductsHelps me talk with engineers about evals, retrieval and guardrails without guessing.
- Building Effective AI AgentsA sober look at when an agent is worth it and when a simple workflow is the better call.
Stay sharp and curious