The Cranky PM

Fixer of Broken Product Teams ❤️‍🩹

Anti-BS newsletter for product people: tools, templates & truth bombs 💣

Agile theater → Panic planning → Roadmap regrets → Fixed ✅

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Dec 15, 2025

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8 min read

Tech's 2025 innovation wasn't breakthrough technology, it was breakthrough bullshit. Here's the hall of fame for rebranding old code as revolution.

Dec 8, 2025

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8 min read

Your customer-centric approach isn't about being nice, it's about making money. Real customer-centricity drives revenue, not satisfaction scores.

Dec 1, 2025

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11 min read

Your dashboards grew from 3 meaningful metrics to 24 meaningless ones. Here's how zombie KPIs, vanity metrics, and metric inflation kill clarity.

Nov 24, 2025

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6 min read

Your dashboard is gorgeous but your decisions are still trash. Stop treating data like a magic 8-ball and start asking better questions.

Nov 17, 2025

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6 min read

Your "continuous improvement" is corporate theater. Teams perform improvement with sticky notes, not real work. Here's how to spot it and get better.

Nov 10, 2025

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4 min read

Your app launches fail because nobody knows who's supposed to do what when crunch time hits. Build countdown systems that run themselves.