The Oracle of the C-Suite

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:19:00 -0800

About a year ago, I was asked to meet with a serial CMO who wanted to collaborate on a study about the declining influence of marketing leaders. She had a few tours of duty under her belt, all at well-recognized enterprise technology companies. I expected to swap war stories. Instead, I was an audience to an indictment.

She lamented that marketing’s responsibilities were being delegated to sales or to newly installed Chief Revenue Officers. She noted shrinking sponsorship and advertising budgets. She complained about CFOs who demanded justification for every dollar as if she were running a lemonade stand instead of a global brand. Her seat at the strategic table, she said, had become a folding chair in the hallway.

The Gospel of Product Management

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:20:00 -0800

Let’s be honest. We’ve fetishized Product Management. For far too many companies, it has become the organizational center of gravity, particularly in tech. With no offense to the hard-working folks who occupy the title—many of whom are exceptionally talented, and many of whom I consider friends and inspiring leaders—the industry has elevated the PM role to savior status. But much of this elevation happened because of an obsession with process-optimization and productivity.

Management on The Findings Report

The Oracle of the C-Suite

The Gospel of Product Management