Michael Luchen

How I Survived the Past 3 Years in Product Leadership When AI was just a sci-fi footnote and “product transformation” sounded like a buzzword, Michael Luchen was already in the trenches. In this episode, Hannah sits down with the original host of The CPO Club Podcast to unpack three years of change—from his early missteps to building scalable systems and navigating the AI tidal wave with nuance and strategy.

For remote-first teams, meetups can serve as the pit stop for team building—cultivating lasting psychological safety, among other benefits. For our team, this year's gathering in Chamonix, France, was notably meaningful, as it was our first meetup in over three years! With our company now more than three times the size than at previous meetups, our time together served as a critical milestone in our growth.

There's a lot of content, guides, textbooks, courses, and certifications available on agile product management. Honestly, you don't need all of that. At its core, agile product management is built around a simple, people-oriented philosophy. Many of the processes in which agile forms are simple and easy to understand. Yet, the complexity arises through misunderstood expectations, roles, and processes.