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Ezinne Udezue
Ezene was CPO at WP Engine and VP of product at Procore.
1 episode · 1 sourced appearance
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Innovation4 steps
AI at the Core vs AI at the Edge
Decide whether to sprinkle AI onto existing code or rebuild the workflow with the LLM as the core
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Strategy3 steps
Ethnographic Insight Over Stated Preference
Observe what customers do, not what they say — AI transcript-reading is not true customer insight
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Communication3 steps
Opinionated Simplicity
Ship one compelling opinion instead of ten confusing options — you learn faster being wrong than being neutral
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Self-Mastery3 steps
Passion-Project Learning (An Eval for Your Life)
Learn new tech by picking one passion project that forces you to touch everything you need to learn
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Leadership3 steps
Strategy Activation via Crossing the Chasm
Treat internal strategy rollout as an adoption curve — over-communicate the why and manage early adopters vs laggards
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Entrepreneurship3 steps
The Sharp Problem
Build for old, enduring needs re-imagined with new tech so the improvement is 3-10x undeniable
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Leadership3 steps
The Shipyard Team
Organize product work as a six-capability pod of controlled chaos with sensory 'tendrils' to customers
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Resources in their episodes
- Airbnb
- Atlassian
- Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
- Building Rocket Ships: Product Management for High-Growth Companies
- Claude
- Clay
- Coda
- Framer
- Gamma
- GPT
- Home Assistant
- Lenny's Newsletter
- Lenny's Podcast
- LM Studio
- Lovable
- Mercury
- Microsoft
- Nespresso Vertuo
- Ollama
- OpenAI
- Paradise
- Postman
- Procore
- Sinners
- The Let Them Theory
- Typeform
- Vanta
- Whisper
- WP Engine
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