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@randysilver.outofowls.com
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Product Management / Leadership Coach, Community Builder & Consultant. Co-Host of The Product Experience and Building Out Loud podcasts. outofowls.com cpo.social mindtheproduct.com/podcast

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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 02/08/2026
this is one of many reasons that we wrote the Makers Manifesto. makersmanifesto.org/manifesto Purpose over possibility Everything may be possible, not everything is worth building. WHAT IT'S NOT: “Everybody's a builder”. Shipping more because it's cheap, whether or not it's worth making.
Purpose over possibility
Everything may be possible, not everything is worth building.

WHAT IT'S NOT: “Everybody's a builder”. Shipping more because it's cheap, whether or not it's worth making.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 22/07/2026
new blog post alert: Boris Cherny's AI Maturity Model Is Smart. It's Also Incomplete. outofowls.com/blog/boris-chernys-ai…
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 14/07/2026
well done, Thames Water. 1. go to report no water 2. directed to report via WhatsApp 3. sorry, our WhatsApp service is down 4. no other way to report failing gracefully is basic service design. this doesn't cut it.
low pressure / no water page on the Thames water site, directing one to report via WhatsApp... with the WhatsApp service being shown as unavailable
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 01/07/2026
in the car, listening to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social 's Origin Story on paranormal investigation with Mr. 14, who mishears Bilderberg as Build-a-Bear Group.
origin story podcast cover
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 14/05/2026
a great start to the morning at @agilemanc.bsky.social / Agile Manchester from Kirsten Mann - photo tKen before she got us all line dancing. (no, really. and it was ace.)
kirsten mann speaking at Agile Manchester, in front of a slide that reads 'the board-to-build disconnect'
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 13/04/2026
London people! Next week, I'm hosting Kate Leto and @bfgmartin.bsky.social for a free event. Join us! Leadership is harder than ever - learn how to thrive while everyone is being disrupted. RSVP: go.outofowls.com/kate
Promo image for Kate Leto and Martin Eriksson event - full details at the link.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 29/03/2026
If you see this, post a concert photo you took
Moonchild Sanelly at End of the Road
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 29/03/2026
If you see this, post a concert photo you took
Bret McKenzie at Bush Hall
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 25/03/2026
One of the teams I'm working with is French. I'm bilingual, but unfortunately, only in English & American. Their English is strong, but not always up to the job. It's a miracle that we can collaborate, with transcription enabled and real-time translations, and that it works at all. But sometimes...
Screenshot that reads: It was like I got to when visits the point, because at two they don't come out there. Say potato basically don't history.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 13/03/2026
Back when I was a journalist (well, music critic/editor), I grabbed this book from the free pile in the office kitchen. Still my favorite.
Extraordinary Chickens book cover, showing a truly extraordinary chicken.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 09/01/2026
Can’t we JUST do this with AI? Prioritisation has always been hard - but the biggest challenge now is using the right terms to discuss AI requests. The possibilities are exciting, but it’s not magic fairy dust. @edbiden.bsky.social @hustlebadger.bsky.social Sign up here: luma.com/ybdbtxi2?tk=...
4 Practical takeaways you’ll get at
From Magic Pixie Dust to Strategic Decisions: Prioritising AI Requests
Why the word AI Breaks Your Prioritisation: 

How the hype around artificial intelligence escalates subjective bias and derails strategic decision-making...

And what you can do about it.
The Cynefin Advantage:

A proven framework, adapted for discussing the challenges and opportunities around AI,
helping you distinguish between processes that need simple automation and those requiring human judgment.​
Your Tech Stack Decision Tree: 

From RPA to LLM, from 
ML to Agentic — which approaches work for specific situations, with real examples.
​Making Better Decisions, Faster: 

How to have collaborative conversations across teams that turn "Magic Pixie Dust" requests into prioritised, well-scoped product opportunities.From Magic Pixie Dust to Strategic Decisions: Prioritising AI Requests - Randy Silver
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Wednesday 28 January
17:00 - 18:00 GMT
https://luma.com/ybdbtxi2
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 11/12/2025
When BAD OKRs happen to good people Most of the time, problems come from the OKRs being either: 😡Too Big 😱Focused on a specific Activity, emphasizing effort rather than results and impact 😠Or they’re Disconnected from overall strategy Yup, that's an excuse for BAD. outofowls.com/blog/when-ba...
angry face on a poster
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 11/12/2025
Tell me about it.
You've reached your thinking limit
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 08/12/2025
Public voting for @sxsw.com 2026 is open, and I've got two submissions - would love a vote: (and c'mon, SXSW London, get a Bsky handle!)
I applied to talk at SXSW London 2026, Vote for our submission
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 13/11/2025
When you say AI, I hear Magic Fairy Pixie Dust The word is useless without specificity. RPA? ML? Agentic? LLM? Check out our new, which guide maps technologies to problem complexity using Cynefin: bit.ly/cpoai2 Webinar with Jeff Gothelf & Joshua Seiden next week: www.linkedin.com/events/fromm...
Webinar with Randy Silver, Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden discussing how to Prioritise AI with a Cynefin approach

20 Nov, 6pm CET, 5pm UK, Noon Eastern, 9am Pacific
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 25/10/2025
An alarmed clock?
A clock, with cutouts that make it look like there's a sad/alarmed expression on the face.,
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 06/08/2025
When coaching, I mentally classify what people are talking about into issues that revolve around 4 Ps: 🎯 Priorities 🤼 People ⚙️ Processes 👀 & Perception This has proved really useful to others, too: outofowls.com/blog/the-pro... You can hear more about it here: www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1...
EP 135 - Product Environment Canvas with Randy Silver
The Product for Product Management podcast
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 01/07/2025
London! 15 July! Free @tamifrommiami.bsky.social talking about The Art of Influence - Gaining, keeping & mastering it & giving away some copies of her new book. Plus a panel chat with @mattlemay.com, @lilylimpet.bsky.social & @carwowuk.bsky.social's Sean Cason! RSVP at lu.ma/1zs55yzm
London Product people! Save the date - Tami Reiss will be in town on 15 July for an exclusive event on The Art of Influence - Gaining, keeping & mastering it. We get her talk, then Lily Smith, and Sean Cason will join for an engaging panel discussion. Plus, get a chance to win a copy of Tami's latest book, "What Do Product Managers Do?"

RSVP at https://lu.ma/1zs55yzm
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 27/05/2025
Today's question: is this a location for Andor, or a view from a London hotel where lê I'm facilitating a strategy offsite?
View of a round plaza with a white building and funky windows behind it
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 26/03/2025
A problem that crops up time & again: how to make impact when there's no strategy in place? Or when an ambition has been mistaken for an actual strategy? I'm giving a talk on the subject soon - but I'd love to hear from you. Please share your experience (outofowls.com/strategy-talk)
Pirates looking at a chart, commenting 'we have too few treasure maps and far too many org charts'
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 11/02/2025
I quite like Beeper (aggregator of messaging from various apps, but strangely not yet Bluesky...), but the image on the page for their Beta desktop build is just WEIRD. Who posts a sample image with this kind of conversation?
Interface for a chat app that includes this conversation: 

Why do you think that?
x
Well, I had a terrible vision. 
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Someone here, and by God's will, I know. We're that sort too, when duty calls we go. In these grave times frivolity's been banned. Fashion is unwomaned and unmanned. We have equal rights in death, disease, distress. And in hunger, filth and human sexlessness.
x
Definitely true.
X
Yea... A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards. 7:38 PM
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.
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And democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave. 
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Why do you think that?
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 13/01/2025
The best part of business travel is meeting up with amazing people in new cities. Lovely dinnerbin DC with @csteinlehner.com and others!
5 people at dinner, including me, but most aren't yet on bluesky
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 10/01/2025
Hey! For the last six(!) years, Lily Smith and I have been talking to amazing people on The Product Experience podcast every. single. week. 🎙️What (or who!) do you want to hear in future episodes? Help us craft podcast episodes that truly matter to you. 👉 forms.gle/vWxXtB1JntvK... #Product
The Product Experience, a Mind the Product podcast, with Lily Smith & Randy Silver - logo and headshots
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 12/12/2024
Quack! Which is your favourite duck?
Various Drawings of ducks on post-it notes
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 12/12/2024
Scenes from Rotterdam: Are you a Friqly Man or a Sissy Boy?
Shop called Friqly Man Shop called Sissy Boy
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 04/12/2024
@thormitchell.bsky.social was our very first guest on The Product Experience podcast, and it was great to have him back to chat about building an Associate Product Manager program during his time as a VP Product at Miro.
title card that reads: Building an Associate Product Manager program at Miro – Thor Mitchell (CPO Executive in Residence, Balderton Capital)
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 28/11/2024
Nice panel on modern product leadership in that there London, calling out plenty of BS that's often thought of as best practice. Good stuff from James Gunaca, Simon Cross, Nani Nitinavakorn, and Cinzia Ricciardone. Thanks to Mind the Product for hosting.
James Gunaca, Simon Cross, Nani Nitinavakorn, + Cinzia Ricciardone
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 19/11/2024
(I talked about this at Mind the Product last year, and released the model as a canvas. It was fun! More on that here: outofowls.com/blog/the-pro... )
Randy on stage at Mind the Product, at the frickin' Barbican!
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 12/11/2024
did not disappoint!
Slide reading, From what height would you need to drop a steak for it to be cooked when it hit the ground?
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 11/11/2024
Weird to be at the Barbican at this time of year and not be at a Mind the Product conference - but this should be equally nerdy and amazing.
Randall Munroe, What If?
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 18/08/2024
A brilliant full moon peeking out behind the clouds
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 01/11/2023
www.useronboard.com/features-vs-...
Mario + flower = superMario. The flower is not your product, SuperMario is
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 25/09/2023
Coming to the How To Web conference in Bucharest in October and want to up your product game? Join me for a half-day workshop on Product Discovery that Works: Get the Right Things Done, Faster. Limited to 25 seats! htwinstitute.com/workshop/pro...
Product Discovery that works - get the right things done, faster - with Randy Silver - at How to Web conference
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 12/07/2023
Yeah, all of the #product people have had their take on @Airbnb 's change in the PM role - and yet, there's still more: The Journey to Empowered Teams - Twitter, Airbnb & Tumblr www.linkedin.com/pulse/journey-empo…
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 12/07/2023
Yeah, all of the #product people have had their take on @airbnb.bsky.social's change in the PM role - and yet, there's still more: The Journey to Empowered Teams - Twitter, Airbnb & Tumblr www.linkedin.com/pulse/journey-empo…
a graph showing twitter, airbnb and tumblr on the journey from HOUSE ON FIRE to creating an empowered culture
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 30/06/2023
@ttorres kicking off #ProductatHeart and smashing it, talking about the practical ways to make Discovery a habit.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 30/06/2023
Teresa Torres kicking off #ProductatHeart and smashing it, talking about the practical ways to make Discovery a habit.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 21/06/2023
Being a Product Leader is a lonely job - but it doesn't have to be. That's why I started getting groups of CPOs together to support each other. They've been brilliant. Signups open now for July events. Sounds like something you want in on? Join at cpo.social
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 21/06/2023
Being a Product Leader is a lonely job - but it doesn't have to be. That's why I started getting groups of CPOs together to support each other. They've been brilliant. Signups are now open for July CPO Roundtables. Sounds like something you want to take part in? Join at www.cpo.social
CPO Circles logo
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 24/02/2023
The way most of us measure team effectiveness - velocity - is misused, wrong, and (nearly) useless. Just looking at how quickly we move is measuring outputs - Outputs don't pay the bills. You need to measure the value realised. The Myth of Velocity:...
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 14/02/2023
Some great @MTPpod feedback! Hey Randy, just listened to the episode on how to start a new PM job. Some really awesome advice on there, thanks for putting it together. You and Lily both do such great work for the community with that pod, very grateful buff.ly/3YGVJn6
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 28/01/2023
Part N of X, an ongoing photo essay about UX as lived, not as designed.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 27/01/2023
PIT{A} - Lean coffee for Product People - met for our 41st time this week! We talked about startup funding, working in non-profits, ChatGPT, and if you need to be good at making slide decks to be a Product Manager. Shoutouts to Russell Davies,…...
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 03/11/2022
Really enjoying @delizalde's new book, The B2B Innovator's Map. There are tons of practical + actionable things here... For one, When's the last time you mapped your SME/Enterprise product experience across all of these phases?
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 01/11/2022
1. Who is following Liz Truss on LinkedIn and why? 2. But fair play, she has updated her status
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 14/10/2022
When @ItamarGilad puts this slide up, it looks SO simple. #mtpcon
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 22/09/2022
Calling #HR / #People leaders! I'm looking to learn more about what your Product Development teams need to succeed. Please fill out this short (very short!) survey: forms.gle/PTusSy1QBUS3RvEb6 If you're also up for a short chat on the topic, I'll make a donation to...
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 09/09/2022
Actually, this could be a @TedLasso situation. @ECB_cricket - I'm up for it if you are!
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 09/09/2022
@LinkedIn, I think your job recommendation algorithm is a bit off. It sounds like a great gig, but coaching product people =! coaching cricket.
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randy silver @randysilver.outofowls.com · 22/07/2022
And a separate shoutout to @InezLiberato for sharing her approach to retros. They've never been one of my strengths, and they often felt a bit flat - but after adopting her approach, it's changed completely.
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