decisions

prioritization

The stakeholder request that aged like milk

May 5, 2026

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2 min read

The stakeholder request that aged like milk

The VP who demanded that integration left two months ago. The ticket is still marked urgent.

Tom Pinder

decisions

Your competitor research is already outdated

Apr 28, 2026

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2 min read

Your competitor research is already outdated

That competitive analysis from Q1? Three of those features have shipped. Two pivoted. One company got acquired.

Tom Pinder

workflow

Apr 21, 2026

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2 min read

The handoff is where ideas go to die

Product writes a spec. Engineering reads a different spec. Nobody notices until the PR is open.

Tom Pinder

decisions

Apr 14, 2026

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2 min read

What a decision audit looks like

You track bugs and velocity. You don't track how fast your team makes decisions. That's the metric that matters.

Tom Pinder

decisions

Apr 7, 2026

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2 min read

The 90-day rule

If nobody touched it in 90 days, it's dead. You're just too polite to say so.

Tom Pinder

decisions

Mar 24, 2026

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2 min read

Why your roadmap is a fiction

Roadmaps are snapshots pretending to be plans. By the time you present one, half of it is already wrong.

Tom Pinder

prioritization

Mar 23, 2026

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3 min read

The feature nobody asked for (anymore)

You shipped it. Nobody noticed.

Tom Pinder

workflow

Mar 23, 2026

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2 min read

The meeting that satisfies nobody

Your calendar is full. Your decisions aren't.

Tom Pinder

decisions

The stakeholder request that aged like milk

Your competitor research is already outdated

The handoff is where ideas go to die

What a decision audit looks like

The 90-day rule

Why your roadmap is a fiction

The feature nobody asked for (anymore)

The meeting that satisfies nobody

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