AI and the future of Product Managers

Interview with Amy Mitchell, Product Director at Dell and author of Product Management IRL newsletter

Amy Mitchell is a Product Director at Dell Technologies, leading the colocation services product team. She has over 20 years of product management experience in cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS), virtualization, storage, and networking.

She is also the author of Product Management IRL a weekly newsletter where she shares her experience and best practices to help you build world-class products, whether you're starting a business or already in a product management career.

Recently, Amy and I spoke about the potential impact of AI on the product manager’s role. 

Here is what we talked about:

1. AI as a supportive tool in product management tasks and decision-making

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2. Limitations of AI in complex product management activities like business case preparation and stakeholder influence

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3. The evolving role of product managers with AI adoption and its comparison to previous industry shifts

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4. Challenges and best practices in effectively using AI tools for product management

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5. Potential organizational changes and ethical considerations due to AI integration in product management

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You can check out the entire interview here.

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