Best of LinkedIn: Digital Products & Services CW 38/ 39

We curate most relevant posts about Digital Products & Services on LinkedIn and regularly share key take aways. This edition provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of Product Management (PM), with a strong focus on the disruptive influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Multiple authors highlight that AI is becoming a necessary co-pilot, accelerating product development, reducing costs, and enabling PMs to shift from tactical "firefighting" to strategic thinking by freeing up time for high-impact work. A key theme is the rise of the AI Product Manager role, requiring specific technical, strategic, and measurement skills, although some sources argue that AI simply augments the core PM function—understanding customer problems and delivering value. Furthermore, the texts stress the importance of lean product development principles, such as rapid prototyping, continuous experimentation, and basing decisions on functional usage data rather than mere opinions or assumptions, while also focusing on organizational issues like maintaining strategic balance and financial acumen. This podcast was created via Google Notebook LM.