Director’s Fallacy

Arkady Pildes
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Product strategy under constraints. What it takes to build digital products for media, AI, and audiences you can’t fully reach, track, or control. Lessons from censorship, distribution limits, and real-world trade-offs.

  1. 3d ago

    The Purpose of Metrics Is to Make Themselves Less Important

    We have spent years trying to become more data-driven. We built dashboards, defined KPIs, and measured almost everything. But what if the best organizations eventually need to rely on those metrics less, not more? This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/purpose-metrics-make-themselves-less-important-arkady-pildes-7iq3f This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    The Purpose of Metrics Is to Make Themselves Less Important

  2. Oct 6

    Progress Always Sends Someone the Bill

    Every major technology shift produces winners, increases output, and quietly leaves someone more tired. The first two are easy to track, so they dominate the story. The third is slower to surface, usually after the excitement fades. As AI prepares for its turn as the next revolution, it is worth asking whether we have even finished tallying the costs of the last one. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/progress-always-sends-someone-bill-arkady-pildes-2fkdf This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    Progress Always Sends Someone the Bill

  3. Sep 29

    If Money Motivated People, Management Would Be Easy

    Imagine a world where every salary increase immediately produced better decisions, stronger collaboration, and happier customers. Managers would stop worrying about culture, leadership, feedback, and strategy. HR could replace leadership development with payroll software. The fact that nobody believes this tells us something important. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-motivated-people-management-would-easy-arkady-pildes-e2lvf This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    If Money Motivated People, Management Would Be Easy

  4. Sep 22

    Burnout Is Not a Training Problem

    One of the strangest things in corporate life happens when a manager burns out. They have no energy left, struggle to concentrate, and dread opening their calendar. So naturally… We send them to a training course. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/burnout-training-problem-arkady-pildes-k73rf This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    Burnout Is Not a Training Problem

  5. Sep 15

    Would you fly on a Minimum Viable Product?

    Product managers love MVPs. Engineers love shipping. Executives love hearing the words “quick win.” Until the product happens to be an aircraft navigation system, a payment platform, or your company’s authentication service. Suddenly, nobody wants to iterate quite so publicly. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/would-you-fly-minimum-viable-product-arkady-pildes-vkcnf This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    Would you fly on a Minimum Viable Product?

  6. Sep 8

    The Most Expensive Myth in Business Is That Strong Leaders Exist

    Every organization eventually reaches the same conclusion: we need a stronger leader. A stronger Head of Product. A stronger Operations Director. A stronger Engineering Manager. It sounds perfectly reasonable. It is also one of the most expensive assumptions companies make. Leadership is rarely a property of a person. More often, it is a property of the match between a person and the situation they are placed in. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/most-expensive-myth-business-strong-leaders-exist-arkady-pildes-c1d7f This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    The Most Expensive Myth in Business Is That Strong Leaders Exist

  7. Sep 1

    You Cannot Build Mature Leaders with Immature Metrics

    There is something almost poetic about asking leadership development to prove its value by short-term business impact. We want mature leaders, yet we evaluate the development process with immature metrics. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-cannot-build-mature-leaders-immature-metrics-arkady-pildes-caksf This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    You Cannot Build Mature Leaders with Immature Metrics

  8. Aug 25

    Your Roadmap Is a Hypothesis, Not a Prophecy

    Product teams often build roadmaps as if they are describing the future. In reality, they are describing current assumptions about the future. That difference sounds small, but it changes everything. This episode is a companion to my LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-roadmap-hypothesis-prophecy-arkady-pildes-vxkbf This podcast is generated using an AI version of my voice from a script written and edited by me.

    Your Roadmap Is a Hypothesis, Not a Prophecy
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Product strategy under constraints. What it takes to build digital products for media, AI, and audiences you can’t fully reach, track, or control. Lessons from censorship, distribution limits, and real-world trade-offs.

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  • Creator
    Arkady Pildes
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Arkady Pildes
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    Director’s Fallacy