Six months ago I started writing publicly about game product management and PM leadership in free to play games because I felt a pull I had ignored for years. I kept wondering why
As we approach the end of the year, every game team I know is deep in the same annual ritual: roadmap season. Leadership sets new financial targets. Finance tightens constraints. Teams scramble to
Why this topic matters
Most early-career PMs struggle with understanding why a game works, how systems interlock, and what design choices influence behavior. Game deconstructs are the fastest way to build design literacy,
This companion to my Data as a North Star series translates strategy into execution, a practical operational framework for diagnosing weekly revenue shifts in live games. While Expected Outcomes help you define success
Leading Through Chaos
Every leader eventually faces a season where nothing seems to work, whether you inherited it or walked in by choice. The roadmap is shifting, metrics are slipping, and progress feels
