u/DeanOnDelivery

What 'Copilot 101' training is like for most PMs

Here's what most "Copilot 101" training looks like for product managers trying to get real work done.

Full disclosure, as someone who interviews quite a few product management organizations and teaches AI PM classes, I've seen more than my share of people who are quite overconfident in their abilities because they've managed to figure out just enough prompting to deliver 2x the crap in 1/2 the time ... not realizing that at the end of the day, they're still delivering crap.

Of course, this is only outdone by those who have taken some sort of course to become an expert at many AI tools well becoming the master of nothing in terms of value delivery.

Perhaps this is why anywhere from 80 to 95% of AI initiatives fail depending on which recent study you're citing?

And perhaps that's why so many product leaders are now scratching their head midway through 2026 realizing that even though they got everyone a Claude or Copilot seat, they have yet to be able to show any return on the investment?

Thoughts? Stories? Questions?

u/DeanOnDelivery — 10 days ago

Not every problem is a nail in search of a generative AI hammer

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. And just because the HiPPO has demanded you add a chatbot to your product doesn't mean it's the right thing to build.

So what are some stories you have of teams bolting on Yet Another Chatbot (YACht) when a different model of AI, or even no AI at all, made for a better solution to a real problem?

u/DeanOnDelivery — 19 days ago