Generative AI in Product Management
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The product workshop
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age of AI.
Courses, coaching and workshops from Maryam Aidini. Shape ideas, test them cheaply, and ship the ones that matter, with AI as your apprentice.
About
Product leader,
teacher and coach.
Maryam Aidini is a London based product leader with more than 12 years shaping strategy, innovation and growth across digital, data and AI products. She has taught on O'Reilly since 2017, helping thousands of practitioners worldwide, and has mentored hundreds of product managers.
2017Teaching on O'Reilly since
12 yrsAt Thoughtworks
18 yrsIn product and technology
- BloombergProduct strategy advisor and coachCurrent
- O'Reilly MediaCourse developer and instructor2017 to now
- Mesh AIPrincipal PM, data and AI2024 to 2025
- ThoughtworksPrincipal PM, strategy, transformation and innovation12 years, to 2024
Better products start with better questions. AI just helps you ask them faster.
Test the idea
before you build it.
Small, cheap experiments that show whether an idea deserves funding. The heart of Maryam's courses and book.
Courses and books
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Live and on demand courses on O'Reilly, plus a practical book on lean experimentation.
AI Prototyping for Everyone
Build working AI prototypes with no code, so product people who do not write software can test ideas fast.
Read the announcement90 Minutes to Better User Stories and Backlog Management
A five step storyboard: customer, journey, story map, MVP and story details. Leave with a backlog your team can actually deliver.
View on O'ReillyTesting and Validating Product Ideas with Lean
Design small, cheap experiments that tell you whether an idea deserves funding before you build it.
View on O'ReillyLean Experimentation in Action
A concise guide to validating product ideas and avoiding failure, written with Kylie Castellaw. 69 pages of practical experiment design.
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Consulting and coaching
Help for product teams
adopting AI.
1:1 product coaching
Ongoing mentoring for product managers and leaders on discovery, roadmaps, OKRs and using AI in daily product work.
Team workshops
Half day and full day sessions on discovery, story mapping, backlog health, lean experimentation and AI prototyping.
AI product strategy
Advisory for organisations, especially in financial services, shaping AI platform roadmaps, portfolios and the teams to deliver them.
- 01Tell me the goal. Share your context in a short enquiry.
- 02Scope together. A call to agree format, outcomes and timing.
- 03Work and measure. Coaching or workshops tied to clear outcomes.
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