Best of LinkedIn: Digital Products & Services CW 26/ 27

Over the past two weeks the conversation shifted from hype to execution. Thought leaders zeroed in on pragmatic AI adoption, outcome-anchored product strategies, and capability building that sustains continuous delivery and learning.

Methodology: Every two weeks we collect most relevant posts on LinkedIn for selected topics and create an overall summary only based on these posts. If you´re interested in the single posts behind, you can find them here: https://linktr.ee/thomasallgeyer. Have a great read!

Product Strategy & Metrics

  • High-performing teams replace vanity dashboards with outcome-based metrics that tie every experiment to business value

  • Clear, prioritised roadmaps and disciplined discovery keep resources focused on strategic bets and speed up growth cycles

  • Launch excellence requires embracing failure, rapid iteration, and continuous learning as non-negotiable norms

AI-Powered Product Development

  • Experts warn that 70–80 % of AI initiatives still fail and prescribe rigorous product thinking and user validation as antidotes

  • AI augments dual-track agile, allowing smaller squads to test, learn, and ship validated software faster

  • Fashion brands demonstrate tangible AI ROI through 3D simulation tools that compress sample cycles and cut material waste

Customer Experience & Personalisation

  • Dynamic product-listing recommendations emerge as a proven lever to lift ARPU by refining user journeys

  • Practitioners advocate “silent” AI enhancements that create seamless experiences instead of spotlight-seeking chatbots

Capability Building & Leadership Development

  • Learning functions reposition from order takers to strategic partners, embedding capability building into the product lifecycle

  • Curated podcasts, benchmarks, and coaching frameworks equip leaders to link product decisions directly to financial impact

Ecosystem Events & Community Momentum

  • Pendomonium NYC injected product-led-growth skills into operations teams, reinforcing data-driven decision making

  • Product at Heart Hamburg fostered peer exchange among European product leaders, strengthening a collaborative community

  • Proposed collaborations such as personalised-recommendation pilots for Mister Spex signal rising cross-industry partnerships

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