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People Are People (And Other Product Lessons From Depeche Mode)
Jan 28, 2026

People Are People (And Other Product Lessons From Depeche Mode)

What a British synth band understands about users, empathy, and the details that actually matter

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Your Chaos Is an Architecture Problem (Not a People Problem)
Jan 15, 2026

Your Chaos Is an Architecture Problem (Not a People Problem)

That PM you hired to fix things? They need something from you first.

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
What You Should Do Before Your Goals Go Wrong
Dec 23, 2025

What You Should Do Before Your Goals Go Wrong

Why planning for failure might be more important than planning for success

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Focusing on goals can cause you to miss them (an why habits are better)
Dec 04, 2025

Focusing on goals can cause you to miss them (an why habits are better)

Why habits might be more important than your goals

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Why Your Goals Keep Stalling Out (And the Framework That Turns Dreams Into Done)
Nov 20, 2025

Why Your Goals Keep Stalling Out (And the Framework That Turns Dreams Into Done)

Why the system you use to achieve your goals is just as important as the goals themselves.

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
The 3 Time Horizons: How to Think Now, Next and Later (Without Losing Your Mind)
Nov 13, 2025

The 3 Time Horizons: How to Think Now, Next and Later (Without Losing Your Mind)

The simple framework that stops you from choosing between today's fires and tomorrow's vision.

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Why Most Business Goals Fail (And What Small Businesses Actually Need Instead)
Nov 05, 2025

Why Most Business Goals Fail (And What Small Businesses Actually Need Instead)

The 3-question reality check that reveals whether your goals are helping or quietly sabotaging your business.

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
My Secret Education System: How Hollywood's Weirdest Characters Became My Mentors
Oct 31, 2025

My Secret Education System: How Hollywood's Weirdest Characters Became My Mentors

Three fictional characters taught me everything that actually matters about building products, leading teams, and thinking impossibly.

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Why too much information makes AI less useful and 3 questions that fix it
Oct 23, 2025

Why too much information makes AI less useful and 3 questions that fix it

Why front-loading more information actually makes Claude perform worse—and how most people are accidentally sabotaging their own AI assistant

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Why Your Tools Are Costing More Than They're Worth (And How to Fix It Without Starting Over)
Oct 16, 2025

Why Your Tools Are Costing More Than They're Worth (And How to Fix It Without Starting Over)

How to avoid the trap of thinking technology can solve human collaboration problems

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
Why Customer Surveys Lie (And Where Your Customers Actually Talk)
Oct 10, 2025

Why Customer Surveys Lie (And Where Your Customers Actually Talk)

How systematic observation of customer conversations in their natural digital habitats transforms reactive research into predictive competitive intelligence

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
The Six Metaskills That Make Everything Else You Do Easier
Oct 01, 2025

The Six Metaskills That Make Everything Else You Do Easier

How the fundamental human abilities that help you learn, adapt, and thrive across any context are becoming essential professional survival skills

Kelsey Ruger
Kelsey Ruger
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