Patrick Sauerwein

97.2% say AI makes them better at work. Underneath that: quality slipping, stress up, pay flat, "good enough" as the new normal. Where do you feel it most, quality, stress, or pay? #productManagement #ProdMgmt #AI #FutureOfWork virtualpatrick.com/2026/08/01/t...

Gude, Product People! 👋 Save the date: August 26, 18:30, at codecentric AG in Frankfurt. Thomas is bringing a brand new talk for us: “How I actually use AI as a product manager” Registration is open 👉 meetu.ps/e/Q965S/tC7V... Hope to see you there! 🙌 #ProductManagement #Frankfurt #AI

I almost skipped Product@Heart this year. Glad I didn't. My takeaway: Invest in Product Sense What AI can't replace: judgment, taste, strategy, leadership. 👉 virtualpatrick.com/2026/07/03/n... #ProductManagement #ProductAtHeart #AI

recommends tbm posts .... github.com/johnpcutler/...

Yesterday, three lessons in one day: bees don't wait. Window sills you don't measure properly don't fit. And a hospital visit reminds you what actually matters. Presence cannot be shortcut. → virtualpatrick.com/2026/04/03/b...

Rick Rubin is right, I‘d say it’s having Product Sense.

Life as a people pleaser. #productmanagement

Reminder: this quote and attitude resonates in the way I'd like to be and live my life: “Try and leave this world a little better than you found it.” Robert Baden-Powell Stay "above the line"!

The Product Trio is blurring. Everyone thinks they can do your job. They're not wrong. Now what? AI dissolves the walls between PM, design, and engineering. But tools commoditize. The moat is judgment and Product Sense. Don't be fungible. virtualpatrick.com/2026/03/07/t... #productmanagement

🎯 2026 = Our AI Year 🚀 Finally kicking off! #ProductTank Arno shares insights from their 900+ AI Pioneers initiative. Real use cases, human-centric transformation. Thanks Netlight for hosting! 🎉 📅 March 19 | 6:30 PM | #Frankfurt meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt/events/313239179 #productmanagement

Thanks to @spavel.bsky.social , at productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/the-incred... , I saw an intriguing claim: "the more someone uses AI, the lower quality their outputs become" I am super interested in metacognition so I was hoping it was a metacognition paper and it is! So I read it

Welcome to the Feature Factory with no problem-solution fit. #productmanagement

Great read, highly recommend! Watch out the cross references too! #productmanagement

10.5 hours with #YearCompass taught me I constantly overcommit and overplan. 2026: Stand up! More gratitude. More grounded. More writing. What's your word for this year? virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/18/s... #Reflection #PersonalGrowth

Happy New Year! 🎉 Chased frameworks for years. The breakthrough? Understanding myself first, then how people think. Self-awareness beats another playbook every time. Read more: virtualpatrick.com/2026/01/06/self-awareness-the-product-skill-nobody-teaches/ What's your take? #productmanagement

Eben dein Video auf LinkedIn gesehen und dachte mir, dann folge ich @gerhardkuehne.bsky.social hier auch mal. Bin gespannt. Frohes neues Jahr noch auf diesem Wege! 🎆🎊🥂

Ganz starker Podcast, ich habe so viel gelernt, dass ich ihn jetzt das zweite Mal höre. Danke, @claudmajor.bsky.social und @neudenken-podcast.bsky.social für diesen Beitrag! 🙏❤️

My 2025: reconnecting with my German roots 🇩🇪 Culture Map insight led me to digital sovereignty questions: → USA: 75% AI | EU: 5% → $109B vs $8B investment → EU OS: 0% Local action via ProductTank Frankfurt. Full story 👇 virtualpatrick.com/2025/12/30/f... #reflection #productmanagement

⏰ Monday! Matt LeMay online, Dec 15, 7-8pm CET. Learn how to build impact-first product teams from someone who visited 18 ProductTanks this year. Don’t miss it! 🎯 RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909 #ProductManagement #ProductTank

🎯 Last chance to catch Matt LeMay this year! Join us online Dec 15, 7-8pm CET for insights on building impact-first product teams. Matt visited 18 ProductTanks across Europe - don’t miss this exclusive session! ✨ RSVP: meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/312312909 #ProductManagement

Here's my new podcast episode with Tim Herbig, product management coach and author of "Real Progress". Tim thinks too many product teams are making "Alibi Progress" and wants to help teams make real progress by helping them identify where they're getting blocked up.

The more I‘m listening to Give and Take by Adam Grant the more I fall in love with it. Found myself as a giver and learn more about myself and how to make use out of it. Super helpful for me as a long time IC in Product Management. More here: adamgrant.net/book/give-an...

Recommended read by @spavel.bsky.social productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/amazon-s-l... So much this: Managing deliverables rather than outcomes — trying to chase certainty of the design process, rather than finding certainty through the design process — will always fail to achieve real impact.

Alibi Progress vs. Real Progress 🎯 Tim Herbig brings "Real Progress" to Frankfurt Nov 20! Learn how Strategy, OKRs & Discovery work as a system. 📚 Signed books + pizza & drinks ⚠️ Limited spots! → meetup.com/producttank-frankfurt-rhein-main/events/311422024 #ProductManagement #ProductStrategy

Just learned that #Anthropic’s #Claude will use user data for training unless you opt out by September 28, 2025. Wondering if that’s now the new default for AI? I opted out. You might want to check your privacy settings too! #AI #Privacy #DataProtection #Claude #Anthropic

Anyone in #ProductManagement or #Agile have good articles on writing/using #PRDs today? Curious about the current state of the practice: - Do you still use PRDs? - When was the last time? - What’s your take? Open to different contexts and perspectives. #ProductDesign #Lean #AgileProductManagement

Made me smile today. Seems like I‘m in the software industry too long and seen this too often. Root causes could be different. Tech debt is real. Even best engineering skills fail if problem-solution fit is not accomplished. What do you think about that? #productmanagement #prodmgmt

🎉 Double celebration! Product Field + ProductTank Frankfurt both hit 10 years! 🌡️ Hot night • 🧠 Learning • 🤝 Networking • 🍕 Pizza Next: Matt LeMay Oct 20 + book raffle! 📎 virtualpatrick.com/2025/08/16/c... 🎯 www.meetup.com/producttank-... #ProductManagement #Frankfurt #ProductTank @kpfrahm.com

Rented a car in Olbia via a 3rd party. Returned it via key drop. Same day, a €115 charge for “new” rear bumper damage. Photos proved it was pre-existing. Seems like a common low-amount scam. Anyone else experienced this? #Drivalia #Italy #Sardegna #Olbia

Nice - will give it a try!

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I’m still wondering about inflation in Europe or if prices are simply getting more expensive. For example, I recently bought a panini with tomato, tuna, and some fresh fruits for takeaway, with 100 grams or less. To my surprise, it cost me approximately 12 Euros. What are your thoughts on this?

Pavel’s blog post is worth reading. It should encourage everyone to consider a more human perspective on AI. #productmanagement

Ah, I see. It all comes with certain costs. The question is, who will benefit from what? Balance and Karma - live and let live. What are your thoughts on that? Would you buy or try the product? Source: techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/t... #AI #windsurf #cognition #worklifebalance #productmanagement

Life of a product manager at enterprises: open.substack.com/pub/workchro... @workchronicles.bsky.social #hidethepain #prodmgmt #productmanagement

Still processing @productatheart.bsky.social. @arnekittler.bsky.social said, “Curation is one of our most powerful tools of resistance.” That line hit home. From cynical critic to hopeful curator - that’s the shift I’m making. Full thoughts: virtualpatrick.com/2025/07/04/p... #productmanagement

Received an offer about house renovation yesterday and this is how I feel since then: open.substack.com/pub/workchro...

If a colleague had the reliability rate of an LLM, they would be fired. If ordinary* software did, it would be uninstalled. LLMs require the chat format, because chat makes us party to the conversation. We insert the meaning ourselves - and hold it to a different standard. It's the mirror effect.

Confused by signals —> true that and my values appreciate smart, kind and honest.

Recommended read by Jurgen Appelo about AI and bullshit work. When you’re using AI tools on a daily basis, this resonates a lot. open.substack.com/pub/themaver... #productmanagement #prodmgmt

The quieter you become, the more you can hear. Silence isn't empty. It's full of answers.

Remembering a design colleague who called it ”Frankenstein“ a lot. It‘s the system you work in.

I do relate and feel you. Closing MS Teams after the last meeting of the week feels similar when getting another ”quick question“ to talk. #productmanagement #prodmgmt #tgif