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The Product Picnic

Writing on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot.

Metrics and Data

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The illiterate organization

May 3, 2026

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3 min read

The illiterate organization

Even the most actionable insight will never be acted upon when coherence has broken down.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Systems Thinking

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Claude Design is a "clock time" solution for a "calendar time" problem

Apr 26, 2026

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4 min read

Claude Design is a "clock time" solution for a "calendar time" problem

Orgs are betting that they can substitute sense-making with faster artifact delivery. Users are paying the price.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Problem Design

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Start designing in content, not in code.

Apr 19, 2026

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2 min read

Start designing in content, not in code.

Putting the cart before the horse is not giving you real velocity wins.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Metrics and Data

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Designers will never have influence without understanding how organizations learn

Apr 12, 2026

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9 min read

Designers will never have influence without understanding how organizations learn

We confuse prototypes with demos, and validation with confirmation bias. As a result, we cannot lead — instead, we are led.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

LLMs

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AI mandates are a demand for cognitive surrender

Apr 5, 2026

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7 min read

AI mandates are a demand for cognitive surrender

Studies show that reducing our scope of judgment to checking AI outputs leads to abandoning critical thinking altogether.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Systems Thinking

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Grammarly shows how prototyping turned into an excuse for not thinking

Mar 28, 2026

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10 min read

Grammarly shows how prototyping turned into an excuse for not thinking

The industry is in the grip of directionless urgency, and users are paying the price. Strategy has been replaced with half-baked features.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov
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