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Free Lesson

Use Gen AI to Bulletproof Your Path to Achieve Your Goals

45 min
Aug 5, 2025 8:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

Employ a repeatable framework for pre-mortem thinking

By imagining failure as already having happened, it is easier to surface concerns and identify risks.

Apply 3 contradictory thinking techniques to fortify plans

Uncover potential blind spots and obstacles on the path to launch by thinking expansively with the help of Gen AI.

Flip your assumptions and goals to protect against adversity

Exploit Gen AI pattern recognition to explore "what would guarantee failure" to prevent costly mistakes.

Bust expert and consensus biases that can torpedo success

Partner with Gen AI in a "premeditation of evils" exercise to strengthen your plans to achieve your goals.

Why this topic matters

This hands-on lesson gives PMs practical tools to stress-test product plans before costly mistakes are made. If you fail to plan, you should plan to fail. By mastering this approach, product managers develop strategic discipline, and can demonstrate they’re not only imaginative but prepared. You’ll walk away with a method you can reuse across products, launches, and pivots.

You'll learn from

Leslie Grandy

Leslie Grandy

Award-winning Author, Lead Executive in Residence, Global Product Executive

Previously at

Apple
T-Mobile
Best Buy
Amazon
Warner Bros. Discovery
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