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Learn a survival-metrics system that turns roadmap anxiety into clear, defensible stop / pivot / invest decisions.

Product leader for tough decisions

Adam Thomas

Managed Over 200MM In Product Portfolios over the last 15 years - 2x Founder.

Survival Metrics: Prioritization for Product Managers

Product Manager

Associate Product Manager 

VP Product

Product

SmartRecruiters

Columbia University

Google

Pendo

Product Institute

You know this moment: you’re feeling stuck. Every team is begging for more features, and your job is to nod along and “make it work.” You’re managing by keeping everyone happy instead of making real product bets. You can feel that the strategy is off, but you don’t have a clear way to say what should stop, what should pivot, and what deserves more investment.This course gives you that decision system.In Survival Metrics, you’ll build a small set of stop / pivot / invest metrics that tie revenue, risk, and learning back to your product strategy and the politics in your org. You’ll practice turning vague ideas into crisp invest statements, then use them to run better roadmap conversations with your leadership team.Underneath it all, we’ll work on critical thinking: how to frame problems, challenge assumptions, and cut through noise so you’re no longer an order-taker, but the person others trust to make the hard calls.

Stop being an order-taker; use survival metrics to drive product strategy.

Design survival metrics that tell you when to stop, pivot, or invest.

Turn a messy roadmap into a prioritized portfolio of bets.

Lead roadmap conversations that feel clear, calm, and grounded in data.

Connect metrics to a story executives actually understand and remember.

Handle product politics with clear rules instead of endless negotiation.

Upgrade your critical thinking so you act like a product strategist.

PMs and product leaders who own a roadmap but feel prioritization is chaotic, political, and hard to defend.

PMs stuck in prioritization paralysis: everything is priority 1, nothing gets cut, and the roadmap keeps changing.

Product leaders tired of taking orders who need a clear, defensible way to say stop, pivot, or invest.

From 20 Ideas to 2 Bets in 30 Minutes For Product Managers

Principal @ Approaching One | Adjunct at Columbia University

Leverage your strategy to produce a focused list of credible bets that clarify direction.

Generate Strong Bets For Idea Selection From Your Strategy

Strip vague goals and surface the real challenge, turning fuzzy ideas into concrete, testable options.

Spot and Cut Fluff

Weigh options across strategy, resources, and the core problem; make a defensible call and capture it on one slide.

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