Product Strategy: What They Don't Teach You

Hosted by Rachel Windzberg and Nancy Chu

Fri, Mar 20, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (1 hour)

Virtual (Zoom)

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What you'll learn

Why strategy is the gap from roadmaps to leadership

Most PMs are great executors. The ones who stand out think differently about direction. What that actually means.

The thinking framework to set product strategy

The four questions top PMs never stop asking and why they're harder than you'd think

What's the difference between 2X and 10X thinking?

Learn to shift your thinking process from marginal improvements to breakthrough hypotheses

What good strategy looks like in practice

The difference between a plan and a strategy. How it shows up in your roadmap, your H-plan, your interview room

Why AI requires effective strategic thinking?

Faster execution != better strategy. Learn how AI fits into your product thinking, and where over-relying on it lead

Why this topic matters

Execution gets you in the room. Strategy keeps you there. With AI, the cost of building drops, so the bottleneck is no longer delivery. The faster the iterations, the more important your thinking quality, and the ability to ask the right questions over time to guide your team in the right direction: set goals, understand the baseline, identify the gaps, opportunities, and adapt rather than react.

You'll learn from

Rachel Windzberg

Founder: PMadvising | Principal Product Manager | Coach | Amazon, Meta, BCG

Rachel Windzberg is the founder of PMAdvising, executive coach, startup advisor, and angel investor, building on 17+ years as a Principal Product Manager across Amazon, Meta, Datadog, and Fiverr (pre-IPO), both as an individual contributor and a people manager.

At Meta, she helped overhaul Reels recommendation systems using AI models to improve personalization and drive measurable engagement at scale. She specializes in translating complex AI systems into strategic outcomes that drive growth without sacrificing user value.

Rachel has interviewed 200+ candidates (100+ at Meta), calibrated 20+ interviewers, and now coaches senior leaders in tech through promotions and high-stakes interviews. Her work focuses on building confidence, sharpening strategic clarity, and helping leaders communicate value simply while aligning stakeholders around what matters most.

She is an MPC-certified coach and Career Advisor at Columbia Business School.

Nancy Chu

Founder: AIThink | Product Leader | Executive Coach | Meta, Roku

Nancy Chu is a seasoned product and leadership coach who helps senior product leaders (L7-L9) land high-impact roles at top tech companies with bigger compensation, stronger presence, and deeper strategic thinking. She focuses on developing executive communication, storytelling, and judgment, not just interview hacks, helping clients articulate decisions with clarity and depth. Nancy blends product sense, leadership development, and mindset work to strengthen thinking under pressure and career outcomes.

Previously at

Meta
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Roku
Datadog
Amazon

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