Director of Product exploring how AI can empower people to build better.
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👋 Hi I’m Emily, a Product Director exploring ethical, inclusive applications of AI. This site is where I share what I’m learning, building, and testing in public.
After building Launchling, I spent the back half of last year and the first half of this one as Director of Product at a health-tech company, building a product function from scratch. Back to building and writing here while I figure out what's next. I’ve led product teams in complex health tech environments, worked across strategy and design; I’m focussed on building tools, prototypes, and experiments at the intersection of AI, UX, and product strategy.
Articles on Product Thinking in the Age of AI
Selected writing on product leadership, strategy, and what AI does and doesn't change about building things people need.
- We’re not the problem, the pattern is
- The Moat, Not the Feature
- Systems Thinking isn’t a Personality Trait, it’s a Habit
- Ship Happens: AI can give you a forecast, but it still can't make the call
When clothes don't fit, we blame our bodies rather than the pattern. On sizing, neurodivergence, and what product teams miss when users quietly work around them.
Why efficiency and vertical integration were never strategies, and my five-part revision of Helmer's Seven Powers for telling a real differentiator from borrowed time in the age of AI.
A CFO's year-end target, a queue that quietly dried up, and why the fix had nothing to do with either project everyone had already signed off on.
What a 1944 storm and a 2026 AI model taught me about judgement, and why I still think you need a design team.
🌱 Featured Project: Launchling
An AI-powered tool for early-stage founders. Start with a tiny idea — get a personalised, clear plan in minutes.
Launchling was especially designed for women, creatives, and underrepresented solo founders who want to test ideas without writing code. Find out more here →
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