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2025: The Year I Stopped Writing About Building And Actually Started Building With AI
How launching AI tools, creating a 25-day AI challenge, and connecting with an incredible community taught me that product management is 90% about…
 • Elena Calvillo at Product
How one builder rallied thirty creators, survived an AI meltdown, and shipped anyway.
A Conversation with Elena Calvillo about what it took to build the AI Advent Calendar
Published on Code Like A Girl • 
When AI Creates Everything, Who Decides What Matters?
A conversation between a Product Designer and Product Manager on identity, creativity, and the uncomfortable future of digital work in the era of AI.
 • Elena Calvillo at Product and Vadym Grin
The 5 AI Tools Every Leader Needs in 2026
From doing to delegating: How a PM-turned-leader built her top-tier leadership stack (with real examples you can steal) - GUEST POST
Published on Leadership in Change • 
I Built a Product 300 People Wanted Before It Even Existed
42% conversion rate. 3.6K project views. Built in less than 30 days with AI tools and $50. Here's the crisis that almost stopped everything and why your…
 • Elena Calvillo at Product

November 2025

The Agentic AI Framework Every Product Manager Needs in 2026
Product managers are being asked to deploy AI features they don’t fully understand. Here’s the security and ethics checklist nobody gave you, with real…
 • Elena Calvillo at Product and Cristina
Stop Shipping AI Features Without Evaluation Systems
Every PM building AI features will face this moment. Here's the skill that separates those who survive from those who don't.
 • Elena Calvillo at Product
How To Plan Your 2026 Product Roadmap With AI Without Bleeding Money
95% of AI pilots are failing and companies are burning $85K monthly. Here's the reality check every product leader needs before annual planning season…
 • Elena Calvillo at Product
Why Product Leaders Suck at Difficult Conversations (And How AI Fixes It)
I built an AI-powered DISC assessment to reveal the leadership gaps that cause 49% of workplace conflict for you.
 • Elena Calvillo at Product

October 2025

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