Jul 14 • The Room (general chat)
Summer Reading?
Mind the Product just dropped their Summer 2026 reading list and there are some good ones on here.
A few that caught my eye:
- Building AI-Powered Products by Dr. Marily Nika — practical frameworks for AI product management across the full lifecycle. No hype, just the actual work.
- Product Delight by Dr. Nesrine Changuel — argues that functional reliability alone no longer differentiates. Emotional connection is the new bar.
- Life at the Speed of Play by Mark Pincus — his principle is that "all new fails." The most successful products introduce one breakthrough and wrap the rest in the familiar. Counterintuitive and worth sitting with.
- Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick — still on a lot of lists for good reason. If you haven't read it yet, summer is the time.
Full list here: mindtheproduct.com/the-top-books-and-resources-for-product-builders-summer-2026-edition
Now your turn.
What are you reading right now — or planning to read — that's making you better at this work? Doesn't have to be a product book. The best ones often aren't.
(I'm picking up Life at the Speed of Play and am happy to have a chat about it if others ways to read it!)
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