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The Puppet Master Without Strings: How I Learned to Influence

You know that feeling when you’re supposed to lead a team but have as much authority as a substitute teacher on the last day of school…

Nov 23

The Puppet Master Without Strings: How I Learned to Influence

Nov 23

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Learning Budgeting: How I Connected the Dots and Won Over Stakeholders

Budgeting didn’t come naturally to me at first, but through persistence, I began treating it like unraveling a mystery.

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Learning Budgeting: How I Connected the Dots and Won Over Stakeholders

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Forget Ideas and Love Problems: My Secrets to Perfect Roadmaps

Here’s how problem-driven thinking changed everything for my product team.

Nov 26

Forget Ideas and Love Problems: My Secrets to Perfect Roadmaps

Nov 26

Parallel Universes: A Memoir of All the People I Never Became

When I was about four or five, I was completely obsessed with dinosaurs. I knew all their names and loved running my tiny fingers over…

Nov 23

Parallel Universes: A Memoir of All the People I Never Became

Nov 23

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Product Coalition

They’ve Changed the Requirements. Again.

Stories and lessons learned in handling shifting requirements.

Nov 14

They’ve Changed the Requirements. Again.

Nov 14

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Product Coalition

Glossaries of Confusion: Why Asking Questions Matters

An inside look at how and why I go deep into concepts, ask ‘why,’ and get the answers I need to move forward.

Nov 10

Glossaries of Confusion: Why Asking Questions Matters

Nov 10

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Product Coalition

Stockholm Syndrome with Work: When Your Job Takes You Hostage

You know that moment when you glance at the clock, and it’s 11 PM, and you’re still hunched over your laptop?

Nov 8

Stockholm Syndrome with Work: When Your Job Takes You Hostage

Nov 8

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Human Parts

My Story of Harassment and Resilience

The Team-Building Trip That Went Too Far

Nov 6

My Story of Harassment and Resilience

Nov 6

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Product Coalition

When Good Ideas Go Bad, and Why Everyone Hates Your Product

Here’s the story of how we messed up big time, turning a brilliant idea into a user’s nightmare — and the hard lessons we learned…

Nov 4

When Good Ideas Go Bad, and Why Everyone Hates Your Product

Nov 4

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Product Coalition

When My Boss Demanded the Impossible Overnight

You Want It… When?

Oct 31

When My Boss Demanded the Impossible Overnight

Oct 31

Daria Kowalski

Daria Kowalski

Product manager sharing authentic workplace stories, lessons on personal growth, overcoming challenges, and achieving a healthy work-life balance

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