Elena’s Substack

Your AI Prototypes Are Moving Fast. Your Operating Model Isn't.

Update: Launching Lead AI First Teams Workshop March 21 & 22

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Building Is Cheap. Coherence Is Expensive.

Why AI accelerates building and exposes leadership gaps

Feb 9 • Elena Luneva

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What Great CPOs Look Like

Watch now (47 mins) | A conversation with 3 great CPOs about skills, promotion readiness and 2026

Feb 2 • Elena Luneva

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January 2026

Build your SEO engine with AI. Then add AEO on top.

Build the agentic system that does both.

Jan 17 • Elena Luneva

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Baby Influencer

Going from Full Time to Portfolio

Jan 5 • Elena Luneva

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December 2025

Where 4 Hours a Week Go in Product Management

and The Agentic Workflow that gives those hours back

Dec 29, 2025 • Elena Luneva

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Product Strategy, Part 2: Operating System

Translating strategy into OKRs, outcome roadmaps, and cadences your exec team can feel in the company growth trajectory

Dec 17, 2025 • Elena Luneva

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Why Strong Directors Stall Before VP

A Candid Q&A With Andrew Capland

Dec 12, 2025 • Elena Luneva and Andrew Capland

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Product Strategy, Part 1

Define It, Make People Care, and Let AI Help You Deliver

Dec 6, 2025 • Elena Luneva

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November 2025

Stop Losing in the First 90 Seconds

Structure and AI practice loop to reset executive attention and drive clear decisions

Nov 24, 2025 • Elena Luneva and Yue Zhao

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Design AI-GTM Systems That Learn

How AI turns static playbooks into adaptive engines that sense, and respond

Nov 19, 2025 • Elena Luneva

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Structure, Presence, and the Power of a Strong Close

In our Master Public Speaking session, Barron Ernst and I explored what it takes to show up and be remembered.

Nov 8, 2025 • Elena Luneva and Barron Ernst

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