SheTrailblazes

SheTrailblazes helps ambitious women future-proof your career whether you rise in the boardroom or build your own.

We help women choose the path forward, without waiting for permission. You can rise into executive leadership with Leadership Edge or leave the grind behind and launch a profitable business with Founders Edge. 

1. Leadership Edge Program helps women in tech fast-track their next promotion and become the obvious choice for leadership. Not by working harder, but by becoming strategic partners to executives and driving undeniable impact.

2. Founders Edge program helps women ditch the corporate and build a profitable business.

The Results:
🔥 98% lead innovation, surpassing revenue goals by 10x
🔥 4.8x more likely to be recognized by leadership
🔥 82% earn multiple promotions
🔥 25% build profitable business from day 1

We’ve helped 1,500+ women at companies like Meta, Netflix, Uber, LinkedIn, Visa, and Amazon to achieve their career goals.

Ready to accelerate your career? Let’s chat.

👉 To get promoted, learn more: https://www.shetrailblazes.com/leadership-edge-program
👉 To ditch corporate to build your profitable business, learn more: https://www.shetrailblazes.com/founders-edge-program

Founder

PMDojo

We help Product Teams to think bigger, move faster, and drive business impact.

At PMDojo, we deliver custom training and coaching that’s immersive, practical, and immediately actionable—tailored to how your company works. I help product teams build strong product thinking, sharpen their commercial mindset, and deliver real business results through hands-on programs designed to transform how they operate.

We specialize in shifting execution-heavy, feature-focused teams into innovative, strategic powerhouses that drive growth, innovation, and measurable impact.

I’ve had the privilege of working with product leaders from Netflix, Amazon, Meta, and other industry leaders to redefine what’s possible in their roles.

Ready to transform your team? Let’s chat!

🔔 https://www.pmdojo.me/pmdojo-for-teams

Founder & CEO

My role as a Fractional Product Executive is to work with Founders and Product Leaders on solving challenging product, business, and growth problems. My goal is to help teams deliver impact through innovation and build strong product teams and set you up for long term success.

I share patterns and anti-patterns I have observed in my experience working with and advising startups, growth-stage companies, and larger, more traditional companies on what it takes to move forward and succeed. 

I love both to get my hands dirty as a Product Executive, or support your team as an advisor and coach.

Advisor & Fractional Chief Product Officer

Women In Product

Leadership Coach

Outpace

As a founding coach, at Outpace, I help accelerate the career of ambitious tech professionals (product, engineering, sales, marketing and customer success) through 1:1 coaching and guided learning. I also help to inform product innovation and build community across the Outpace's ecosystem.

Scale Founding Coach Advisor

PowerToFly

I’ve joined PowerToFly, a 360-degree diversity solution, and the leading international diversity platform, as a virtual event speaker, hosting ongoing talks and workshops. PowerToFly’s mission is to fast-track economic equity by upskilling and connecting underrepresented talent to roles in highly visible sectors, and providing tools and support for them to thrive.

Speaker

RebelBase

Advisor

Spark To Substance

Spark To Substance is an innovation company based here in Vancouver BC. ​We work with entrepreneurs & growth stage companies to build, scale and grow cross functional innovation frameworks, collaboration and outcomes.

​Our mission is to unlock the potential in every individual so that we can collectively solve complex problems of today and tomorrow.

Expertise:

Innovation | Business Growth Consulting | Product Management Coach | Design Thinking Workshops | Fractional Product Executive | Product Discovery | Design Sprints | Service Sprints | Customer Experience

VRIFY

Interim Chief Product & Technology Officer

Function Point

General Manager/President

Director of Growth (Product, Design, Marketing)

Part of Function Point's Executive Team - responsible for leading, coaching and developing a team of Product Managers and UX Designers. Own & set the overall product strategy, direction and overall product roadmap to transform Function Point's workflow management software. Set and defined a lean framework for customer & market discovery and product delivery to build a team that embodies high quality and is operationally excellent. Worked closely with the CEO to completely rebuild the product development teams including product Managers,  UX & Development. 

Work with the CEO to help shape overall business strategy and growth drivers and in turn align product strategy with business strategy. Collaborate cross functionally to align and bring together all the teams towards shared business and product objectives. Storyteller at Function Point about the "possibility of future".

Director Of Products (Product Management & Design)

Neurio Technology Inc.

Head product management at Neurio, a small cleantech start-up that builds smart home energy monitor and home energy consumption analytics software. 

Led efforts cross functionally to establish the function of market focussed product management. Defined the practice of validating concepts via rapid prototyping and qualitative/ quantitative research before development. Led efforts to validate Neurio's product market fit business challenge

Director Product and Design

Founder @ PMDojo | Ex-Atlassian | Product Leadership Coach | Keynote Speaker | Community Builder | Mom 👩‍👦🐶

More women deserve a seat at the table. But being in the room isn’t enough; we need to lead it.

With 24+ years in tech from startups to hyper growth companies like Atlassian; I’ve held executive roles (GM, President) leading teams, driving innovation, and scaling businesses.

I built SheTrailblazes to help women in tech move from execution to leadership faster (in company boardrooms or start their own profitable business), and PMDojo to transform product teams into strategic powerhouses.

The results:
✅ 93% of SheTrailblazes members earn multiple promotions
✅ 25% of SheTrailblazes members have built profitable business from day 1
✅ PMDojo teams are 3.8x more likely to secure resources and 4.8x more likely to be recognized by leadership

I’ve worked with leaders from companies like Meta, Netflix, Uber, LinkedIn, Uber, Visa, Amazong, Walmart, Cisco and others to redefine what’s possible.

DM me if you want to connect.

Learn more:
For women in tech: https://www.shetrailblazes.com
For product teams: https://www.pmdojo.me/pmdojo-for-teams

Bosky Mukherjee

Most people think career reinvention is for young folks. 
Bobbi Brown proves the opposite by doing it in her 60s!

This is her story and the proof that it's "Never Too Late."

It all started in 1995 when Bobbi Brown sold Bobbi Brown Cosmetics to Estée Lauder for a reported $74.5 million at age 38 and signed a 25-year non-compete.

It prevented her from:
- launching a new beauty company
- selling makeup under her own name
- using "Bobbi Brown" for any beauty product

In 2016, Bobbi announced her exit from Estée Lauder.
She waited to be legally free and build again (October 2020). Between 2017 and 2020, she built multiple ventures like...

The George, a boutique hotel in Montclair
A lifestyle site [justbobbi.com](http://justbobbi.com/)

Began experimenting with makeup formulae.
October 26, 2020, marked her comeback as she launched Jones Road Beauty, a clean, minimalist beauty brand.

Jones Road was self-funded with 0 debt, 0 VC money. 
From 2021, the company saw wins like:
- $20M in sales in 2021, profitable within months
- On track to 3x its sales number in 2022
- 2023 projections were 2x of 2022

She leveraged TikTok fully, and at 65, became a sensation there. Her satire video from “Foundation-gate” passed millions of views and 3xed daily sales.
At 60, most people told her to slow down.

She chose to do the opposite and reinvented herself using what she always knew.
world was overwhelmed with over-engineered products.
how women were tired of being told to “fix” themselves.
her instinct to build her first empire

And it worked. 🙌 

Like Bobbi, if you feel like you are “late,” you are not.

You are simply standing at the part of your career where everything finally makes sense.
Your experience is not a weight. It is to your advantage.

P.S. What would you build if you stopped believing it was too late?

#inspiration #cxos #work #leadership #women

Helping 1B women rise | Get promoted, build companies & own your power | 2X Founder | Ex-Atlassian | SheTrailblazes

I have never done this but need to because of how serious this has become.
LinkedIn team this is for you.
Ryan Roslansky Gyanda Sachdeva (tagging you because I’m running out of options)

I’ve been on LinkedIn since 2006-07.
I am a long-time Premium Business user.
And I support women in corporate and women founders rise.

This platform has been central to my career, my growth, my community, and now as a founder of 2 small businesses.

Since early November, my account has been repeatedly restricted and flagged. 

I don’t use bots.
I don’t use any automation tools.
I’m not part of engagement pods.
And yet, I’m being hit with multiple restrictions and warnings every few days.

I can’t trace back to anything I’ve done.

My support ticket has been open for weeks, and Stewart has tried but we still haven’t resolved the root cause.

Here’s why I’m escalating this:
These restrictions have shut down my primary business channel.
My revenue dropped to ZERO in November and December is heading in the same direction. 💔 

I’m now hesitant to use LinkedIn now from fear....
even message, comment or reply to an in-mail or reach out to my customers because I don’t know what will trigger another restriction.

I want to be clear:
I deeply value LinkedIn and the work being done to keep the platform safe.
But something in the system is hurting a rule-abiding small business founder who depends on this platform to operate.

I’m tagging you both because I’ve run out of paths through regular support channels.

I need help identifying what’s causing this and getting it fixed quickly before my business gets negatively impacted.

Please help and if someone from LinkedIn team knows how I can get help or speak to the right person, I would really appreciate.

#linkedin #support #help #womenfounder #smallbusiness

The biggest career jump I’ve seen in 2025 started with a woman taking a "step down” after a layoff derailed her goals. 👀 

(This was the best message I got this week. I hope it inspires you)

Mary had spent almost 20 years building her career.
She finally earned a VP of Product role.
And then the company layoffs hit.

At first, she stayed confident.
But even with an impeccable track record… she couldn’t land a job.
For 2.5 years.
She applied to 500+ roles.
Joined every networking and accountability group she could.

But with companies cutting layers in 2024–25…
The ladder she spent two decades climbing simply wasn’t there anymore.

In this market, we can’t think about career the way we did five years ago.
Today, we need to think about building leverage not climbing ladders.

So when a Principal PM role came up, she hesitated.
It meant a huge title drop and a massive pay cut.
After years of working her way to VP… she’d be an IC again. 🫢 

I could see why the decision crushed her.
She told me,
“I’m scared taking this role proves what people always thought… that I was never VP material.”

And a lot of women are being pushed into this exact fear right now.

When we talked, we focused on:
- what would give her leverage long-term
- the mindset and strategies champions use in hard markets

She didn’t take the role as a step down.
She stepped around. Because careers aren’t linear anymore.

And that’s when the real work began.
Inside the company, she looked like every other Principal PM.

1. So we rebuilt her narrative to match how execs think using the language and numbers her SVP and C-level leaders cared about.
2. We upgraded her exec communication.
3. We refined her storytelling.
4. And we engineered sponsors.

Nine months later, her SVP told her they’d never seen a Principal PM operate at this level.
She was promoted to Senior Director with compensation above her former VP role. 🙌 

What looked like a step down became her power move.

When Mary joined Leadership Edge, she told me she didn’t need pep talks.
She needed a pathway built for this market not the one she outgrew.
That’s why she rose again.

If any part of Mary’s story made you think, “this might be me…” and you want support building your comeback, reach out.

P.S. What would you have done in Mary’s place?

#womenleadership #careergrowth #womenintech #careeradvancement

My 11-year-old son T asked me a question last year:
“What’s the point of entrepreneurship if you can’t make the world better?” 🥰 

So when he started his handmade candle business “Eternity by T“ and decided on his own to donate 10% to the Children’s Heart Foundation, I was incredibly proud.

Every year...
1 in 100 babies in the U.S. are born with congenital heart defects.
Many don’t make it. 💔 
T knows that could’ve been him.
And the gratitude is what built this business.

There is still so much research needed to understand the causes and to improve the open-heart surgeries newborns often endure.

That’s why his business is special to him.
And why I’m sharing this today on his behalf (he’s not on social media).

If you’re looking for Christmas or holiday gifts…
His candles might be something meaningful to give.
He hand-makes each one over 3-4 hours.

And who knows…
You might just help save the life of a baby in the process.
Even if you’re not a candle person, they make beautiful, unique décor pieces.
(T says, you will not find anything like this in stores...)

P.S. If you’d like one, message me; he ships throughout the U.S.
♻️ Want to support him? Sharing this post would mean the world to T.

$225k. $475k. $1M. And 2x salary. 4 women in my Founder's Edge program built a 6-figure business without quitting their jobs first. 💃 

Here’s how:
Here are a few stories I hope lift you today and show what's possible in 12 months:

1. Sarah thought she needed to "do this for FREE for testimonials" before she could sell homemade dog treats. 
We applied my "Sales Conversion Framework" and focused only on early customers and cash flow. 12 months later, she built a $225k business from her kitchen, which is profitable.

2. Rina believed she had to quit her corporate job to start anything meaningful that brought her joy.
She began making natural soaps on weekends, used my "Monetization Framework", and stayed consistent. Last year her sales crossed $475k! That's 2X times her salary.

3. Tara assumed side hustles never scale into real income and she would need to undercharge and do it for free.
Using my "Scaling Blueprint", she tightened operations, raised margins, and repositioned her jewelry line. She crossed one million dollars in sales in a year.

4. Neha thought coaching only works if you already have a huge audience and needed to build a personal brand first.
With my "Messaging Framework for High Ticket Sales", she filled her client roster, matched her corporate salary in twelve months, and now has a year long waitlist.

These are the frameworks I wish I had I got laid off and found myself unclear on what I wanted to do career wise. 👀 

They would have saved me years of confusion and second guessing myself.

And that is what I want you to think about today.

The goal for 2026 is not to quit your job tomorrow.
The goal is to build a secure financial backup so your future is not 100% dependent on an employer, economic shifts, or a moment of luck.

Rooting for you. 🥰 🙌 

P.S. Which story feels closest to where you are right now?

#solopreneurship #inspiration #womenintech #leadership #womensupportingwomen

I left the office at 4:15 to pick up T, my son and spent the entire evening refreshing Slack like I’d committed a crime. 🤢

- Nobody messaged me.
- Nobody asked anything.
- Nobody even noticed.

But my brain was in overdrive… convinced I’d done something wrong.
Convinced I was a “bad leader” and a "bad mom" to even feel like this.

My husband encouraged me to stop justifying when I had to leave early for school pickups and simply say it as a matter of fact... Just like he has done.

I then realized how common this was in the company.
Every mom in the company did exactly what I was doing.
And every single dad left by giving a single disclaimer:
“Gotta go, I will be offline from x–y today.”
That’s it.

After speaking with hundreds of women inside SheTrailblazes, I can tell you this:

1. The more we justify, the more we invite scrutiny in what we do.
2. The guilt working moms feel has nothing to do with falling behind.
We already know we’re not behind.

Most of us have done more by 2pm than many people do all day. 🤗

The guilt is about being judged.
It’s the fear someone will notice you left.
That you’ll be seen as less committed...
Less serious, less deserving of the seat you earned.

And in all of this, one of the harshest truths I’ve realized is that…

It’s not their voice. It’s the one we were trained to hear.
We’ve internalized decades of “always on” culture so deeply…
We punish ourselves before anyone else even gets the chance.

A few years ago, I again picked up T again early.
We got ice cream and talked about his day.

And nothing at work fell apart.
Was I still feeling anxious? Yes, I was checking my Slack in between. 

But did I feel as guilty as before. NO.

To all the mamas out there… If this sounds familiar to you, I want you know this
Your guilt doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong.

Your guilt is proof our hustle culture has trained you to feel wrong...
Simply for having a life. You are an amazing mom and an amazing leader.

♻️ Share this if you’re a working mom fighting these feelings too.
And if this hit home, you might want to hit follow.

Helping 1B women rise as leaders or founders | Ex-Atlassian | FREE workshop on Jan 19 (sign up below)👇

I used to get praised in every single job I’ve had.
But the promotions always went to a “Dave” or a “John.” 🤢 

I was seen as someone who was “trusted,” “reliable,” and a “doer.”
So every time something important came up.
My name was first on the list.
Because they knew I’d deliver it well.

For the first few years in my career, being the “workhorse” actually worked.
It got me my first 3 promotions.

By the time I reached Senior Manager levels,
That praise became the very thing that held me back.
I was now the “execution machine.”

So when I brought up promotion, I kept hearing the same thing:
“Bosky, you’re the best. Once you become more strategic, the promotion is all yours.” 💔 

And then, to “support” me, Dave, my peer was assigned as my mentor.
Because he was somehow the strategic one.

Dave was charming. A big talker.
But he handed a lot of his work to his mentees…
80% of whom were women. 

I felt used.
Blindsided.
Invisible.

The hardest part wasn’t hearing the NO’s.
It was realizing I was following every rule…
And somehow it still wasn’t enough.

After 5 promotion denials, I knew something needed to change. 

So I changed how I was managing my career:
1/ Think, operate and speak in the exec language
2/ Go beyond impact. Work commercially (with confidential numbers)
3/ Build 3–5 exec level sponsors across the business

These 3 levers shift how decision makers talk about you in talent reviews.
And that is where promotions actually happen.
And this changed everything for me.

I stopped trying to “speak up more.”
Stopped saying yes to extra work.
Stopped pretending to be extroverted just to fit the mold.

Instead, I started getting invited into the right rooms.
Even during reorgs.
Even with leadership changes.

Eventually, I was promoted to General Manager and Company President.
I was tapped for multiple C-Level roles. 

Since then, I’ve coached 5,000+ women globally rise even when things are stacked against them.

And I promise you: My clients say, they will never go back to the over-delivering, over-working “doer.” 

Because without these 3 shifts, you will keep working harder, burning out, and still hearing: “You’re not strategic enough.”

Just last month alone:
✅ Elle was promoted to VP after 6 years of overworking
✅ Neha was recognized by her CEO and promoted to Director
✅ Sarah made a 2-level jump with a $200K comp increase

That’s 3 major client wins. 🙌 🥰 
All using the same levers I teach inside my LIVE, hands-on workshop.
The shift from being the trusted doer -> a strategic leader…
 
 Get the same training that 5,000+ women have used to rise once and for all.
(It’s been voted “a MUST” for every woman in corporate.”) 💪
 And I’m incredibly proud of that.

Join my next LIVE session - https://lnkd.in/gz6S4C5H

P.S. If you’ve ever felt underestimated in your bones… gift yourself an hour your future self will be proud of.

#womenintech #womenleadership #careergrowth  #careeradvancement
#leadership

During a crisis, leadership roles still tilt toward men and the psychology behind it is terrifying 👇

Reut Itzkovitch-Malka's 2024 study revealed something that as women we have always felt.

When uncertainty hits, people instinctively default to men as leaders.

None of this happens because of experience or competence or lack of it.
But because stress disrupts the brain’s ability to recognize capability.
And when cortisol spikes, human’s old programming takes over.

Here’s how this shows up for so many women in real life:
1/ A woman can spend years building credibility and results.
2/ And it takes only one crisis for decision-makers forget it in a week.

I hear versions of this every week in tech, finance, education and even government. This happened to me too.

Years ago, I said yes to a crisis assignment that everyone else refused.
I walked in thinking, “If I fix this, people will finally see what I’m capable of.”

But halfway through I realized: I was never meant to succeed. 💔 
I was the scapegoat for a mess that had been brewing long before I showed up.

And when the situation inevitably blew up because it was never salvageable…
A man was immediately brought in as the “steady hand.”

This is when I realized that in a crisis, women don’t become less competent. People simply become worse at seeing competence.

Once you understand that, you start looking at your whole career differently.

Inside SheTrailblazes, we see a pattern consistently:
- Brilliant women get overlooked the moment there’s chaos.
- Less-experienced men suddenly get labeled “strong leadership material.”

It’s unfair BUT it’s also predictable.
And what’s predictable can be planned for.

You cannot out-perform unconscious bias when a system is under pressure.
But you can build influence, identity, and visibility before the pressure hits.

And that’s exactly what so many women inside SheTrailblazers are doing…
so when crisis arrives, their value doesn’t vanish with the stress.

P.S. Have you ever seen a capable woman be skipped for an opportunity during crisis?

#womenleadership #careergrowth #womenintech #careeradvancement #leadership

Women rarely pause to celebrate themselves.
But we never forget to celebrate everyone else’s milestones. 🤢 

And honestly?
For everything 2025 has demanded from us… I don’t need a science-backed explanation for why women avoid spotlighting our wins. 

I see it every day.
I’ve seen women leading multimillion-dollar businesses still apologize before sharing their accomplishments.

Somewhere along the way, we started confusing humility with shrinking.
We downplay.
We rush past our wins.
We tell ourselves “it’s not a big deal” and move on to the next thing without taking a breath.

And THIS is exactly why I’m hosting our Year-End Virtual Celebration for women on Dec 11th. 🥳 💃 

We only do this once a year and the energy in the room is always unreal.

Most of us won’t give ourselves even one hour to celebrate what we survived this year. Let’s not end the year like that.

Women deserve more than surviving day to day..

This is the space where we don’t apologize for our achievements.

We own them.
Together.

Come as you are.
Bring your favorite boba (or whatever feels comforting).
Join us for one lighthearted, inspiring hour with incredible women like you.

Let’s end this year that way loudly and unapologetically.

✨ Celebrate you here- https://luma.com/v1n6voaz

P.S. If you joined this party… what drink are you bringing? ☕🧋🍷

#womensupportingwomen #2025celebration #womenintech #womenfounders #womenleaders

I left my C-level role because I had a front-row seat to a problem no one wanted to admit. 💔 
Wickedly smart women were doing everything right… and still not rising.

That’s why I started SheTrailblazes.
Because it became impossible to look away.

And yesterday, this message from a woman who attended my September workshop reminded me exactly why I do this work:
1. Recognized by her leadership
2. Praised by a GM for strategic thinking
3. Getting promoted to Director in Feb

Followed by:
“NONE of this would have happened without your workshop.”
And:
“Every woman in tech MUST attend this.” 🥰 

As I’m prepping for my December 2nd workshop, this reminder couldn’t have come at a better time.

Because here’s the truth very few women hear honestly:
Hard work gives you more hard work.
But being seen as a strategic leader?
That requires a completely different set of skills.

The advice that helped early in your career...
 “Speak up more.”
 “Work more.”
 “Be confident.”
 “Find a mentor.”
 “Lean in.”
…has an expiry date.

At senior levels, decisions get made for entirely different reasons.

Executives don’t promote you for doing more.
They promote you when they’re confident you make them look like they made the smartest talent decision of the year.
And that shift requires two things...the two levers I teach over and over:

1. Engineer the right executive sponsors
Not mentors. Not allies. But exec sponsors who stake their political capital to insist on your growth.
You don’t “earn” sponsors by accident.
 You create them through the right conversations at the right altitude.

2. Communicate like someone operating two levels up
Your manager cares about how well you execute.
Executives care about how you think and operate commercially.
When your work reflects this you become sponsorable.

That’s when leaders stop seeing you as the "DOER" and start seeing you as someone who changes the business.

And that is exactly the transformation I’m preparing women for inside the Dec 2nd workshop.

Every day I speak to women who are exhausted from repeating the same year over and over.

If 2026 is the year you want to rise differently, I hope you join me and the most amazing women who already are.

P.S. Do you want 2026 to be the year you rise? Tell me in the comments.

#careergrowth #careeradvancement #womenleadership #womenintech #leadership

This happened again (ahhhhhhhh)...
So I decided to do what I tell women to do.
Celebrate clients wins for November and December. 🥰

✅ 4 women got promoted
✅ 14 women went from being the “get sh!t done person” → strategic leaders
✅ 5 women landed their dream roles after months of navigating layoffs

(+ so many women crushing it as founders building revenue) 💃 💃💃

None of this was pure luck.
And it definitely wasn’t the result of doing more work.

At senior levels, we focus on 3 non-negotiables:
1️⃣ Reclaim how women communicate like executives
2️⃣ Think and operate commercially (this is where real leverage shows up)
3️⃣ Engineer executive-level sponsors across the business

After coaching thousands of women, I see this as a repeatable pattern.

While it’s easy to fall into the endless trap of:
 “do more work”
 “be more visible”
 “speak up more”
 “advocate harder”

I want to see women rise strategically without burning themselves out.

That’s exactly what the women above did.
And it’s the same playbook they used to get the results they wanted.

Get the exact strategies in my workshop for women - https://lnkd.in/gz6S4C5H

Now let’s do something important.
Fill the comments with unstoppable hype. Celebrate these wickedly smart women.

P.S. Tag a woman who deserves to be next. ❤️

The woman who forced Big Tech to rethink dominance. 
Her journey matters for your next chapter. 👀 

Here’s how Lina Khan’s career shows senior women’s unstoppable influence doesn’t require staying in 1 lane:

Lina Khan was born on March 3, 1989, in London. 
Her family moved to the US when she was 11. 
She studied political science at Williams College and graduated in 2010.
She was also editor of the student newspaper and completed a thesis on political thought. 
Later, she earned her law degree (J.D.) from Yale Law School in 2017.

The same year she published what became one of the most influential papers challenging Big Tech’s dominance. 
Her paper on Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox challenged how tech dominance was defined and how innovation gets blocked.

As a policy researcher, she observed that a few companies controlled entire sectors and the laws remained stuck in the past.

- She didn’t wait for permission or for someone to give her credibility.
- She used deep expertise and conviction to launch antitrust actions against tech giants like Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission.

What I believe we, as women, can learn from her journey is:
1/ You don’t need to stay in the same job or title to make an impact.
2. Your deep knowledge matters most when you decide to act on it.

"Strategic Influence" happens when you identify a "system failing" and show how we will fix it.

Lina’s path reminds us that at the senior level you’re not just a leader in your domain. You can be a re-definer of your domain.

If you’re a senior woman wondering where your next chapter leads, remember that the map you need does not exist yet.

You can be the one to draw it.

P.S. Which part of Lina’s story resonates most with you?
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🔔 Follow me Bosky Mukherjee for more stories of women breaking glass ceilings.

#inspiration #womeninleadership #work #leadership #women #womenintech

6 brilliant women changed the world. 
None got the credit they deserved. 🤢 

Their stories matter for every senior woman who has ever been overlooked or underestimated.

1. Colette
She wrote four bestselling novels including the Claudine series under a pen name of her husband’s that made him famous while she stayed invisible.
Years later she rebuilt her career under her name and got nominated for Nobel.

Lesson: Your talent is not defined by who gets the spotlight first.

2. Margaret Keane
For nearly a decade her husband sold her paintings as his own. She worked 16-hour days behind closed doors until she finally proved the truth in court by painting live.

Lesson: Your work speaks louder than theft. It just needs the right stage.

3. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
She discovered radio pulsars, one of the greatest findings in astrophysics. Her male colleagues won the Nobel Prize without mentioning her.

Lesson: Being overlooked does not erase your brilliance. It exposes flawed systems.

4. Lise Meitner
She co-discovered nuclear fission, but her colleague won the Nobel alone. Her contribution was written out of history for decades.

Lesson: You can be the mind behind the breakthrough even if others take the credit. Truth outlasts bias.

5. Rosalind Franklin
Her X-ray photos proved the structure of DNA, yet her male peers published first and got the Nobel.
Her work was the foundation. They got the legacy.

Lesson: Doing the foundational work is leadership, even when unrecognized.

6. Esther Lederberg
She advanced bacterial genetics, but her husband took the spotlight.
He won the Nobel and never mentioned her once.

Lesson: Shared work is not shared recognition. Build a career where your name is tied to your impact.

Here is what these stories tell senior women today:
💔 Your contributions may get overlooked.
💔 Your ideas may get taken.
💔 Your leadership may get minimized.

But history shows this clearly.
Women have always been talented. They just were not always given the credit.

If you are a senior woman shaping your next chapter, remember this:
Your work deserves your name on it. 💖 🙌 

P.S. If you want to build a career where your work, leadership, and influence are unmistakably tied to your name, my newsletter breaks down real strategies senior women use to rise with clarity and power.
https://lnkd.in/gWSxyxMb

#women #inspiration #womeninleadership #leadership #womenintech

Yale analyzed thousands of manager evaluations across multiple companies.
Another team studied ~30,000 promotion documents at a major U.S. retailer.

Both studies found the same thing:
Women weren’t underperforming.
In fact, they received higher performance ratings on average.

Yet they were still…
14% less likely to be promoted each year. 🤢 

Here’s what the data makes it impossible for women to ignore:
→ Managers consistently underestimate women’s leadership potential.
Not performance. Potential.

At the retail chain, women made up 56% of entry-level roles.
But at every rung, their numbers dropped.
Why?

Because managers assumed men would grow into leadership faster.

This is one of the biggest reasons why SheTrailblazes was born 7 years ago.

Even when women outperform men later, their potential scores stay lower.
The ceiling never fully resets.
Their upside stays invisible.
Their long-term value is underestimated even when the results say otherwise.

This is the moment so many women realize that merit and hard work alone don’t move us forward.

And the problem isn’t “confidence.”
It isn’t “speaking up.”
It isn’t “leaning in.”

The real problem is the perception of future value.

Here’s one shift I see that moves women forward the fastest inside SheTrailblazes:

You cannot wait for people to notice your potential. You must pre-frame it.**
I call this “The Pre-Framing Rule”. 👀 

It sounds like:
“Here’s how this work ladders into next year’s strategy…”
“Here’s why this decision unlocks X for the business…”
“Here’s the longer-term opportunity this creates…”

These is how strategic framing works that signals:
You already thinking, operating and communicating at the next level.

Because if you don’t shape the story of your future value, someone else will and the data shows they will always underestimate it.

Rooting for you! 🙌 

P.S. What do YOU think signals future potential of someone?

#careergrowth #careeradvancement #womenleadership #womenintech #leadership

$90B in AI debt. $3.5B in funding. 13k layoffs. Here are the shifts senior women can’t ignore this week.

The AI industry is moving faster than most leaders can track.

Here are the 10 shifts senior women in tech should know this week.

1. Big Tech is taking on massive debt to fund AI.
Hyperscalers have issued nearly ninety billion dollars in bonds since September to finance AI infrastructure. Analysts expect AI capex to hit $600 billion by 2027.

2. Microsoft just made AI agents enterprise infrastructure.
At Ignite 2025, they announced Agent 365 and deeper Copilot integrations. Governance, security, and budget planning for agents are now board-level responsibilities.

3. Google is warning about an AI bubble while regulators step back.
Pichai has raised concerns about overheated valuations and energy costs. At the same time, the EU is delaying parts of its AI Act, shifting compliance timelines for global tech teams.

4. Foxconn and OpenAI are doubling down on U.S. hardware.
They announced a collaboration to co-design data centre hardware with billions in manufacturing investments.

5. Cyber incidents are now a supply chain problem.
Recent breaches highlight how OAuth scopes, vendor integrations, and third-party tools are becoming the core of CISO and CIO risk conversations.

6. AI employment laws are happening state by state.
Several U.S. states introduced bills on algorithmic hiring, bias audits, and workplace monitoring. Cross-functional AI governance is becoming a strategic leadership muscle.

7. Verizon announced its biggest layoff ever.
More than thirteen thousand roles are being cut to free capital for network and automation investments.

8. Tech layoffs remain high across mid-sized firms.
More than seventeen thousand tech workers were laid off in a single week this month. Senior women cannot rely on one employer’s AI narrative to secure long-term resilience.

9. AI funding is still strong.
November alone crossed three and a half billion dollars in global AI startup funding. Infra and workflow automation are leading the way.

10. New power seats are emerging inside companies.
AI governance councils. Vendor risk committees. Transformation offices that report to the CEO. These seats are becoming the real pipelines to COO, CIO, and CEO tracks.

If you are a senior woman in tech, this is your moment to step toward roles that cut across the whole business, not just your function.

The companies betting big on AI need leaders who can bridge people, policy, and product.

Which of these shifts will matter most in your company? Comment the number.

AI Product Builder @ NanoKernel | Generative AI, AI Agents, AIoT, Responsible AI, AI Product Management | Ex-Apple, Accenture, Cognizant, Verizon, AT&T | I help companies build standout Next-Gen AI Solutions

I help visionary companies build standout AI Products. I am seeking a Senior IC AI Product Manager role at established AI-focused companies. I am a transformative Product and IT Executive, blending innovation with leadership across every role I've embraced. My journey from the technical trenches to the strategic echelons of Product Leadership, Solutions Architecture, and Enterprise Data Strategy has been fueled by an insatiable drive for growth, an unwavering focus on customer success, and a passion for adapting and thriving in diverse organizational landscapes.From Fortune 50 giants to agile startups, my path has been marked by over 8 groundbreaking product launches and more than 20 transformative project deliveries. At the heart of these achievements lies a deep-seated belief in the power of innovative thinking, strategic execution, and the magic of collaboration across domains and disciplines. My mantra? Value creation, operational excellence, and nurturing talent are the cornerstones of my transformative leadership.My commitment to thought leadership has led me to author a book on Big Data, secure several patents, and contribute to the knowledge pool with articles and papers featured in renowned journals, blogs, and media channels. Dive into my insights on LinkedIn and Medium at https://harsha-srivatsa.medium.com/Education is an ongoing journey for me, enriched by formal degrees in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, and Management, alongside continuous learning from prestigious institutions like MIT, Stanford, Kellogg, and IDEOU. This foundation empowers me to lead at the intersection of technology and business, navigating the complexities of AI, IoT, Cloud Platforms, and beyond with ease and insight.My commitment extends beyond the professional realm. As a High School Educator with Microsoft's TEALS Program, a Master Gardener certified by University of California, a mentor for immigrants through Upwardly Global, and a volunteer with the Coast Guard Auxiliary, I believe in giving back, sharing knowledge, and supporting communities.I am a believer in the transformative power of technology, education, and community service. Let’s connect, collaborate, and create impact together.Email:  harsha.srivatsa at connectwithharsha.info | Website: https://www.connectwithharsha.me

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Thanksgiving 2025…

For me, it’s not about the food, the shopping, or the holiday itself. It’s about the occasion—and the sentiment of pausing to say thank you.
This Thanksgiving, I’m giving thanks for the people who have touched my life, the places that have shaped me, and the possibilities that make life purposeful.

Thank you to two amazing people I met recently—Polly M Allen and Nico Posner —who filled my heart and soul with joy.

Thank you to the beautiful Bay Area that my wife and I have called home for 2+ decades.

Thank you to SFO, my City of Possibilities, where I discovered—and continue to build—my passion for creating AI products.

Thanks for being part of my life journey and for reminding me, in big and small ways, how rich my life becomes when I experience gratitude and share it.

#ThanksgivingGratitude #PeoplePlacesPossibilities #AIPM

Senior AI Product Leader | Generative AI, AI Agents, AIoT, Responsible AI, AI Product Strategy | Ex-Apple, Accenture, Cognizant | I help companies build, debug and launch standout AI products

I am continually fascinated by the recent LLM Council project by Andrej Karpathy. I now consider the LLM Council as both a Gen AI Design Pattern and an application building block. The possibilities for building innovative applications seems to be quite a lot. 

The LLM Council pattern embodies the principle that N models > 1 model when properly orchestrated. Instead of relying on a single AI to answer your question—with all its biases, blind spots, and hallucination risks—what if you assembled a "council" of diverse AI models to debate, critique, and synthesize a superior answer?

Today, as I was working on a PRD, I had the Aha! moment to explore the application of LLM Council Pattern to PRD reviews and rapid iteration and improvement. 

We all know this: the real gaps in a PRD show up after sprint planning – during engineering review, in QA, or (worst) in production.

I came up with an application concept: PRD Review Council – an AI “board of PM advisors” powered by the LLM Council pattern that reviews my PRD before it ever reaches sprint planning.

Here’s the idea 👇
Instead of a single AI doing a generic review, my PRD (generated the classical way or via ChatPRD)  goes to a council of AI personas inspired by product thought leaders – think Jackie Bavaro (clarity & strategy), Melissa Perri (outcomes over output), Dan Olsen (PMF & lean experiments), Janna Bastow (roadmaps & process), Claire Vo Vo (AI-native PM & agents). 
Each one reviews the PRD from their own lens and surfaces issues, questions, and suggestions. 

Then a “chairman” persona inspired by Marty Cagan pulls it all together: synthesising the feedback into one coherent review with: 
* An executive summary of readiness
* Critical gaps that block development
* High-leverage improvements to problem, outcomes, scope and risks
* A short list of concrete next steps for the author PM

Under the hood, PRD Review Council uses an LLM Council-style workflow: multiple models/experts in parallel, cross-review of each other’s feedback, and a final synthesis step that optimises for completeness, coherence, and practical actionability – not just clever comments. 

Why this matters:
* Catch most structural gaps before sprint planning
* Reduce back-and-forth PRD revisions with engineering, design and leadership
* Turn every PRD review into a mini coaching session from multiple “schools of PM”
* Build a repeatable, high-quality PRD review ritual even in lean teams 

I’m exploring this both as a real product idea implemented with Google AI Studio and as a reference app for multi-LLM “council” architectures. 

If you’re a PM or product leader who struggles with PRDs that get shredded late in the process, I’d love your take:

👉 Would you trust (and use) an AI PRD Review Council like this? What would you want it to catch every single time?

#ProductManagement #AIProductManagement #LLMCouncil #GenerativeAI #ProdMgmt

We now have a menu of LLM platforms and frontier models. 

OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Perplexity, xAI, Mistral AI, DeepSeek
and others keep shipping new model releases, each with fresh claims about features and performance.

But a practical question remains: which model should I use for which task, purpose, and outcome? How do we look beyond leaderboards and hype, and relate these models to day-to-day, pragmatic work?

I found comparing frontier LLM platforms like ChatGPT 5.1, Claude 4.5, Grok, Perplexity, and Gemini quite difficult because they are complex products, not just models on a chart. I needed a structured way to map their distinct strengths, risks, and task fit so I could confidently route work to the right tool.

So I adapted Andrej Karpathy’s “LLM Council” idea — a multi-model debate plus chairman synthesis — to systematically evaluate each LLM platform.

The result is a practical view, for each platform, of:
* Strengths
* Watch-outs
* Tasks well suited
* Tasks better routed elsewhere

The adapted LLM Council process:
-> Multiple frontier models independently assess a target platform to avoid early anchoring.
-> They anonymously critique and rank each other’s answers to surface errors and nuances.
-> A “Chairman” model, overseen by a human, synthesizes the debate into a consensus verdict.

The Council’s one-sentence report snapshots:
> ChatGPT 5.1 – A top-tier generalist with adaptive reasoning that excels at explaining concepts, agentic workflows, and acting as a conversational copilot.
> Anthropic Claude 4.5 – The “deep thinker” for complex coding, heavy document analysis, and long-horizon reasoning, especially when paired with Artifacts.
> Perplexity – A web-native “answer engine” built for deep research and fact-finding, rather than long-form creative writing or storytelling.
> Grok – Best for real-time social trend analysis and sentiment tracking, with a spicy tone and direct access to X data.
> Google Gemini – A multimodal powerhouse that integrates with Workspace and uses massive context windows to analyze video, large codebases, and Drive files.

Comment “Council” if you’d like the full breakdown and report.

The attached slide deck captures and summarizes the key findings.

Doing this exercise gave me a much clearer mental model of which LLM platform to use for what, and how to route tasks to the best-fit model for the outcomes I care about.

#AI #GenerativeAI #AIProductManagement #FrontierLLMs #AIEvaluation #AISafety #LLMCouncil #ProductManagement

Evaluating LLM Platforms with the LLM Councils

Sharing a personal spirit lifting milestone from ResearchGate. 

Glad to know that people are reading my published paper. Inspired by my mentor Aman Chadha and by his stellar publishing record and portfolio. 

This path to publishing preprints and getting reads / citations is to get into the groove of original ideation, thinking about problems - solutions, and putting high quality written work. This effort with ResearchGate is a start; I aim to work and uplevel myself to be worthy of acceptance into "prestigious" journals - arXiv, IEEE, ACM etc. It is hard but I am motivated to do whatever it takes to get to that level.

I am thrilled to announce a collaboration with my friend Sevanne Calle on upleveling ourselves in Physical AI! 

To start off, we have created a newsletter titled "Physical AI Dispatch" 

Issue #1 is now live: “Why Physical AI Matters Now.”
In this first issue, we break down:
* What I mean by Physical AI (beyond the buzzwords)
* How it will reshape work, industries, and everyday environments
* Why now is the time for AI Product builders, AI leaders, and AI practitioners to upskill and get ready

If you’re curious about the intersection of AI + Robotics + AIoT + Edge Infrastructure, or you’re an AI builder, product leader, engineer, or operator who wants to ride the Physical AI wave,  I’d love for you to follow along.

🔔 Subscribe to Physical AI Dispatch to get future issues, deep dives, and practical frameworks straight in your inbox.
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We’re entering a moment where AI is no longer staying in the digital world.
It’s stepping into the real world — into devices that sense the environment, robots that move with purpose, machines that can help us in hospitals, farms, factories, and even in our homes. This shift can change industries, careers, and lives.

But right now, most people only understand “software AI”: LLMs, chatbots, copilots.

Physical AI is the next wave — and most people are not prepared for it.

Over the past months, I’ve become convinced that Physical AI — AI embedded in robots, machines, vehicles, and devices that can sense, decide, and act in the real world — will define the next decade of innovation. From logistics and manufacturing to healthcare, energy, agriculture, and smart cities, we’re already seeing early signs: autonomous robots, intelligent fleets, warehouse automation, hospital logistics, and more.

I want to prepare myself now for that shift — to think deeply about:
* How we design Physical AI systems that are helpful rather than harmful
* How we blend AI, robotics, AIoT, and edge infrastructure responsibly
* How Product, Engineering, Operations, and Policy need to work together to make Physical AI safe, reliable, and truly human-centered

👉 So please join us in the journey of this exciting new world of possibilities and potential from Physical AI. 

#PhysicalAI #Robotics #AIoT #AIProduct #FutureOfAI

I have been using the new Slide Deck generation feature in Google NotebookLM and its pretty awesome - provided you give it some clear and good instructions. 

Here is a sample slide deck generated for Chapter 2 - The Pilot-to-Production Bridge in my book The  AI Product Builders Troubleshooting Guide.

The AI Product Builder's Guide - Chapter 2 Slide Deck

🚀 It’s here! I’m excited to officially release my new book:
 “AI Product Builder’s Troubleshooting & Diagnostic Guide”

Today, I’m releasing Version 1 - the first edition of what I hope becomes a living, evolving manual for AI Product Builders everywhere.

🔗 Download / Access the book:
Formatted PDF (recommended for visuals):
https://lnkd.in/gQAqvWNY

Living Google Doc (always up-to-date):
https://lnkd.in/gguqQTEH

📝 Suggest updates / fixes / improvements:
 👉 Feedback Sheet: https://lnkd.in/g7x622X8

💡 Why I wrote this
AI Products don’t fail at the model stage—they fail at the system stage. Drift, bad data, fragile pipelines, unclear governance, cost explosions, missing guardrails — these are all diagnosable and fixable patterns.

This book is the operational guide I wish my AI team(s) had:
On How to debug, diagnose, harden, evaluate, govern, and scale AI systems that must survive real-world conditions.

🚀 What makes this book unique: 
I designed this book with several first-of-its-kind features:
✨ Each chapter is exactly one page
 Clear. Sharp. Built for busy AI Builders.

✨ TL;DR + Bottom Line on every page
 No fluff. Immediate clarity.

✨ A unified visual synthesis in each chapter. 
Each chapter content synthesized into one artifact.

✨ Integrated multimodal learning
 For every chapter, you can choose to:
 🎥 Watch an ~8-min explainer video
 🎧 Listen to a dialog-style audio version
 📘 Read the text + visuals

✨ Living manual — continuously updated
 The Google Doc will remain the source of truth.
 I will track updates in a public change log and release refreshed versions frequently.

🛠 How you can use the book
Use it as your:
 • Production hardening checklist
 • Pilot-to-Production playbook
 • Evaluation & guardrail reference
 • Incident response guide
 • Governance + FinOps alignment tool
 • Workshop toolkit for AI maturity

My goal: help teams escape “Pilot Purgatory” and build reliable, safe, cost-aware, trustworthy AI systems.

A mentor who read this book earlier, captured it well:
“This book isn’t just guidance — it’s an intervention. It tackles the exact pain point every VP of AI is wrestling with right now.”

🌱 Your feedback matters
This is Version 1 — the beginning.
 Please use the feedback sheet to propose:
 • Fixes
 • Improvements
 • Clarifications
 • New chapter ideas
 • Real-world cases
I’ll review every submission and integrate improvements continuously.

🙏 Final note
I’d be grateful if you could:
 💬 Share this post
 📤 Forward the book
 🏷️ Mention it to teams who need it
 📚 Use it in your org’s AI processes

Thank you for your support — this book is dedicated to every AI Product Builder striving to build their “Aha!” product responsibly and at scale.

#AIProductManagement #AIProductBuilders #AILifecycle

AI Product Lead @ NanoKernel | Generative AI, AI Agents, AIoT, Responsible AI, AI Product Management | Ex-Apple, Accenture, Cognizant, Verizon, AT&T | I help companies build standout Next-Gen AI Solutions

What happens when AI’s hunger for power, water, and land collides with the limits of our planet – and the patience of our communities?

We’re already seeing the early signs: grid constraints, water stress, local moratoriums on new data centers, and growing scrutiny from regulators and citizens. 
At the same time, we’re racing to build an AI++ world – where AI is deeply intertwined with IoT, edge, robotics, and cyber-physical systems.

To make that future possible, we don’t just need more  power or more AI infrastructure.

We need to have a clear vision for the Future of Data Centers, And We need Resource-Responsible AI so that we invest and build in that AI infrastructure rationally. 

I’ve pulled together my research, thoughts, and field notes into a publication: 
📘 “The Future of AI Data Centers – Creating Resource-Responsible AI for an AI++ World”

Links to the booklet and slide deck in the comments. 

In this publication I explore:
* How AI data centers differ fundamentally from traditional cloud infrastructure
* Why power, water, and cooling are becoming design constraints – not afterthoughts
* A set of principles and scorecards for building Resource-Responsible AI across the model lifecycle
* Patterns for AI-native architectures spanning edge, micro data centers, and hyperscale
* The role of regulation, risk, and “social license to operate”
* Future scenarios and a practical roadmap for teams who want to act, not just admire the problem

If this topic resonates with you – whether you’re in AI/ML, cloud, data centers, sustainability, or policy – drop a comment or DM  🙌

#AIDatacenters #ResourceResponsibleAI #SustainableAI #AIInfrastructure #AIoT #EdgeComputing #AIArchitecture #AIProductLeadership

Thrilled to share that my new research paper is now available on ResearchGate: “Agentic Swarm Intelligence Applied to AIoT Agent Coordination: A Domain-Agnostic Framework for Multi-Agent Coordination, Task Allocation, and Human-AIoT Workflow Delineation.”

This work brings together Swarm Intelligence, multi-agent systems, and AIoT to answer a key question: 
How do we coordinate AIoT agents while keeping humans safely and meaningfully in the loop? 

The paper introduces the AIoT Swarm Coordination Map (ASCM), an extended RACI-A responsibility model, and a Human–AIoT Workflow Canvas that practitioners can apply across manufacturing, energy, smart cities, logistics, and more.

If you’re interested in and exploring Multi-agent systems, AIoT, edge intelligence, or Human-AI teaming, I’d really value your read, critique, and suggestions for future directions.


#AIoT #AgenticAI #SwarmIntelligence #MultiAgentSystems #EdgeComputing #HumanInTheLoop #AIArchitecture #EdgeAI

A TGIF moment! Thankful to meeting and collaborating with awesome people like Ronny Ashar .

It is an awesome feeling for me when you can have meaningful connects even though we are thousands of miles apart and we can find something that we are both passionate about. 

Ronny and I have had deep and thoughtful discussions about Sustainable AI recently. Which led me to the formulation of the concept of Resource Responsible AI. 

I am really proud of Ronny for getting the AI Ethics practioner certification from Stanford. Looking forward to continuing this awesomeness in 2026.

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