Surya KohLeadership review 2026

Speaking & conversations · 2026

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01

A roadmap should explain the trade-off

Keynote · 30 minutes · Product and design conferences

A chief product officer's perspective. A feature list tells a team what has been requested, but not why one investment matters more than another. I want the roadmap to expose the customer problem, expected value and principal uncertainty behind each priority. Discussion focus: product strategy, customer discovery, portfolio prioritisation, product operating models.

02

Discovery needs a decision at the end

Leadership workshop · Executive teams prioritising portfolios

A chief product officer's perspective. Customer interviews and experiments should answer a question that matters to an investment. Without a defined decision, discovery can become a collection of interesting observations that leave the roadmap untouched. Discussion focus: product strategy, customer discovery, portfolio prioritisation, product operating models.

On record

Recent conversations and coverage

  • The Product Leaders Forum · 2025

    “Retiring 70% of the roadmap was the best decision we made”

  • The Technology Leaders Review · 2024

    “Discovery as a leadership habit”

  • The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2024

    “Episode 125 — The problem worth solving”

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