Tarun Jain’s Blog

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Feb 3 • Tarun Jain

January 2026

October 2025

The Product Leader’s Real Operating System: Your Calendar

It is the operating system of leadership. It decides where attention goes. It decides whether judgment is sharp or fragmented. It decides whether a…

Oct 11, 2025 • Tarun Jain

The Patterns We Stop Seeing

Experience makes us efficient. Curiosity makes us innovative. In between lies the space where most leaders stop looking. A reflection on why kids solve…

Oct 6, 2025 • Tarun Jain

September 2025

Key Metrics for an AI-Driven 2025

This essay breaks down the key metrics product leaders must track from adoption and trust to revenue, efficiency, and responsible AI.

Sep 29, 2025 • Tarun Jain

August 2025

The New Energy + AI Industrial Complex

The future of AI hinges on a new Energy–AI Industrial Complex where tech companies must become energy experts to secure reliable power. With the U.S…

Aug 12, 2025 • Tarun Jain

May 2025

Not Every Problem is THE Problem

In a world flooded with ideas, great product managers succeed not by chasing novelty, but by filtering ruthlessly, asking sharper questions, and staying…

May 12, 2025 • Tarun Jain

April 2025

Product Leadership in the new era

It’s not just 10X faster. It’s 10X more adaptive

Apr 23, 2025 • Tarun Jain

Shopify’s AI Mandate

Change in the Age of AI

Apr 18, 2025 • Tarun Jain

March 2025

Only the Paranoid Survive: re-read in an AI-driven era

Andrew Grove’s “Only the Paranoid Survive” offers timeless leadership lessons on adapting to sudden market shifts. In today’s AI-driven era, this…

Mar 14, 2025 • Tarun Jain

Context Switching: Staying Sharp Amid Chaos

Execs juggle strategy, crises, people issues, and more—often within minutes. Master context switching to stay sharp and lead effectively.

Mar 2, 2025 • Tarun Jain

February 2025

The AI-Energy Tango

AI’s rapid growth is pushing energy, water, rare metals, and cybersecurity industries to evolve in tandem, creating new dependencies and economic…

Feb 22, 2025 • Tarun Jain