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WGMaTW: Product signals for 2026, emotional JTBDs, and the myth of product utopia

What Got My Attention This Week, as a product leader

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Esteban Contreras
Jan 09, 2026
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Here’s what got my attention this first week of the new year — a short list of things I read and watched recently that felt worth pausing on, as a product leader.

1/ The next big things in 2026, curated by NBT

This week’s ‘next big thing’ Nikhil Basu Trivedi essay reminded me how much the AI boom is shifting from raw capability to product outcomes. The pi…

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