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Work with Falk

Nobody has figured this out yet.

I sit across from a CEO, a CPO, or a board three or four times a week. The conversations rhyme: the team is moving, the market is moving faster, and the playbook from eighteen months ago is quietly dead. I’m in it too, building Falkster.AI. I work with a small number of leaders each year, on stage and inside the company.

Inside your company

When the question is yours, not the industry’s.

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Most requested · Two weeks

Product Org Audit

A graded assessment of your product org against the six skills of Product Builder OS, plus the 90-day plan I'd want if I were in your seat.

You leave with: A 30-page written report, an org grade on the six skills, a 90-day action plan, and a 60-minute executive walkthrough.

Best for: CPOs and VPs of Product at $20M to $500M companies who want a direct, written answer on AI readiness.

See the audit Two slots open this quarter · fee on request

Every engagement is scoped on a call. Fees on request.

A practitioner, not a retired consultant.

  • Thirty years shipping product

    Chief Software Architect at Microsoft Research, SVP of Product at Salesforce, and leadership at Adobe.

  • Four times Chief Product Officer

    Including Commure, Crisis Text Line, and SOCi.

  • Four startup exits

    Including the Commure and Athelas merger, valued at $6.5 billion.

  • Building right now

    Founder of Falkster.AI and Heidi, the company brain for AI-native businesses.

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One inbox

Tell me what you’re solving.

No pitch. We’ll figure out what makes sense, including “none of the above” if that’s the honest answer. Mention the company, the stage, and the question.

Booking a keynote? Use the form on the speaking page so it lands with the event details.

Goes straight to Falk. Reply within 72 hours.