I've been a product manager all my career. I started off at Zoho, moved to Deloitte to get exposure to all sorts of fields to specialise on. (5years exp)
Now that I've done that, I don't want to specialise in any particular field.
I want to specialise in product management in itself. I have a radical way of approaching it.
My way of specialisation would be by understanding complex systems in mathematics. Network theory, non linear dynamics , emergence and feedback loops.
Like see this
Mathematical Concept -> Product Management Application
Phase portraits -> Modeling user adoption trajectories
Network centrality metrics -> Identifying critical dependencies
Chaos theory Stress-testing -> launch timelines
Fractal analysis -> Scaling processes across teams
In the age of AI, we all need to reinvent and stand out. I feel like if I pull this off I can truly capture the essence of being a product manager, i can fit into any complex system (any product) at the highest level (calling the shots/valued input to CEO/ the one who calls the shots) and get going with no lag, maintaining quality across fields.
What do you all think? If a bunch of us want to do this, we can do a series here itself by posting and interacting about where we are beginning (even a very basic level of math is fine, we all have to start somewhere) on a set time weekly sharing what we learnt.