Great product work deserves to be seen
Nominations are open: recognize standout product work
I’ve spent a lot of time looking at what separates strong product work from everything else in the market.
Inside a company, teams have full context. They know the decisions and the constraints that shaped the product. Outside the company, that context disappears. What remains is the outcome, and how clearly the product’s value can be understood by others.
That’s one of the reasons I care about recognition when it’s done well. It gives the market a way to understand why a product matters without oversimplifying the work behind it.
That’s the role the Product Awards are meant to play. They recognize products and teams that delivered real impact and reflect thoughtful product decisions in practice. The work is evaluated by peers who understand what good product execution actually looks like.
I also see nominations as a sign of expertise from the people submitting them. Product managers nominate products because they know what it takes to build something meaningful. Putting a product forward says, “This work represents the standard I believe in.”
Nominations for the Product Awards are now open. If you’re building or leading a product that reflects strong product judgment and measurable impact, this is a way to make that work visible to the broader product community.
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Really smart framing on the nomination process itself as signal. Most award systems focus solely on thewinner, but the idea that nominating reveals a nominator's judgment about what good execution looks like is kinda underrated. Been in situations where seeing who nominated what told me more about organizational dynamics than any metrics dashboard could.