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Shaina Pauley

My name is Shaina Pauley.

I'm an action-oriented dreamer and believer that emotional intelligence, systems thinking, storytelling, and collaboration are the real superpowers in a time of rapid change.

Hello
Shaina Pauley

My name is Shaina Pauley and I am a product owner, builder, writer, and connoisseur of clouds.

I'm an action-oriented dreamer and believer that emotional intelligence, systems thinking, storytelling, and collaboration are the real superpowers in a time of rapid change.

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The Hardest Thing I Shipped in 2025

7 min read

January 16, 2026

Prompt2Story looks simple. You paste messy notes, click a button, and get a structured user story. That's it. Getting it to work reliably took four months, a full architecture rewrite, and mass...

AIProduct DevelopmentLessons LearnedShipping
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The Absurdity Index: Quantifying What the Statistics Miss

8 min read

December 17, 2025

There's a particular kind of cognitive dissonance that defines modern life. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announces that the economy is strong. Your healthcare claim gets denied. Again. Rent goes...

Data VisualizationSocial ResearchProduct Design
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The Death of Product Management

7 min read

December 15, 2025

Product management, at least as we've formally known it, is dead. That might sound dramatic, but it's no different than when project managers saw their discipline shaken by agile. The same thing is...

Product ManagementAIFuture of Work
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