Product Thinking

Episode 241: Mastering AI Strategy in Enterprise Teams with Maryam Ashoori

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Sep 3, 2025
Maryam Ashoori, Vice President of Product and Engineering at IBM WatsonX, discusses the evolving landscape of AI in product management. She unveils how AI is reshaping roles and emphasizes the collaboration between product managers and engineers. Maryam highlights the distinction between AI agents and generative AI, showcasing their problem-solving capabilities. She advises enterprises to adopt AI strategically, focusing on specific challenges rather than being distracted by trends, and stresses the importance of small-scale implementations for successful integration.
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INSIGHT

Start With Problem, Not Tech

  • Maryam centers product work on the problem first, not on the latest technology trend.
  • She evaluates whether AI truly fits the problem before choosing implementation approaches.
INSIGHT

Agents Add Planning And Actions

  • Agents combine reasoning/planning with action-taking to solve multi-step tasks.
  • That enables automation beyond single-turn generative replies, like summarizing and executing action items.
ANECDOTE

Customer Support Agent Example

  • Maryam describes a camera support agent that first checks internal manuals, then searches externally if needed.
  • The agent can call tools like database query or web search and present results for human validation.
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