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Jain Epistemology (Anekāntavāda)Hemacandra (Yogaśāstra, c. 1175 CE)

Most product teams treat the backlog as a record of intentions — a list of things we decided to build. But a backlog is actually a record of past attention, and past attention...

Pick one item that has survived three or more backlog grooming sessions. What were the original conditions that made it...

Jain Epistemology (Anekāntavāda tradition)Prabhachandra (Prameyakamalamārtaṇḍa, c. 1040 CE)

When a product team keeps shipping features nobody asked for twice, the instinct is to blame the process — better templates, more rigorous prioritization, cleaner handoffs. But...

In the last two weeks, what question did your team treat as settled that was actually still open — and who, if anyone,...

Jain Epistemology (Anekantavada tradition)Hemacandra (Yogaśāstra, c. 1160 CE)

Most product failures aren't discovered in user testing — they're discovered when someone finally admits they built something for their imagined user rather than the real one. The...

In the last week, which belief about your work did you treat as settled — and what would you have to give up about...

Jain Epistemology (Anekāntavāda)Hemachandra (Yogaśāstra, c. 1150 CE)

Most leaders prepare obsessively for what they will say — and almost never prepare for what they will *stop* saying. The 12th-century Jain philosopher Hemachandra developed the...

In the last important meeting you led, what signal did you likely dismiss too quickly — and what would have changed if...

Jain Epistemology (Anekāntavāda)Mahāvīra / Hemacandra (Jain logical tradition)

When a diagnosis feels obvious, that feeling of obviousness is itself a clinical finding worth examining. The Jain doctrine of anekāntavāda — the many-sidedness of truth — holds...

What is the opposite of the explanation you're currently treating as settled — and when did you last actively look for...

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