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22 Mar 2026 Lenny's Podcast The art of influence: The single most important skill that AI can’t replace | Jessica Fain (Webflow, ex-Slack)

“I find it exhausting, partially because I think takes like PRDs are dead or software is dead is like really dumb.”

— Jessica Fain

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Jessica Fain
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22 Mar 2026
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Lenny's Podcast

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…I love this point because there's a lot of talk on Twitter actually just today in the PM community about PRDs are dead. And I think it's exactly the opposite, which is being very clear about what we are doing and the strategy is now the most important thing, because once you have that, then it's cool. Fire off a hundred agents and we'll go build it and launch it. Totally. Strategy clarity is so, so important. I am not in the Twitter verse. I find it exhausting, partially because I think takes like PRDs are dead or software is dead is like really dumb. I find it a little insufferable if I'm being spicy, because I still think what matters is understanding users, understanding business and economic dynamics, understanding strategy and what we're trying to accomplish, and then really thinking through what is the right way to do that together. Okay. Maybe one more question along these lines, just agents now running as colleagues. Everyone's got all these Claudes running, Codexes, all kinds of agent platforms. Now that agents are a part of the workforce and increasingly, is there anything there around influence that is valuable for people to start thinking about to learn how to do?…

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