Beyond the Backlog
Product Management | AI & Legal Tech Insights
Distilled learnings from my career as a product manager—real-world case studies, frameworks, and the hard-earned lessons behind what worked (and what didn’t). Focused on building AI-powered legal tech, product strategy, and leading teams.
Make Empowerment Real: A PM’s Playbook for Psychological Safety
"[Psychological Safety is] a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking." — Amy Edmondson A psychologically safe environment enables product teams to take risks together. Psychological safety isn’t a nice-to-have on empowered product teams—it’s the unseen arena that provides
From Cults to Law to PM: How I Found My Way to Product
As with most product professionals, I didn’t set out to become a product manager. In fact, when I went to undergrad, I didn't have any idea what a product manager was. To get to product, I took a meandering path through a wide array of careers
Welcome to Beyond the Backlog!
Hi, I’m Cam — welcome to Beyond the Backlog! After years of building products, leading cross-functional teams, and learning the ins and outs of product management, I decided to start this blog as a place to share what I’ve learned — and