​Welcome to 💡 Product Circle ⭕ Chat on
🕚 Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 11am (IDT - Tel Aviv)
🕕 Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 6pm (AEST - Sydney and Hobart)

​Topic: The Real Drivers of Layoffs Beyond AI

​The tech world has experienced massive waves of layoffs since 2023. There is no let-up, and no sign of an end.
The largest tech companies are leading with rounds of layoffs consisting of thousands of employees at a time.

​Overwhelmingly, company executives repeatedly cited Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the reason for corporate layoffs, role eliminations, and the progressive downsizing of the workforce.

​Gabriel Steinhardt has repeatedly argued that AI is a cover story, an excuse for the vast majority of recent tech layoffs, not the true reason. In this presentation, Gabriel offers alternative causes, supported by data, for the recent tech layoffs.

​By the end of this important career session, you will have:

​✅ The ability to identify the corporate motivations behind recent tech layoffs that go well beyond the mainstream AI narrative

​✅ A clearer view of the policies and business decisions shaping today's workforce

​✅ A sharper read on layoff announcements so that you can tell the stated reason from the real one

​✅ Better context for your own career decisions, whether you're managing through cuts or bracing for them

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​Perfect for: Mid-level managers, product leaders, HR leaders, strategists, industry analysts and executives in tech. Beginner through advanced, so you don't need a finance background to follow it.

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​About Gabriel Steinhardt

​Gabriel Steinhardt is the founder of Blackblot and a recognised international technology product management expert.

​He is the developer of the Blackblot Product Manager's Toolkit® (PMTK) methodology, a globally adopted product management best practice, and the author of three books published by Springer-Verlag:

​📘 The Product Manager's Toolkit®: Methodologies, Processes, and Tasks in Technology Product Management

​📘 Data-driven Decision-making for Product Managers: A Primer to Data Literacy in Product Management

​📘 Market-Value Pricing: Definitions, Concepts, and Processes for Market-Value Centric Pricing

​Gabriel also publishes the Blackblot® Professional PMTK™ Newsletter and the Product Management Review Newsletter on LinkedIn.

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​You know we always have something special to give away at every Chat. This one is no different.

​🏆1 lucky attendee will receive free access to the PMTK Toolkit, valued at $89 USD.

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​Irene Liakos

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