Emerging Product Leaders
Professionals with less than 5 years of product or related experience.
June – August 2026
Product Leaders
from India
A season for professionals whose decisions shape products, customers, teams, and businesses.
Eligibility
Who can participate?
Experienced Product Leaders
Professionals with 5+ years of product, leadership, business, or adjacent experience.
One Registration
One registration permits one original case study submission.
Recognition categories keep the competition fair.
Choose the category that reflects your professional context.
Submission Guidelines
Submit one original case study in one focus area.
Original Work
The case study must represent the participant’s own work, experience, or contribution.
One Focus Area
Participants must choose one focus area.
Confidentiality
Case studies must not include confidential, proprietary, or sensitive information without permission.
Evidence
AIxCompass may request supporting evidence where required.
AI Assistance
Participants may use AI tools to improve clarity and structure, but the experiences and judgment must be their own.
Submission standard
The experience and judgment must belong to the participant.
Focus Areas
Five ways professionals demonstrate expertise.
Analytical Thinking
Separate evidence, assumptions, and signals from noise.
Business Impact
Connect decisions to outcomes, customer value, or execution reality.
Decision Making
Make criteria, trade-offs, risks, and judgment visible.
Problem Solving
Frame a meaningful problem and show a practical path forward.
Subject Mastery
Translate deep expertise into something readers can use.
Demonstrated expertise
Choose the focus area that best represents the work.
Selection Process
Recognition reflects meaningful community engagement.
Published submissions participate in the 30-day Thought Leadership Campaign. Public Choice leaderboards may consider engagement signals such as views, reads, likes, and shares.
Case Views
Visibility shows how often the work is discovered.
Unique Reads
Reading signals help separate attention from meaningful engagement.
Likes
Likes show reader appreciation for useful thinking.
Shares
Shares help strong work travel across relevant audiences.
Fairness Note
Recognition considers overall engagement signals rather than a single metric. AIxCompass reserves the right to investigate and remove fraudulent or artificially generated engagement.
Leaderboards are displayed by category and focus area.
Public Choice is designed around meaningful engagement.
Awards Structure
20 awards across categories and focus areas.
2 Recognition Categories × 5 Focus Areas × Winner & Runner-Up = 20 Awards.
Analytical Thinking Award
Winner and Runner-Up.
Business Impact Award
Winner and Runner-Up.
Decision Making Award
Winner and Runner-Up.
Problem Solving Award
Winner and Runner-Up.
Subject Mastery Award
Winner and Runner-Up.
Winner and Runner-Up
Recognition is structured across every focus area and category.
Terms
Program rules for participation.
Fees
Registration fees are non-refundable and registrations cannot be transferred.
Ownership
Participants retain ownership of original work.
Promotion
AIxCompass may publish, promote, and feature submitted case studies and profiles.
Disqualification
Disqualification may apply for plagiarism, impersonation, manipulation, or misuse.
Final Decisions
Final recognition decisions are final once announced.
Participation terms
The program protects original work and fair engagement.
Make your thinking visible.
Register for the 2026 season and publish work others can learn from.