# Product democracy doesn't work - Blagoja Golubovski (VP Product, Usercentrics)

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Podcast: [The Product Experience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-product-experience-1156837)
Published: 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What does alignment really mean in product teams, and why does consensus often slow everything down? In this episode of The Product Experience, Lily Smith and Randy Silver are joined by Blagoja Golubovski (VP of Product, formerly at Usercentrics) to unpack one of the most persistent myths in product leadership: that good product organisations are democracies. Chapters 0:00 Product leadership is not about consensus 1:21 Introduction to Blagoja 2:48 From engineering to product leadership 4:47...

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