Sou
Product Management / AI Operations / Open Source
Sharing practical knowledge for product building and AI adoption through PM Compass and open source work.
I support startups and small businesses with product management, AI operations, workflow improvement, and web service planning.
Practical support for product management, AI adoption, and workflow improvement.
I provide product management advisory, AI operations support, workflow improvement consulting, web service planning, and development direction. Through PM Compass and open source work, I turn practical knowledge into advisory, training, and PoC support.
About Sou
A practical partner across product, AI, and execution.
Sou is the professional name of Soichiro Sakai. I work across product management, AI adoption, and open source development. My focus is to connect business goals, user problems, workflows, and engineering execution into practical plans. Through PM Compass, I share product management knowledge, templates, and practical insights. Through open source and tool development, I explore better ways to improve developer productivity and AI-enabled workflows.
Product Thinking
Connect problems, customers, workflows, and engineering into product direction that teams can act on.
AI Operations
Turn generative AI into usable workflows for business operations, development, and knowledge work.
Open Practice
Keep improving practical knowledge through PM Compass, open source work, and public tools.
What I Do
I support product building, AI adoption, and workflow improvement from strategy to execution.
Product Management
Clarify user problems, business requirements, and engineering requirements into roadmaps and specifications.
AI Operations
Support AI adoption, prompt design, knowledge workflows, and practical AI-enabled operations.
Open Source
Publish developer tools, AI workflow tools, and product management templates as practical knowledge.
Business / Workflow Improvement
Visualize operations and reduce manual work, dependencies on individuals, and fragmented information.
Web Service Planning
Support hypothesis framing, feature design, MVP planning, and validation planning for new services.
Development Direction
Bridge product and engineering with an understanding of implementation constraints and team workflows.
PM Compass
A media project for product managers.
PM Compass shares articles, templates, and practical product knowledge. It organizes product thinking and frameworks that help product managers, business owners, and development teams make better decisions.
OSS / Tools
Tools and templates for AI workflows, developer productivity, and product management practice.
I publish tools and templates based on practical experience. The focus is to validate ideas in small steps, shape them into usable resources, and improve them continuously.
View GitHubAI Workflow Templates
Templates for applying generative AI to business and development workflows.
PM Practice Kit
Templates for problem framing, requirements definition, and roadmap planning.
Developer Productivity Tools
Small open source tools and experiments for improving developer productivity.
Services
Advisory, training, PoC support, workflow improvement, and development direction for better product and AI practices.
PM Advisory
Support for product direction, problem framing, roadmaps, specifications, and team operations.
AI Enablement
Support for AI adoption, prompt design, AI workflows, and internal knowledge usage.
Workflow Improvement
Support for visualizing operations, reducing manual work, clarifying documentation, and improving tools.
Web Service Planning
Support for new service planning, MVP design, requirements definition, validation planning, and development direction.
Support is designed around each team's context, based on practical knowledge accumulated through PM Compass and open source work.
How We Can Work Together
A simple flow from first contact to practical support.
01
Inquiry
Send your context, goals, or current challenges through the contact form.
02
Initial Discussion
We clarify the current situation, objectives, constraints, and where support may help.
03
Proposal
I propose the right format, such as a spot session, training, PoC, or ongoing support.
04
Support
We focus on practical outputs that can be used in day-to-day work and execution.
Contact
For product management, AI adoption, workflow improvement, training, or PoC support, feel free to get in touch.