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 Mentioned in 13 episodes 
Empowered
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
Book • 2020
This book, written by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones, focuses on the practices of top tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix, and Tesla.
It explains how these companies achieve consistent innovation not by hiring exceptional talent, but by enabling their people to work together effectively to solve hard problems.
The book covers topics such as the difference between empowered product teams and feature teams, recruiting and coaching team members, creating inspiring product visions and strategies, and transforming organizations to adopt the empowered team model.
It provides practical advice and frameworks for product leaders to create an environment where their teams can thrive and produce extraordinary products.
It explains how these companies achieve consistent innovation not by hiring exceptional talent, but by enabling their people to work together effectively to solve hard problems.
The book covers topics such as the difference between empowered product teams and feature teams, recruiting and coaching team members, creating inspiring product visions and strategies, and transforming organizations to adopt the empowered team model.
It provides practical advice and frameworks for product leaders to create an environment where their teams can thrive and produce extraordinary products.
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Mentioned in 13 episodes
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Lenny Rachitsky


Marty Cagan

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 Product management theater | Marty Cagan (Silicon Valley Product Group) 
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Lenny Rachitsky


Christian Idiodi

405 snips
 The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG) 
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Lenny Rachitsky

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 The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group 
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Aakash Gupta

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 The Marty Cagan Episode: Product Management Crash Course in 61 Minutes 
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Marty Cagan

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 Coaching Product Strategy 
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Jon Moore

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 Coaching Vision 
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Ali Abdaal

Vee Kativhu

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 How To Find Your Purpose in Life - Vee Kativhu 
Mentioned as the source of the empowered cultures, where OKRs were born.

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 Coaching Team Objectives 
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Andrew Skotsko


Marty Cagan

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 Marty Cagan: Moving to the product model 
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Christopher Fox

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 Should ProductOps be centralised or localised? | Topher Fox 
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Dan Dalton

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 A masterclass on rapid experimentation - Dan Dalton (Director of Product, Sage) 
Mentioned by Tricia Price as one of Marty Kagan's foundational books in the product world that listeners should read.

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 Learnings from Getting the Hard Calls Wrong 
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Robin James

 How The Manosphere Killed Cool (with Robin James) 
Wspomniana przez Marty'ego Cagana jako książka adresująca wyzwania skalowania w firmach.

 Special episode with Marty Cagan on product operating model and leadership 
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Anton Zaides

 Why Product Management is Broken and How to Fix It | Anton Zaides 
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Andrew Skotsko


Marty Cagan

 Marty Cagan: Empowering product teams 




