Omar Sallam hosts Christian Idiodi, Marty Cagan’s “Most interesting product person”, to discuss what is the true essence of Product Management, what are the differences in product management practices between developing and developed countries and closing by an interesting sneak peek to the highly anticipated book he is co-authoring “TRANSFORMED”

Key Takeaways:

1. What is the trues essence of Product Management

2. What are the biggest Product Management misconceptions out there

3. Unique challenges facing Product work in developing countries in contrast to more developed markets

00:00 - Introduction

01:00 - Career Progression 

04:58 - Embrace Failure as a Learning Opportunity

11:00 - The True Essence of Product Management

16:12 - The Biggest Product Misconceptions

32-33 - Developing vs Developed Markets

50:10 - Sneak Peek into TRANSFORMED

Christian Idiodi has been a product leader for over 15 years, building teams and developing enterprise and consumer products that have shaped companies such as CareerBuilder and Merrill Corporation as well as clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Squarespace. Christian teaches product management and innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. He also gives back to his local product community each year by supporting and advising two student-led startups from conceptualization to product delivery.

Connect with Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nael-shaker-8b6040a1/

Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live.

Connect with Omar on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam  

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