Product Ops People Podcast Good Product Strategy and How to Craft One with Radhika Dutt (Author of Radical Product Thinking)
Jun 1, 2022
Radhika Dutt, an accomplished product leader and author of Radical Product Thinking, shares her insights on crafting effective product strategies. She discusses the importance of a detailed vision, the pitfalls of common product diseases, and the actionability of strategies grounded in user pain. Radhika introduces her RDCL framework, emphasizing the need for cross-functional roadmaps and modular strategies that enhance team learning. She also advocates for personal vision crafting to influence leadership and alignment among stakeholders.
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Learning Product Lessons As An Entrepreneur
- Radhika started as an entrepreneur at MIT and learned product pitfalls by building and failing fast.
- Those recurring failures led her to formalize Radical Product Thinking and write the book in 2021.
Vision Must Describe The Change
- A useful vision is detailed and specific, not a fluffy slogan.
- Radical Product Thinking treats vision as an essay-like mechanism describing the change the product will bring.
Diagnose Recurring Product Failures
- Radhika names recurring product failures as 'product diseases' to diagnose issues.
- Examples include strategic swelling, pivotitis, and obsessive sales disorder that bloat or derail products.
