Product for Product Management

EP 117 - Mapper Method with Christoph Steinlehner

Oct 16, 2024

47:16

Have you ever seen those pictures of a group of people with sticky notes around a whiteboard, working their way through a tough problem and coming with some innovative solutions? Did you feel they know something you don’t, and their work seems so much fun, while yours is not as creative?

Well, it’s not as hard as it looks and you can do it too! But it’s always good to have a structure for the madness. And we got one for you in this episode! Featuring Christoph Steinlehner, Product Coach and Consultant, creator of the MAPPER Method (who started his career as a designer), Matt and Moshe sat down to learn from him how using visual methods and tools can help identifying gaps, aligning teams to the same mental model, and creating some innovation magic!

Join us as we learn from Christoph:

How he got into product management
How did he come up with the MAPPER Method
The MAPPER Method structure and how to go by each step:
- Map your thoughts
- Acknowledge Perspectives
- Point Assumptions & Risks
- Plan and Act
- Evaluate for Insights
- Reflecting and improving
Use cases and situations where the MAPPER Method helped him and the teams he worked with
Using MAPPER in different stages of the product, like GTM, customer support, marketing etc
The power of visual tools, and shifting from plain conversations and all their inherited issues
The importance of humbleness!
How the culture of the company creates the space for or put challenges in using the method
The importance of having some analog tools in our toolkit
And much more!