We have a special guest for you in this episode! Dan Olsen is a product consultant and coach (he helps companies like Box and Facebook build great products and strong teams), speaker and trainer (giving his trainings and talks around the world), but most importantly for our podcast, he is the author of The Lean Product Playbook - How to Innovate With Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback, a must read for every product manager. Dan has a wealth of knowledge and experience, and his passion for building great products the right way comes through with every idea we talked about. In the podcast he shared with us how he started and got to Product Management, how it was to work in digital products before product management was even a thing and the direction he sees the world is moving to in product management. In addition, we learned:
What is the "The Lean Product Playbook" book about?
How did he get to write it?
How it can help Product Managers through a practical process and steps
What is the one (or two) most important topic or tool in the book that Product people should learn and apply?
Would he change anything in the book since it was published?
His thoughts on other frameworks and tools created by other product leaders
Which tools does he recommend product managers to use?
What would be one metric to use for product-market fit?