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Everything Product Podcast

What's wrong with your Product Vision? | Product Vision | Product Management | Everything Product

Apr 11, 2025
50:44

Join host Phani Vuyyuru as he interviews Radhika Dutt, author of "Radical Product Thinking," who challenges conventional product development wisdom. Discover a vision-driven approach to building products that create lasting impact rather than just chasing metrics or following the "move fast and break things" philosophy.


Meet Hosts:

Srinath - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/skotela/]

Phani - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/phanivuyyuru]

Sid - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidsaladi/] [https://sidsaladi.substack.com/ [https://mobile.twitter.com/Sidsaladi]


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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Introduction to Radhika Dutt and Radical Product Thinking

03:37 - Radhika's journey to product management through early startup experiences

07:25 - The problem with traditional vision statements and "revolutionizing" mentality

11:50 - Creating an effective vision statement with the Radical Vision framework

14:00 - How to know when you've crafted the right vision

16:20 - Making deliberate pivots instead of random iterations

19:24 - The five elements of the Radical Product Thinking framework

21:47 - RDCL strategy: Real pain points, Design, Capabilities, Logistics

24:54 - Vision vs. Survival: A prioritization framework beyond spreadsheets

26:19 - Common product diseases: Pivotitis, Obsessive Sales Disorder, and more

31:56 - Preview of Radhika's next book: OHLs (Objectives, Hypotheses, Learnings) vs OKRs

34:25 - Implementing radical product thinking in large organizations

37:41 - AI's impact on product development and the risk of "enshittification"

46:52 - Book recommendations for holistic product thinking


Radhika Dutt shares her experience building successful products and explains how product thinking is a life skill that extends beyond software development. Learn how to avoid common "product diseases" that plague organizations and discover practical frameworks for prioritizing features based on vision alignment rather than just metrics.


Whether you're a startup founder, product manager, or aspiring to build better products, this episode provides actionable insights for creating products that truly matter.


📚 Radical Product Thinking: https://www.radicalproduct.com/

🔗 Connect with Radhika: LinkedIn.com/in/radhikadutt


Tags:

#ProductManagement #ProductStrategy #RadicalProductThinking #ProductVision #ProductRoadmap #ProductPrioritization #StartupAdvice #ProductLeadership #ProductFramework #ProductDisease #FeaturePrioritization #OKRS #AIinProduct #ProductDevelopment #ProductInnovation #ProductThinking #EverythingProduct #RadhikaDutt

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