The Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innovation, resumes, job interviews, PRDs, working with developers, persuasion and influence

The secret techniques to deliver value fast What should you do when you first get started on a new product management job, or with a new product that you don’t know that much about? how can you start delivering value right away? “The first 90 days” There are tons of guides out there on “your first Read More

Authentic and brilliant storytelling - about of your product, your customers, and yourself - can be one of the most important tool in your toolbox for success. In this episode we delve into more of the stories you need to be able to tell, how to structure them. And I expose some negative patterns in storytelling you should avoid, as well.

Do you have a product that some customers love, but you haven't achieved a repeatable sales model? Then chances are you need to fix your go-to-market strategy - how you market and sell you product.

n this episode, a few of the uncomfortable - and often unmentioned - truths about product roadmaps. Predicting the future; different stakeholders have different needs; and what is the purpose of the roadmap anyway?

In this episode I share my approach to coming up with great questions to ask as the interviewee in a job interview. They'll help you find out things you want to know, and they'll help position you as a serious, smart, prepared product person.

This episode is a follow-on of sorts to episode 302, “Not Technical? No Problem.” This question of “I’m not a programmer – can I be a product manager?” is surprisingly common. Most experienced product managers would say “yes” – you do not have to have been a programmer to be a great product manager. But, Read More

In this episode, an exceptional high school jazz band and its leader give us some valuable lessons on how to build a high-performing product team.

Your stories of what you actually did are the hiring manager's best way to assess what you can really do and what you are really like. They are critical for reducing the hiring manager's perception of risk of hiring you.

In this episode, three short "acts" - somewhat related brief stories that, hopefully, illuminate aspects of product management for you.

Product innovation can be defined as "Solving an important market problem in a new and better way, then taking it to market effectively" - but how do you find those important market problems that need better solutions? You have to talk to the market - and open-ended questions are your stock in trade for learning what you need to know.