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

Two new ways of thinking about tools – and product management tools in particular.

I love tools, but I am not thrilled with the choice of tools for product managers. There are some bright spots, but you can listen to this episode to learn why I think a lot of the tools on the market miss the mark. I also have a blog post on this topic, and a Read More

If someone asks “what do you think of my idea?" have them answer these 5 questions. If they can't, then the idea is a solution in search of a problem.

The “Minimum Effective Dose” of presentation excellence. This podcast episode is about the 20% of effort you need to get 80% of the value when preparing and delivering a business presentation. If you present to your colleagues on a regular basis, but you feel you’re not getting the best results, this episode is for you. Read More

In this podcast episode I talk about an alternative – or extension? – to the useful idea of “Don’t Make Me Think” that Steve Krug made famous. For some situations, though, the challenge is “Help me think better!” If your customers are doing knowledge work with your product, it’s especially important. A few useful and Read More

As you know, I’ve been doing a weekly video series on YouTube about various product management topics. I’ve found they make good podcasts as well. (Despite the fact that you can’t see the visuals in the podcast – a link to the original video is below!) The topic for this episode is some practical guidance Read More

Risk Versus Price Versus Value This is the second of two episodes centered around what I call the Value Inequality. It’s a way of thinking about your customer’s perception of risk versus cost and value of your product. This one’s a bit wider ranging than the last episode. I start out talking about some of Read More

This episode is about a new way of thinking about pricing, value, and the customer’s perception of risk. I call it the Value Inequality. Of course, the first rule of pricing is: Your product must cost less than the problem costs the customer. No customer will pay more to solve a problem than the problem Read More

This episode and the previous episode came about after some recent executive presentations. I guess I seemed very persuasive because a few colleagues asked me for tips on how to improve their persuasion skills. So I wrote a series of blog posts. Then, on a roll, I did two live videos on Facebook (part 1 Read More

After some recent executive presentations in which I guess I seemed very persuasive, a few colleagues asked me for tips on how to improve their persuasion skills. So I wrote a series of blog posts about this. Then, on a roll, I did two live videos on Facebook (part 1 and part 2) about persuasion. Read More