

Product Agility
Ben Maynard
Less Method. More Meaning.The world of Product Discovery and Creation is becoming increasingly challenging due to mistakes and missed opportunities that are prevalent in agile teams, large-scale Scrum and all other agile frameworks. History has shown that when organisations try and scale their product development to more than one cross-functional team, mistakes are made that cut short many chances of getting all possible benefits.The route of this for many is the need for more attention paid to the incredible advancements in Product Management driven by hordes of professional Product People who prove that making their customers happier is not a pipe dream but a hard and fast reality.This podcast exists to explore all topics related to Product and Agility and Coaching. How do you marry the agile principles with Product discovery?Is it really possible to have hundreds of cross-functional teams (or Product Teams) all working from an effectively prioritised single Product Backlog and a dedicated Product Owner?How can you embrace continuous improvement and empirical process control for your product, people and processes?Ever wondered how to overcome the problems people face when trying to scale the Product Owner role and how it relates to Product Management and Product Teams?Baffled by how to define a product in such a way that enables Feature Teams (aka Product Teams) and why doing wrong means you will only ever be stuck with technical teams? Scrum Teams are not compatible with modern product management techniques.Want to know what Product Focus means and how the right focus makes creating a shippable product less painful?Need to get your head around how to blend modern product management techniques with Sprint Planning and Sprint Reviews to achieve Product Increments that cover the entire product?This podcast's original focus was on Scaling Scrum vs Single-Team Scrum and how organisations can reap the benefits of Scrum when working on a larger product but still keeping a single product backlog. We found many Product People liked what we said, and then the penny dropped. This isn't a podcast about scaling Scrum or the limitations of single-team Scrum.This podcast is for Product People & agile advocates who coach or get their hands dirty with Product creation.We promise there is no Taboo topic that we will not explore on your behalf. We aim to transcend the conversations about a single team, Daily Scrums, Scrum Masters and the double-diamond and bring everyone together into responsible teams dedicated to working on the entire product to make their customers happier and their lives more fulfilling.Come and join us on our improvement towards perfection, and give us your feedback (we have a strong customer focus, too), and who knows, perhaps we will discover the magic wand that we can wave over all the broken agile and sudo-products to create a more resilient and adaptable future by bringing the worlds of Product, Agility and coaching together.This podcast has the conversations and insights you need.
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Nov 19, 2025 • 11min
Phil Hornby: Empower to Succeed: How to Make High‑Quality Decisions in Product - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Phil Hornby, founder of For Product People, helps product teams make better, evidence-informed decisions. He discusses the significance of high-quality decisions and distinguishes them from merely achieving good outcomes. Hornby emphasizes the blend of quantitative data and qualitative insights, alongside expert judgment, to guide choices. He presents practical tactics like decision logs and Amazon-style memos, while cautioning that AI should inform rather than replace human accountability. Overall, it's about creating a systematic approach to decision-making that teams can confidently commit to.

Nov 18, 2025 • 12min
Isabel Novais Machado: Designing Privacy by Default: Why Cookie Banners Can't Be the Future - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
In this engaging discussion, Isabel Novais Machado, Design Director at UserCentrics, delves into the evolving landscape of privacy design. She highlights the shortcomings of cookie banners, calling them mere band-aids rather than sustainable solutions. Isabel emphasizes the shift towards consent management platforms (CMPs) as tools that prioritize user value and collaboration. She also shares insights on generational attitudes towards privacy, advocating for co-creation and more human-centered approaches in designing better privacy experiences.

Nov 17, 2025 • 10min
Léa Samrani: The Art of Positive Friction: How Adding Steps Can Unlock Revenue - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Léa Samrani, Director of Product Growth at Aperture, brings over a decade of expertise in user intent and growth. She dives into the intriguing concept of 'positive friction,' explaining how strategically adding steps can enhance user trust and boost revenue. Léa contrasts positive friction with negative friction, highlighting its role in onboarding, sales calls, and acquisition funnels. She shares real-world examples and discusses how surfacing user intent can lead to increased conversions, while also hinting at the variability of this approach across different demographics.

Nov 14, 2025 • 10min
Pippa Topp: Pockets of Brilliance: Small Behaviours, Big Product Impact - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
In this engaging talk, Pippa Topp, a CPO and coach specializing in emotionally intelligent leadership, shares insights on how small, value-driven behaviors can greatly impact product development. She emphasizes the importance of aligning personal goals with business needs and discusses practical values like curiosity and collaboration that can guide product teams. Pippa also addresses the common feelings of inadequacy in product roles, encouraging growth through agency and small, experimental changes that lead to cultural shifts.

Nov 12, 2025 • 10min
Hugo Froes: Principles First: Simplifying Organizational Change - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Hugo Froes, co-founder of Feynnova and expert in organizational design, shares insights on applying a principles-first approach to drive effective change. He argues that heavy processes are too rigid and often fail, while streamlined principles enable adaptability. Hugo offers practical advice on creating effective principles quickly and highlights the importance of keeping them under five for clarity. He also discusses when to engage external experts during scale-up phases and how to ensure that principles become an intrinsic part of a company's culture.

Nov 11, 2025 • 16min
Radhika Dutt: From Goals to Puzzles: A Different Way to Lead Product Teams - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Radhika Dutt, a seasoned product thinker and practitioner, advocates for transforming the way product teams operate by shifting from rigid goal-setting to curiosity-led puzzle-solving. She discusses why framing work as puzzles boosts engagement and reduces the burden of traditional metrics. Radhika highlights the limits of measurable goals and introduces a practical three-question approach to encourage iteration. She also shares insights from her forthcoming book and invites contributions to her OHLS toolkit, fostering a community focused on real learning and transparency.

Nov 10, 2025 • 19min
Rich Mironov: The Real Cost of AI — Valuations, Bottlenecks & Business Cases - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Rich Mironov, a seasoned product leader known for his straightforward advice, dives into the intriguing world of AI funding. He warns that the current frenzy may signal a bubble about to burst, exposing the true costs of energy and data. Rich also discusses new bottlenecks that will arise as engineering friction fades, and he emphasizes the importance of aligning product narratives with financial realities. His practical mentoring tips for product leaders on navigating the go-to-market space are invaluable for staying ahead in today's competitive landscape.

Nov 7, 2025 • 11min
Davide Colla: Talk in Ten: Surviving Creativity When AI Feels Like Competition - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Davide Colla, a Milan-based Creative Director, shares his insightful journey navigating the emotional landscape of AI in creative work. He candidly discusses the shift from excitement to feeling threatened by AI's capabilities. Davide emphasizes the importance of vulnerability in his talks, revealing how sharing his personal journey resonates with audiences. He offers practical advice on collaborating with AI, distinguishing between its playful use and professional implications, and addresses the commercial challenges creatives face in an AI-driven world.

Nov 6, 2025 • 11min
Blagoja Golubovski: Redesigning Product Orgs for the AI Era — Turn Your Team from Cost Center to Revenue Engine - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Send us a textIn this Talk in Ten from Productised 2025, we sit down with Blagoja Golubovski (Head of Product, Usercentrics) to explore how product organisations must redesign themselves for the AI era. Together, they unpack the move from outputs to outcomes, how AI accelerates change, and why product teams must learn to speak the language of revenue.Key topics discussedShifting from output-centric to outcome-driven product managementHow product teams become growth engines rather than cost centresWhat the “AI era” means for product org structure and skillsBlurring of roles: designers, engineers and PMs collaborating differentlyUsing automation and AI to free time for value-driven decisionsGuest Bio:Blagoja Golubovski — Head of Product at Usercentrics, where he leads teams focused on building privacy-first solutions that deliver measurable business impact. With a background in scaling product organisations, Blagoja explores how AI and automation can transform product teams into true growth engines.Co-host:Barbara Fazeka — Co-founder and CEO of Bobcats Coding. Barbara helps teams adopt revenue-focused product practices and drives conversations about how AI reshapes product organisations.Thanks to our sponsor:Bobcats Coding — a Budapest-based digital product studio specialising in AI engineering and end-to-end digital product development. Download their latest AI Economics Guidebook for free at bobcatscoding.comWe’re honoured to partner once again with Productized and thrilled to bring more Talk in Ten conversations live from Lisbon.Host Bio Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes. Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱! Ben Maynard 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/ 🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard 💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ Product Agility Podcast 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/ 🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Nov 5, 2025 • 14min
David Pereira: Surviving AI: Product Strategy, Critical Thinking and Disruption - Productized 2025 TalkInTen
Send us a textLive from Lisbon, this Talk in Ten returns from the incredible Productized conference — an energising, thoughtful gathering for product leaders. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon series possible. Productized in Portugal continues to be an outstanding forum for real conversations about product craft, AI and organisational change.A rapid-fire conversation with David Pereira about his Productized workshop — crafting product strategies that survive AI — joined by Barbara from Bobcats Coding. We dig into means vs ends, disruption analysis, data readiness and change leadership.Key topics discussed:Why AI is not the goal: using AI to solve real customer problems, not to chase hype.Means vs ends: keep product outcomes central, avoid building for AI’s sake.Disruption analysis: how to assess whether AI can replace your core product functions.Data readiness: the realities of garbage in, garbage out and preparation needed.Change leadership and culture: the people work required to adopt AI responsibly.Guest bio:David Pereira — Author, speaker and seasoned product consultant focused on product strategy, discovery and organisational change. David helps leaders define meaningful problems, avoid the feature factory and design strategies that align product, technology and customer value.Thank you to our sponsor Bobcats Coding — a Budapest-based digital product studio specialising in AI engineering and end-to-end product development. Download their latest AI economics guidebook at bobcatscoding.com. Thank you also to Productized for being an excellent conference partner.Host Bio Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes. Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱! Ben Maynard 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/ 🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard 💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ Product Agility Podcast 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/ 🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80


