The Product Podcast

Join a panel of tech experts as they share insights on product management and building customer-centric cultures. Learn about data-driven strategies, new product features, and the importance of embracing a customer-focused ethos in the evolving tech landscape.

Former CPO of TripAdvisor shares insights on adopting an ownership mindset in Product Management, focusing on profitability, financial acumen, and innovation. Key principles include treating technology as a profit center, strategic investments, stakeholder involvement, and commitment to results. Discussion on setting clear ambitions for innovation, utilizing the Rise score tool, capping investments, and making informed decisions. Importance of balancing short-term gains, near-future initiatives, and future-changing bets. Emphasis on self-awareness, ownership, and challenge in product management, highlighting the responsibilities of being an owner and a venture capitalist.

Explore the transformative power of Generative AI in product development with insights from a VP of Product at Booking. Learn about strategies for enhancing demand generation and internal productivity, utilizing AI in culinary innovation, the evolution of user interaction and personalization in technology, and the importance of continuous learning and adapting to technological shifts in product development.

Osman Koc, CEO of User Guiding, shares his insights on revolutionizing product adoption for B2B SaaS companies. He discusses the importance of mastering user onboarding to enhance engagement and retention. Osman emphasizes the shift from service to product, highlighting the challenges and strategies for companies transitioning in this space. Additionally, he explores evolving success metrics, advocating for a focus on daily active users and product value, and reflects on the role of AI in improving user experience.

Insights on product management roles, successful transitions, and strategies for professional development, along with the importance of mentoring, training, and customization for product teams. The impact of tech enablement and digital transformation on non-tech companies is discussed, as well as connecting business outcomes to the role of the product team. The benefits and challenges of creating separate innovation teams within companies are explored.

Explore the importance of diversity and influence in the tech industry for product managers. Learn about balancing quality and time in product development, navigating timelines and prioritization in project management, and influencing decisions through collaboration and communication.

Tatiana Tretyak, Booking.com Product Leader, shares her journey from marketing to product management. Topics discussed include: the evolving job market for product managers, differences between marketing and product roles, tips for transitioning, and advice for joining product-focused companies.

Join Waymo Product Leader Nicola Macchitella as he unveils Porter's Five Forces framework, discussing threats of new entrants, supplier bargaining power, and market dynamics using examples from various industries like airplane manufacturing, coffee shops, food retail, and fashion boutique. Learn about analyzing Porter's 5 Forces in the US mutual fund industry and the forces affecting it, including product differentiation, buyer power, threats of substitutes, and intense rivalry among competitors.

Samantha Stevens, an AI executive and Product School Entrepreneur-in-Residence, shares tips on using AI to boost productivity including product strategy, task execution, and data analysis. She explores the potential of generative AI, utilizing AI as a thought partner in product strategy, and using AI to analyze user comments and boost productivity for product managers by automating tasks.

Jamala Holder, a seasoned product advisor with over 15 years of diverse experience, discusses transitioning from a product manager to an advisor. Topics include the differences between fractional PMs and advisors, crucial skills for success, challenges of business development and pricing services, managing time and scope creep, advice on transitioning, and building an advisory practice.