Product Talk
Products That Count
Produced by Products That Count, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products, this podcast is an award-winning show by and for product minds, with millions of downloads and a 5-star rating on most major platforms. Each of the 300+ episodes features a product leader interviewing another product leader and exploring what it takes to build great products. Recent ones feature the Chief Product Officers of Brex, Glassdoor, Experian and more.
About Us: Products that Count is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products. It celebrates product excellence through coveted Awards that inspire 500,000+ product managers and honor great products and the professionals responsible for their success. It accelerates the career and rise to the C-suite of 30% of all Product Managers globally by providing exceptional programming – including award-winning podcasts and popular newsletters – for free. It acts as a trusted advisor to all CPOs at Fortune 1000, and publishes key insights from innovative companies, like Capgemini, SoFi, and Amplitude, that turn product success into business success. Learn more at ProductsThatCount.com.
About Us: Products that Count is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products. It celebrates product excellence through coveted Awards that inspire 500,000+ product managers and honor great products and the professionals responsible for their success. It accelerates the career and rise to the C-suite of 30% of all Product Managers globally by providing exceptional programming – including award-winning podcasts and popular newsletters – for free. It acts as a trusted advisor to all CPOs at Fortune 1000, and publishes key insights from innovative companies, like Capgemini, SoFi, and Amplitude, that turn product success into business success. Learn more at ProductsThatCount.com.
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Oct 21, 2025 • 43min
CPO Rising Series: PointClickCare Fmr CPO on Solving Healthcare Staffing Shortages with AI and Technology
B.J. Boyle, former Chief Product Officer at PointClickCare, brings extensive experience in senior care technology. In this chat, he explores the potential of AI and automation to tackle healthcare staffing shortages. B.J. emphasizes the shift from mere record-keeping to actionable intelligence in healthcare systems. He also shares insights on evolving product leadership, hiring for empathy, and balancing innovation with market demands. Driven by a passion for improving senior care, B.J. paints a hopeful picture of empowered healthcare professionals.
Oct 20, 2025 • 42min
LucidLink CPO on the Secret to Product Success: Outcomes Over Outputs
What does it mean to focus on outcomes over outputs? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP of Product Nacho Andrade, LucidLink Chief Product Officer Richard Yu will be speaking on driving product strategy through outcome-focused innovation. Richard shares his unique approach to product management, blending technical insight with commercial strategy to create transformative solutions that solve real-world problems.
Oct 16, 2025 • 49min
CPO Rising Series: Involve.ai CPO on Transforming Sales with AI-Powered SDR Agents
Saumya Bhatnagar, CPO and co-founder of Involve.ai, discusses the revolutionary impact of AI on sales with an emphasis on her AI-powered SDR agents. She delves into the evolution of product roles from project management to strategic leadership, highlights the importance of a sales-centric approach, and outlines innovative planning aligned with OKRs. Saumya predicts a future where autonomous AI SDRs take charge of outreach, streamlining operations and improving forecasting accuracy, all while invigorating teams with a compelling vision.
Oct 15, 2025 • 32min
Turnover Labs CEO on Scaling Industrial Decarbonization Technologies
Marissa Beatty, Founder and CEO of Turnover Labs, is a PhD in chemical engineering focused on transforming CO2 emissions into valuable chemicals. She discusses the urgency of scaling climate technologies and emphasizes the importance of market-oriented prototypes. Marissa highlights the advantage of electrochemical methods over traditional processes and the value of customer discovery in development. As a female founder in STEM, she shares insights on communication and the need for talented individuals passionate about industrial systems. She encourages community involvement in climate tech.
Oct 14, 2025 • 31min
CPO Rising Series: Beyond's Chief Product Officer Reveals How AI is Transforming Product Strategy
Carlisha Robinson, former Chief Product Officer at Beyond, now a fractional CPO and consultant, shares her insights on how AI is revolutionizing product strategy. She discusses merging product and customer roles to enhance loyalty and experience. Carlisha highlights the importance of AI in speeding up decision-making and improving productivity, encouraging leaders to embrace AI for data analysis. She also emphasizes balancing customer feedback with strategic roadmaps, and outlines key metrics like conversion and customer lifetime value that drive retail success.
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Oct 13, 2025 • 45min
CPO Rising Series: Former Medallia CPO on Evolving Product Leadership Through Customer-Centric Innovation
Simonetta Turek, Transitioning Chief Product Officer at Medallia, shares her vast experience in B2B product leadership. She discusses the evolution of product leadership towards a GM mindset, emphasizing customer-centric innovation. Simonetta highlights the importance of embedding customer experience into company culture and warns about the pitfalls of focusing too closely on individual customer needs. She also talks about balancing creativity with operational rigor and the significance of curiosity as a key trait for great product leaders.
Oct 10, 2025 • 36min
Transforming Insurance Tech: EY Senior Technology Consulting Lead
How can product leaders turn technical challenges into breakthrough products? In this podcast hosted by Rachel Owens, EY Senior Technology Consulting Lead Srinath Chandramohan will be speaking on mastering product management across technical and business domains. Drawing from over 15 years of experience serving insurance carriers, Srinath reveals how to balance innovation, stakeholder priorities, and strategic product development.
Oct 8, 2025 • 33min
Luxury Presence CPO on Rewriting the Rules of Product Management with AI
Can AI turn a development process from a five-day marathon into a two-day sprint? In this podcast hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, Luxury Presence CPO Zac Hays will reveal how he's using AI to revolutionize product development. Zac shares radical strategies for prototyping, bug resolution, and rebuilding code bases that are challenging everything we know about building digital products.
Oct 7, 2025 • 53min
CPO Rising Series: Kraftful CPO on How AI Will Rebuild Product Teams from the Ground Up
What if AI could turn every product manager into a superhuman innovator? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, Kraftful CEO and CPO Yana Welinder will be speaking about how AI is transforming product teams from siloed roles to integrated "product builders". She offers a rare insider's perspective on how emerging technologies will reshape product discovery, prioritization, and development in the next few years, drawing from her experience leading an AI-powered product insights platform.
Oct 6, 2025 • 48min
CPO Rising Series: Talent.com CPO on Revolutionizing Hiring with AI
How can AI revolutionize product-driven job matching? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, Talent.com CPO Navya "NRG" Rehani Gupta will be speaking on AI-driven hiring and product innovation. She'll share groundbreaking insights into how technology is reshaping recruitment, reducing bias, and creating more efficient hiring processes for job seekers and employers alike.
