The Product Science Podcast
The Product Science Podcast is for startup founders and product leaders building high-growth products, teams, and companies. Listen in on real conversations with the people who have tried it and aren’t afraid to share the lessons they’ve learned (and the mistakes they’ve made) along the way.
Latest episodes
Jul 2, 2019 • 25min
Season 1 Highlights: The Product Science Principles in Practice
As we wrap up Season One of the Product Science Podcast, we want to highlight some of the amazing insights our guests have shared over the past 21 episodes using the Product Science Principles as a framework to put them into context for you. In this episode, we’ll explain the concepts of evidence-based product strategy, continuous discovery and delivery, and the need for empowered teams as the core of a product strategy that works.
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Jun 25, 2019 • 57min
The Nir Eyal Hypothesis: Products That Create Desirable Habits Win the Long Game
Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how to make sticky products that keep users coming back for more, the difference between ethical and unethical manipulation, and the impact of passing the regret test on the business’s bottom line.
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Jun 18, 2019 • 47min
The Hope Gurion Hypothesis: Fearless Product Leaders Build Alignment Around Clear Goals and Evidence-Based Decisions
Hope Gurion is a former product leader at CareerBuilder and Beach Body and now the founder of Fearless Product, where she coaches product leaders and teams. She’s also the moderator for the Product Leader Council at Collaborative Gain. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about Hope’s experiences transforming organizations to focus on value, and how she helps product leaders learn the skills they need to take their work to the next level.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 48min
The Josh Seiden Hypothesis: Driving Outcomes Over Output Requires Understanding Customer Behavior
Josh Seiden is the author of three books, most recently Outcomes Over Output: Why Customer Behavior Is the Key Metric for Business Success, with twenty-five years experience in the industry. Today on the Product Science Podcast, we find out how to simplify the development process by focusing on getting the outcomes we want.
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Jun 4, 2019 • 56min
The Chris Butler Hypothesis: Adversarial Product Management Gets to the Core of What Really Matters Using Contrarian Thinking
Chris Butler is the Chief Product Architect at IPsoft, with years of experience working in AI-related products at Philosophie, Complete Seating, and Horizon Ventures. We talk about adversarial product management, how randomization can help improve your decision making, and the challenges large organizations face when they try to disrupt themselves.
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May 28, 2019 • 1h 6min
The Catherine Ulrich Hypothesis: High-Growth Product Leaders Stay Curious and Dive Into Their Fears
Catherine Ulrich is a product leader turned investor whose career has included being Chief Product Officer at Weight Watchers and Shutterstock and Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about strategies to drive organizational change, why understanding financial planning can help product leaders, and how the best product teams understand the ‘why’ behind their work.
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May 21, 2019 • 54min
The Saeed Khan Hypothesis: Understanding the State of Your Product, Your Processes, and Your People Sets the Foundation for High-Growth Products
Saeed Khan is the co-founder of Transformation Labs and has over twenty-five years of experience in the tech industry. Today on the Product Science Podcast, we look at how moving past the “build mindset” to focus on discovery for products, processes, and people creates a foundation for product success.
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May 14, 2019 • 47min
The Lea Hickman Hypothesis: Product Management Is a Team Sport
Lea Hickman is a Partner at Silicon Valley Group, where she travels around the world working with product teams to help them create better products faster. Her storied career in product management included Netscape, Macromedia, Adobe, and InVision. We discuss the keys to building a great product management team.
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Resources
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May 7, 2019 • 44min
The Allan Neil Hypothesis: Product Managers Need to Invest More in Understanding Problems at a Very Deep Level
Allan Neil has been in the enterprise B2B software product management industry for 22 years, he’s currently the Technical Product Manager at AudienceView and hosts the Problemist Podcast. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we look at how product management shifts based on an organization’s goals and position within the market, and how to help business leaders understand how to think about the product development process.
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Apr 30, 2019 • 49min
The Shane Snow Hypothesis: A Leader’s Role Is to Be the Facilitator of Great Debates
Shane Snow is the co-founder of Contently and the author of three books including his latest, Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we discuss how the best teams aren’t just dominated by one person’s ideas or process—they’re smarter than the sum of their parts.
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