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The Product Science Podcast

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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. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more. Resources The Silicon Valley Product Group @leahickman on Twitter Follow Lea on LinkedIn
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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. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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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. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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Apr 23, 2019 • 47min

The Melissa Perri Hypothesis: Escaping the Build Trap Requires Transforming Product Management Processes From Top to Bottom

Melissa Perri is the author of Escaping the Build Trap and founder of Produx Labs, a product management consulting company that helps organizations transform their processes from top to bottom. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how product and tech can work together to maximize synergy, how to avoid the traps that lie in wait for growth-stage and enterprise companies, and how Melissa’s unique background helped her succeed in product. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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Apr 16, 2019 • 51min

The Daniel Elizalde Hypothesis: IoT Product Leaders Create Products That People Trust

Daniel Elizalde is a product consultant specializing in the Internet of Things (IoT). He has over twenty years of experience working in aerospace, energy, and other industries where consistency and security are mission critical. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about what it takes to build risk management and security into your product development practice. Learn how to set expectations with leadership, and what can happen when something gets overlooked. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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Apr 9, 2019 • 55min

The Laura Klein Hypothesis: The Illusion of Certainty Is a Problem

Laura Klein is the VP of Product at Business Talent Group, and the author of two books, UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about her approach to working with an organization to develop a research-oriented mindset and how to avoid building to unnecessary or extraneous requirements. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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Apr 2, 2019 • 1h 32min

The Christopher Lochhead Hypothesis: Legendary People, Products, and Companies Follow The Exponential Value of What Makes Them Different

Christopher Lochhead is the author of Play Bigger and Niche Down, a 3x Silicon Valley CMO, and the host of the Follow Your Different Podcast. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we sit down to talk about his years of experience in Silicon Valley, what it means to design a market category, and how you can make it as a solopreneur. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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Mar 26, 2019 • 51min

The Katelyn Bourgoin Hypothesis: You Can Talk to 300 Customers and Still Build the Wrong Thing

Katelyn Bourgoin is a 3x founder turned product discovery coach, specializing in helping startups use the jobs-to-be-done framework. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about the mistakes many organizations make when they think they’re doing the right research and what you can do to make sure you don’t fall for the same traps. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
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Mar 19, 2019 • 44min

The Rich Mironov Hypothesis: Great Product Leadership is Both Subtle and Slow to Pay Off

Veteran product executive coach Rich Mironov discusses product management, hiring the right people, and common pitfalls in organizations. The podcast explores his unexpected path into product management, insights on customer needs, challenges in hospital systems, and optimizing product management structure for success.
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Mar 12, 2019 • 43min

The Tommi Forsstrom Hypothesis: Great Product Management at Scale Involves No Big Teams, Just a Lot of Small Teams in One

Tommi Forström is the CPO-in-residence of Produx Labs. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how product leadership can make a difference in organizations big and small. What can business leaders do to make a large organization feel small? We look at lessons that Tommi has learned along the way, and what they can mean for you. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

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