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The Product Science Podcast

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Feb 9, 2021 • 39min

The Lisa Mo Wagner Hypothesis: Build a Diverse Team to Better Build for a Diverse Audience

Lisa Mo Wagner is a product person with a strong focus on inclusive and empowering product management. She believes the most effective product leaders excel at strategic skills like empathy, listening, and facilitation. Put your team first and trust they will put your customer first. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we discuss what inclusive product management is and how you can accomplish it in your organization. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/ep213-lisa-mo-wagner
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Feb 2, 2021 • 43min

The Nacho Bassino Hypothesis: Success at Scale Starts with Setting the Right Product Direction

Nacho Bassino has been leading product teams for over ten years in different companies and industries. He also is a speaker, teacher, and coach, working with organizations in different countries to help product teams and product leaders improve their practices and skills to achieve greater impact. He is the Chief Product Officer at Best Day. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about his new book, Product Direction, and how to develop a product strategy in your organization. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/ep320-nacho-bassino
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Jan 26, 2021 • 47min

The Petra Wille Hypothesis: True Product Leaders Focus on the Development of Strong Product People

Petra Wille is an independent product leadership coach and author of STRONG Product People who’s been helping product teams boost their skill sets and up their game since 2013. Alongside her freelance work, Petra co-organizes and curates Mind the Product Engage Hamburg, Germany. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about why people development is just as important as product development, and how Petra works with clients to identify and improve on gaps in their skillsets. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/ep319-petra-wille
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Jan 12, 2021 • 52min

The Mark Donnigan Hypothesis: Successful Marketers Know the Journeys of Their Product's Buyer and Beneficiary

Mark Donnigan’s experience spans 20 years as a transformative B2B and enterprise marketing and business leader driving demand, brand development, and strategy for startup, emerging, and growth-stage companies, backed by some of the largest VC firms in Silicon Valley. He has managed teams of 25 people, comprising marketing, SDR/BDRs, and account executives producing $29 million per year in revenue with P&L budget responsibility of $3 million annually, including mid-six figures for marketing investments. He builds disruptive innovative startups, with a focus on architecting go-to-market plans and marketing motions that drive real business outcomes. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how marketing can be a crucial component in finding product/market fit and propelling your startup to new stages of growth. We also touch on some traps organizations fall into that slow their marketing and product development down. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/ep318-mark-donnigan
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Dec 22, 2020 • 37min

The 2nd Marty Cagan Hypothesis: Extraordinary Products Are Built by Empowered Product Teams

This week on the Product Science Podcast, we’re back with a new interview with Marty Cagan, founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group, to talk about his new book, EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we learn what lead him to write a new book, and why many business leaders underestimate the results they can get out of the team they already have by working in a new way. Read the show notes to learn more: www.h2rproductscience.com/post/2nd-marty-cagan-hypothesis-extraordinary-products-are-built-by-empowered-product-teams
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Dec 15, 2020 • 49min

Revisiting The Marty Cagan Hypothesis: Surviving Success in High-Growth Startups Requires Great Product Leadership

This week on the Product Science Podcast, we're revisiting our first episode, where we sat down with Marty Cagan, founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group, to talk about the lessons he’s learned over his long career in product management. Marty has a new book out, EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products, and we'll bring him back on the podcast next week to hear all about it. In this episode, we talk through mentorship, the importance of product management, how companies can escape their roadmap addiction, and much more. Read the show notes to learn more.
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Dec 8, 2020 • 37min

The Parul Goel Hypothesis: Product Managers Should Prioritize Being Credible Rather Than Impressive

Parul Goel is a Product Leader at PayPal. She currently heads payments for the PayPal Commerce Platform, an enterprise product she helped build from scratch. She is passionate about innovating in the enterprise product space. In her career spanning over fifteen years, Parul has been part of several complex product builds, some have been very successful while others have served as great life lessons. Parul loves to travel and cannot wait to get back to a plane, hopefully on her way to somewhere new and exciting. Parul holds an M.S in Computer Science from Columbia University. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how credibility is at the core of effective product leadership. Read the show notes to learn more.
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Dec 1, 2020 • 49min

The Brent Tworetzky Hypothesis: Savvy COOs Can Use a Product Lens to Effectively Drive Company Operations

Brent Tworetzky is the COO of Parsley Health, where he leads product, finance, and operations. He co-founded and runs the NY Product Conference. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how Brent has transformed his company by following product principles on an organizational level. Read the show notes to learn more.
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Nov 24, 2020 • 49min

The Beth Toland Hypothesis: Impactful UX Research Teams Don’t Just Report Information, They Engage in Conversation

Beth Toland is the Head of Experience Research at Asana. A seasoned researcher with a passion for data-informed design, Beth leads the user research team at Asana, working closely with the product team to drive the company's strategy. Prior to joining Asana, Beth led user research teams at consultancies, design agencies, and larger in-house companies, spending her early career at AOL and Sapient. Beth has a BA in Museum Studies and an MFA in Communication Arts & Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how to build a research team from the ground up and what kinds of questions can help product succeed. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/ep313-beth-toland
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Nov 17, 2020 • 38min

The Dave Chan Hypothesis: We Are All Designers

Dave Chan is a senior product designer at Adobe, previously leading teams at Tesla and Shutterstock. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about why the best teams integrate design from the start. Read the show notes to learn more.

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