
Make Things That Matter
What if our products and companies gave more life to everything they touched? Making this a reality is our quest, through impactful product leadership, strategy, decision making, and culture. blog.makethingsthatmatter.com
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Dec 15, 2020 • 60min
#32 Alex Hillman: How to play the long game of business
For the transcript and full episode notes/resources, go to: https://bit.ly/3qR4FpzAnd if you have a moment, I’d love it if you could give me a little feedback via this SurveyMonkey link. (It only takes one minute.)Click here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in (click 'Allow' if you get a popup): connect@makethingsthatmatter.comYou can submit your own audio questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/andrewskotzkoIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider subscribing and leaving a rating/review. It really helps! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Dec 1, 2020 • 60min
Marty Cagan: Empowering product teams
Marty Cagan, a leading figure in tech product management and founder of Silicon Valley Product Group, shares profound insights on empowering product teams. He emphasizes the shift from traditional management to fostering team autonomy, enhancing innovation through diversity. Cagan critiques the limitations of the agency model in tech, advocating for integrated design in development. He also highlights the importance of user research in shaping strategies and the vital role of empowering teams for effective problem discovery, ensuring meaningful outcomes.

Nov 17, 2020 • 60min
#30 Natalie Nagele: Building a people-first company at Wildbit
This is the first episode released under the new name of the show, Make Things That Matter! If you're curious, listen to ep29 for more on the rebranding.For the transcript and full episode notes/resources, go to: https://bit.ly/3nwvyfXAnd if you have a moment, I’d love it if you could give me a little feedback via this SurveyMonkey link. (It only takes one minute.)Click here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in (click 'Allow' if you get a popup): connect@makethingsthatmatter.comYou can submit your own audio questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/andrewskotzkoIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider subscribing and leaving a rating/review. It really helps! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Nov 3, 2020 • 6min
#29: One year of the podcast! And a new show name.
Links & resources mentionedAll year one episodes:May Lindstrom: The power of having a North Star (#1) Barry O’Reilly: Unlearning and creating culture change (#2) Christina Wodtke: Unleashing potential with extraordinary teams (#3) Marshall Mosher: tough product calls, acclimating to fear & what it feels like to be Iron Man (#4) Rich Mironov: Building a thriving product organization (#5) Barry Brown: Shaping the shapers (#6) Becky Baybrook: culture, candor, and how Millenials are changing management (#7) Paula Daniels: Living on the edge of your own invention (#8) Amy Edmondson: Building teams where people feel safe (#9) Susan Basterfield: decentralized team structures and participatory decision-making (#10) Rian Doris & Conor Murphy: Flow — Cultivating the optimal experience of life (part 1) (#11) Rian Doris & Conor Murphy: Flow — Cultivating the optimal experience of life (part 2) (#12) Muriel Clauson: The Future of Work — identity, engagement, and being future-ready (#13) Derik Mills: Cultivating a faculty of wonder in business and life (#14) Sam Fankuchen: Leadership and responding to the needs of the world in a time of crisis (#15) Holly Hester-Reilly: Building a customer-centric team and product culture (#16) Dr Matthew Cook: Beating trauma, identity shifts, and continually recreating who you are (#17) Josh Seiden: How to create clarity and lead strategically with outcomes thinking (#18) Dan Gould: Fighting unconscious bias and attacking systemic problems with entrepreneurship (#19) Nilofer Merchant: Unleashing Onlyness to benefit from the ideas and potential in every person (#20) April Dunford: Find your power in the market through positioning (#21) Pam Fox Rollin: How to be a decisive leader who helps people come alive (#22) Soushiant Zanganehpour: Solving systemic problems with social entrepreneurship (#23) Laura Garnett: Find your zone of genius and never fear a job search again (#24) Karl Kuhnert: How to find strength in vulnerability and live your values as a leader (#25) David Dylan Thomas: Understand cognitive bias to create positive impact in your work (#26) Hope Gurion: What nobody told you about being a product leader (#27) Rob Walling: Build a great business and let that be enough (#28) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Oct 20, 2020 • 58min
#28 Rob Walling: Build a great business and let that be enough
For the transcript and full episode notes/resources, go to: https://bit.ly/3m2WTplAnd if you have a moment, I’d love it if you could give me a little feedback via this SurveyMonkey link. (It only takes one minute.)Click here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in (click 'Allow' if you get a popup): connect@enliven.fmYou can submit your own audio questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/andrewskotzkoIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider subscribing and leaving a rating/review. It really helps! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Oct 6, 2020 • 58min
Hope Gurion: What nobody told you about being a product leader
You can submit your own audio questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/andrewskotzkoAnd if you have a moment, I’d love it if you could give me a little feedback via this SurveyMonkey link. (It only takes one minute.)Click here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in (click 'Allow' if you get a popup): connect@enliven.fmFor the transcript and full episode notes/resources, go to: https://bit.ly/3m0jhQgIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider subscribing and leaving a rating/review. It really helps! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Sep 22, 2020 • 60min
David Dylan Thomas: Understanding cognitive bias
You can submit your own audio questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/andrewskotzkoClick here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in (click 'Allow' if you get a popup): connect@enliven.fmFor the transcript and full episode notes/resources, go to: https://bit.ly/3012sMGIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider subscribing and leaving a rating/review. It really helps. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Sep 8, 2020 • 52min
#25 Karl Kuhnert: How to find strength in vulnerability and live your values as a leader
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Aug 25, 2020 • 1h 6min
#24 Laura Garnett: Find your zone of genius and never fear a job search again
You can submit your own audio questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/andrewskotzkoClick here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in (click 'Allow' if you get a popup): : connect@enliven.fmIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider subscribing or leaving a rating/review. It really helps.For the transcript and full episode notes/resources, go to: http://bit.ly/LauraENLIVEN This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Aug 11, 2020 • 59min
#23 Soushiant Zanganehpour: Solving systemic problems with social entrepreneurship
See all links & shownotes here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com
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