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Christoph Steinlehner is a Product Management coach who helps product managers and leaders that are feeling stuck in their work caught and struggling to facilitate between different perspectives in a business.In today's episode:The challenges of effective business-product communicationHow visual mapping can help improve communicationThe MAPPER method walkthough—Christoph's contact info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csteinlehner• Website: https://csteinlehner.com/•  Substack contributor: https://mapperclub.substack.com/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Preview(00:54) Intro(02:01) Main challenges in effective communication(03:40) X-department perspectives in communication(05:20) The bigger picture(08:28) What is visual mapping?(11:48) Differences in types of visual maps(16:18) Walkthough of MAPPER method(25:20) Reflection part of MAPPER(26:03) Similarity to Event Storming (27:53) Challenges in implementing MAPPER(33:21) Resistance to new frameworks(34:50) Leveraging AI with the MAPPER method (39:04) Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Mo Hallaba is CEO of datawisp.io, an AI-based analytics tool to help non-technical teams understand their product and users better. He was previously working in financial services and the e-sports industry. In today's episode:The challenges of data-informed decision makingHow AI can help solve some of these challengesThe limitations of AI—Mo and Datawisp's contact info:• Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/electronicmo• Website: https://www.datawisp.io—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheProductDevelopmentPodcastIn this episode, we cover: 00:00 Preview01:23 Intro02:25 Mo's background04:04 How e-sports teams use data05:55 Challenges with using product data08:31 AI removing technical barriers09:49 Culture of caring about data11:58 Scooter app example in datawisp13:35 Exploration of data14:30 Correlation vs causation15:47 Limitations of AI in creativity19:42 Getting buy-in for change 22:19 AI data solutions26:01 Gen AI blended with product data29:54 Difference perspectives on UX32:55 The more data the better 36:50 Transparency of data and insight logic37:51 Usefulness of having technical knowledge39:30 Final thoughts41:12 Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Jonny Kaldor is CEO and Founder of Pugpig, a web and app developer for publishers. He was previously CTO at News UK.In today's episode:• A brief history of digital publishing• The current state of the digital publishing market• Successful tactics and tech that publishers should employ —Jonny's and PugPig's contact info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkaldor • Website: https://www.pugpig.com Report mentioned in episode: https://www.pugpig.com/the-media-collective-on-retention-economics/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheProductDevelopmentPodcastIn this episode:00:00 Preview00:56 Introduction02:00 From print to digital03:17 Types of publishing04:00 How things have changed in publishing08:00 News Media as first movers13:00 Products for consumer magazines16:28 Utility as a tool for consumer magazines17:52 Creating daily and weekly user habits24:00 Digital editions and 'finishability'27:38 Print vs Digital UX28:40 Audience profile of mobile apps32:56 What makes a great digital publishing platform34:00 Publishing apps versus the 'big' apps36:00 Use of audio40:00 Repurposing content41:00 The need for publishers to invest in editorial43:35 Insights on gating tactics52:10 The importance of the Friends Zone54:26 Jonny's takeaways🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Henry Latham is Founder of Break Free. He is a 2x bootstrapper and has coached over 280+ people through his Prod MBA.In today's episode:• Henry's product journey• A deep dive into his manifesto for senior product people tired of the corporate grind.• How to launch a micro-business—Henry's contact info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrylatham/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheProductDevelopmentPodcast—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Preview(00:51) Intro(01:28) Henry's background(03:00) Moving on from Prod MBA(06:56) Theory versus practice(08:07) The current state of product leadership(14:10) Unmet expectations in product roles(16:48) Promotions mean more stress and less fulfilment(20:38) Stress in product roles(25:17) Lack of passion(27:13) Who should start a micro business(30:03) How to improve your product skills(34:00) Fundamentals in launching a product(37:50) Finding the root problems(41:40) The importance of product positioning(43:56) How to start a business(47:35) The will required(50:30) Key takeaways(51:50) Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Varun Ghatge is Head of Product at the BBC, with a focus on cross-product personalisation and recommendation for all BBC brands.In today's episode:• Varun's journey into Product• Key elements of building personalised product experiences• The challenges in implementing recommendation features—Varun's contact info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-ghatge/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheProductDevelopmentPodcast—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Preview(01:00) Introduction(01:37) Varun's journey into Product Management(02:38) Definitions of personalisation(04:10) Key elements in recommendation models for PMs.(07:40) Avoiding negatively impacting your metrics(09:46) How to improve your product sense(13:10) Best practices for personalisation in products(23:40) Where to start in building recommendation features(31:24) How to best use your data(32:59) Challenges of maintaining data and algorithms (37:44) Unintended impacts in personalisation features(39:22) Building vs buying(41:38) Key takeaways🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Learn about Dan Olsen's journey into Product Management, a step-by-step guide to finding Product Market Fit, new tools in Product Management for 2024, and the evolution of MVPs. Explore the layers of the Product Market Fit Pyramid, including understanding target customer needs, creating a strong foundation for Product Development, and the use of advanced tools in the industry.

Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia is Founder and CEO of Product School, and an entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience building global companies and digital products.He founded Product School in 2014, which is the global leader in product training with a community of over two million members. All of its instructors are real-world Product Leaders working at top Silicon Valley companies including Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon.In today's episode:• How Product Management has changed in 2024• Impact of AI in product development• How to navigate the current product job market—Carlos's contact and company info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villaumbrosia/• Website: https://www.productschool.com/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/—In this episode:(00:00) Coming up(01:40) Introduction(02:21) Carlos's background(04:14) Pull to Product Management(06:12) How PM tools have changed(08:12) First steps into Product Management(09:22) The current job market challenges(12:28) The Product career ladder(15:22) How the PM role has now changed(19:22) Building a great product in 2024(23:28) The rise of generative AI(25:44) First steps in implementing AI Product strategies  (30:00) Importance of AI technical knowledge for PMs(32:50) Risks of AI(37:33) Final thoughts(38:35) Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Itamar Gilad is author of Evidence-Guided, which outlines a new product development meta framework called GIST. Itamar is also a speaker and a coach, previously working at Microsoft and Google. During his time at the latter, he came up with the idea for the tabbed inbox, which is now a core feature of the email product.In today's episode:• The risk of opinion-based development (Google +)• A run through of Itamar's new GIST Evidence-Guided framework• How to become evidence-guided in your company—Itamar's contact and company info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamargilad/• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItamarGilad• Website: https://itamargilad.com/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Preview(00:45) Introduction(02:40) The story of Google+ and why it failed(05:23) The story of Gmail tabbed inboxes and why it succeeded(08:40) Tabbed Inbox timeline(09:58) GIST introduction(11:44) How long it took to create GIST(12:59) Difference between data- and evidence-guided(14:11) Goals in GIST(17:10) The challenge of the right Northstar metric  (19:30) Why Meta/Facebook's Northstar is not ideal(21:16) Ideas in GIST (23:10) Collaboration in ideas (25:00) ICE for prioritization/evaluation (27:25) Impact in ICE explored(29:30) How to calculate confidence in ICE(33:36) The right level of confidence (35:35) Tabbed inbox research and analysis(40:32) Example steps/AFTER framework (43:12) PMs stuck in execution/feature factories  (47:32) Empowering others in Product Discovery(51:02) Tracking Tasks to Goals (52:52) How to integrate GIST into your business (57:44) Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Krish Ramineni is Co-Founder of Fireflies.ai, which helps teams transcribe, summarize, search and analyze voice conversations. He previously worked at Microsoft and has been featured within Forbes 30 Under 30. He is also passionate about Product-Led Growth.In today's episode:• Fundamentals of Product-Led Growth (PLG)• How Fireflies.ai scaled with PLG• How to implement PLG into a business—Krish's contact and company info:• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krishramineni• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramineni/• Twitter: https://twitter.com/krishramineni/• Fireflies.ai: https://fireflies.ai—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction(00:47) Krish's background(04:18) What is Product-Led Growth (PLG)?(07:47) B2B vs B2C in PLG(13:28) Acquisition, Retention and Monetization(17:25) Aha moments and customer empathy(19:55) Challenges implementing PLG(23:30) How Fireflies.ai approaches PLG(25:53) First version of Fireflies.ai(28:53) How AI product SMEs can compete with Google and Microsoft?(32:48) Frameworks that Fireflies.ai leverages(35:26) Where to start with PLG implementation(38:09) Product-Led Sales(39:30) PLG to PLS funnel(40:46) Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X

Bijan Shahrokhi is Creator of PM Exercises and Product Monkey AI. He is a product management executive with 10+ years of experience in building disruptive technologies. He was previously Head of Product at O(1)Labs, working on Mina Protocol, the world’s lightest blockchain, an L1 project.In today's episode:• The key pillars of productivity• How to be more productive in our lives (for PMs and everybody)• Emerging productivity tools—Bijan's contact and company info:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bijan_sha• Product Monkey AI: https://productmonkey.ai/• PM Exercises: https://www.productmanagementexercises.com/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction(02:32) Bijan's view of productivity as a concept(04:18) Where to start with being more productive(09:53) The next steps(12:34) Discussion around prioritisation(17:50) Differentiation between team and individual productivity(19:22) Tactics and The 5AM Club(25:18) Using mini milestones(26:30) Importance of exercise(30:50) Tactics around improving knowledge(31:46) Using generative AI for productivity(34:02) Bijan's story in founding PM Exercises and Product Monkey AI(40:54) The tension between productivity and redundancy(43:48) Privacy and security around AI(48:28) Emerging productivity tools(50:48) Final thoughts from Bijan(52:03) Outro🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn🌐 Follow the host on X