The Product Manager

Product Leader Aakash Gupta discusses strategies for success in a 'Feature Factory' for product managers. They cover challenges faced, embracing the factory setting, key practices, relationship building at Epic Games, and avoiding common pitfalls.

Jessica Smith, CEO of Savant Recruitment, discusses the importance of effective product leadership in talent acquisition and retention. She emphasizes realistic expectations, career planning, and investment in employee growth to avoid layoffs. Strategies for addressing business challenges, staying data-driven, and aligning leadership with company values are explored to ensure sustainability and team success.

Jessica Smith, Founder and CEO of Savant Recruiting, offers insights on navigating the competitive product management job market, including effective networking strategies, salary negotiation tips, and the importance of building valuable connections in the industry.

Alexander Wennerberg, Founder of Hives.co, discusses demystifying innovation as a byproduct of constant pursuit and progress. Topics include navigating innovation challenges, tools for ideation, fostering creativity, and involving stakeholders in decision-making for successful products.

Michael Mordak, Community Product Manager at Black & White Zebra, discusses the significance of product management communities in a remote work era. They explore the value of branded communities, tangible benefits of online communities, importance of building relationships, and unique networking opportunities like 'pajama parties'.

In product management, it’s easy to find oneself donning the cape of a hero. But what if the true path to success and impact goes beyond the allure of being the team’s go-to savior?In this episode, Hannah Clark is joined by Clement Kao—Founder of Product Teacher—to delve into the intricacies of heroism in product management and explore strategies for empowering product teams more sustainably.

Michele Ronsen, CEO of Curiosity Tank, shares insights on conducting user research without formal training. Topics include effective research planning, stakeholder engagement, implementing research findings in organizations, and enhancing user research skills for product managers.

Craig Watson, Founder & CEO of Arro, joins the host to discuss leveraging generative AI in product discovery. They explore the art and science of product discovery, the disruptive potential of Large Language Models in user interaction analysis, and the future of AI in product teams. Navigating product discovery phases and achieving market fit are also discussed.

In this podcast, a product manager at Microsoft Teams shares her journey into product management and offers advice for aspiring product managers. They discuss the competitive job market, the importance of communication and content creation skills, starting entrepreneurial ventures, and the significance of asking diverse questions and listening to customer feedback.

In this episode, Hannah Clark is joined by Steve Portigal, User Research Consultant & Author of Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights (2nd Edition), to discuss the nuance involved in conducting user interviews, how to ask follow-up questions, and tips to manage unexpected responses.