Where to find RITAVAN: Website: https://www.ritavan.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rritavan/ Get Data Impact on Amazon: https://www.amazon.pl/Data-Impact-businesses-LEVERAGE-SIMPLIFY/dp/178133921X Keywords: Digital transformation, legacy businesses, value creation, SLASOG framework, product management, data-driven solutions, customer value, groupthink, mindset shift, data-driven decision making, commander's intent, leverage. Where to find Paweł Huryn? • My newsletter: https://www.pro...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 1
How to structure, optimize, and manage your product mix effectively. Google case study and a free Product Mix Strategy Template. In October 2024, we discussed an example product strategy for Google Maps . Today, I’d like to zoom out. After all, Google Maps is not the only Google product. As explained in the Product Strategy Canvas , strategy is singular , even though it has many levels. For that reason, managing multiple products can be challenging. A well-structured product mix strategy can mak...
Mar 11, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
It's tempting to think adding more features will help you satisfy every customer and stay ahead of the competition. After all, more features mean more value, right? Actually, it’s often the opposite. Too many features can overload your product, confuse users, degrade performance, slow down your teams, and drain your resources. The best product companies understand this and are obsessed with simplicity. One of the best examples of simplicity is Apple, the most valuable company in the world. Remem...
Dec 04, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Many engineering teams run post-mortems when there is a failure or error. The team needs to come together to discuss what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. But what if we could anticipate and prevent these failures before they happen? Enter the pre-mortem. Pre-mortems are a powerful tool that the best product teams at Google, Meta, Stripe, and others use regularly to increase the probability of a successful product launch and avoid difficult-to-recover failures. This AI-gene...
Dec 04, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 6
There's nothing more disappointing than seeing a team's energy and effort go to waste when their hard work doesn't truly move the needle. Being part of such a team can feel demotivating, frustrating, and, frankly, hopeless. I've been there many times. This AI-generated episode is based on my post, 10 Sources of Waste in Product Management , in which I discuss ten sources of waste that I've witnessed in my career and, more importantly, share advice on how to avoid them. I'd love to get your feedb...
Dec 04, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Hey, welcome to the Product Compass. This is not a podcast but a monthly "Ask Me Anything" with Pawel Huryn recorded on October 10, 2024. We discussed: (00:21) How to make sense of the Product Trio for platform teams? (01:51) Strong opinions on the Product Trio tackling different risks? (05:28) How can we keep stakeholders engaged? (07:00) How to perform Product Discovery before Product-Market Fit? (09:21) Is the idea more important than the execution? (12:08) Is the Product Manager a mini CEO? ...
Oct 28, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this interview, Paweł Huryn (The Product Compass) and Aakash Gupta (Product Growth) talk to Marty Cagan, a legendary product leader, founder of SVPG, and the author of INSPIRED and EMPOWERED. In this conversation, Marty Cagan: • Clears up common misconceptions about product management • Explains how the best product organizations build products • Introduces the principles of the Product Operating Model • Provides insights on how you can drive transformation Marty's new book, TRANSFORMED, will...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Product growth is simple. But it's often misunderstood and poorly applied. That's why I'm excited to share my interview with Sean Ellis, the author of the international bestseller Hacking Growth . His high-velocity test/learn process has accelerated growth at companies like Facebook , Airbnb , and Dropbox . Sean coined growth hacking, invented the ICE prioritization, and popularized the North Star Framework. In this episode, we discuss: (01:29) What is Growth Hacking? (02:41) The required skill ...
Dec 03, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 2
My guest is Alberto Savoia, the first Engineering Director at Google. He's currently a lecturer at Stanford University and the author of the international bestseller "The Right It: Why So Many Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure Yours Succeed." In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction (01:19) Bitten by a failure, Alberto decided to bite back! (05:06) Market Research: Collect Skin-in-the-Game (08:24) Collect Your Own Data (YODA) (11:09) Say It With Numbers: The XYZ Hypothesis (15:22) Test Your...
Sep 02, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
