Are you ready for the second part of the Podcast episode with Itamar Gilad ? Itamar has been in the Product Management game for +15 years. He has worked for Google and Microsoft , and now he is an author, keynote speaker, and coach, sharing his broad knowledge of our field.In this second part of the full interview, we dive deeper into the Confidence Meter, the framework Itamar has created to help PMs make decisions based on data. About us: Product People is a Product Management community and Int...
Jul 10, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is time to uncover one of the best interviews we did this season at the Product People Podcast: the one with Itamar Gilad . Itamar has been in the Product Management game for +15 years. He has worked for Google and Microsoft , and now he is an author, keynote speaker, and coach, sharing his broad knowledge of our field.In this first part of the full interview, we go through his background and dive into the Confidence Meter, the framework he created to help PMs make decisions based on data. Ab...
Jun 26, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast What are the possible implications of AI in Product Management? How can PMs leverage this new tool? Is AI going to replace us? Since the launch of ChatGPT in December 2022, AI has been in everyone’s mouth. Not only in Product Management, but also when it comes to Engineering, Marketing, and Sales, to name a few. In this episode, we dive deep into it with Florin Ciontu, Senior VP of Product at Stepstone. Florin has 10+ years of experience in Product, with a background in Engineering, he’s an expe...
Jun 12, 2024•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the 4th season of the Product People Podcast ! We’re coming stronger than ever and with renewed energies to bring you the best product management knowledge. Have you ever wondered what makes a great product culture? In this inaugural episode, we dive deep with Jeff Gothelf, author, speaker, trainer, and board advisor. Jeff specializes in helping organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. In the first episode of the fourth season o...
May 30, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the last episode of the 3rd season of the Product People Podcast! This season we've had some amazing guests, and there's no better way to close this chapter than with today’s guest: Jeff Lash, VP of Global Product Management at Forrester. Jeff has an extensive career in Product, and today, he shares with Mirela Mus one of the topics he’s most passionate about: B2B Product Management - and how it's different than B2C Product Management. About us: Product Management communit...
Feb 15, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, the host Mirela Mus interviews Radhika Dutt, author of the book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika is an experienced Product Leader, and currently an Advisor of the Monetary Authority of Singapur. In this second part of the interview, Mirela and Radhika talk about Product Diseases and how to overcome it using Radical Product Thinking. About us: Product Management community and Interim Product Management services. Our mission is to help companies disc...
Jan 29, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, the host Mirela Mus interviews Radhika Dutt, author of the book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika is an experienced Product Leader, and currently an Advisor of the Monetary Authority of Singapur. In this first part of the interview, Mirela and Radhika talk about Product Diseases, the Hero Syndrome, and how to overcome it using Radical Product Thinking. About us: Product Management community and Interim Product Management services. Our mission is to ...
Jan 18, 2024•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s Product People Podcast episode, we have Raluca Pantiru, Product Manager at Google and ex-Fitbit. The host, Mirela Mus, Founder and CPO at Product People and Raluca had an exciting conversation about how to step up, take risks, and ask for recognition when you are a product manager. About us: Product Management community and Interim Product Management services. Our mission is to help companies discover and deliver great products faster. We empower Europe's Product Management commun...
Dec 22, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is the second part of the episode with Jim Kalbach, if you haven't listened to the first one, we highly suggest you do it. In this episode of the Product People Podcast, the host Mirela Mus interviews Jim Kalbach, a pioneer in the Jobs To Be Done framework. About us: Product Management community and Interim Product Management services. Our mission is to help companies discover and deliver great products faster. We empower Europe's Product Management community to share knowledge gene...
Dec 12, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, the host Mirela Mus interviews Jim Kalbach, a pioneer in the Jobs To Be Done framework. This is the first part of the interview, in which we discuss what is Jobs To Be Done, understand the depth of it, and give advice about how to avoid common pitfalls. About us: Product Management community and Interim Product Management services. Our mission is to help companies discover and deliver great products faster. We empower Europe's Product Management...
Nov 27, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this enlightening episode of the Product People Podcast, host Mirela Mus engages in a dynamic conversation with Sona Dagesyan, delving into the intricacies of empowering product teams. Sona, a seasoned expert in product management, shares invaluable insights on fostering a collaborative and empowered environment within product teams. Whether you're a seasoned product manager or just starting in the field, this episode offers a wealth of wisdom for anyone looking to elevate their team'...
Nov 13, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, Mirela Mus (Founder & CPO of Product People) interviews Dr. Mario Lenz about Skepticism in Product-Led Growth. They discuss the definition and value of PLG, the blindspots of relying on just the product, and the drivers and why PLG has become so trendy nowadays. About us: Product Management community and Interim Product Management services. Our mission is to help companies discover and deliver great products faster. We empower Europe's Produ...
Oct 31, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, João Moita interviews Alex Bahlk, Director of Product at Product People. They discuss the value equation, looking at competition and differentiation, exploring customer willingness to pay, pricing influence on perceived value, strengthening pricing power, prioritization, and the importance of boilerplate features. They also talk about pricing and the involvement of product managers in financial matters. About us: Product Management community and Int...
Jul 10, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, host João Moita interviews Radhika Dutt, an entrepreneur and product expert with an engineering background from MIT. Radhika shares her insights on the problem with sales-led or engineering-led approaches to product development and emphasizes the importance of a vision-driven approach. She introduces her Radical Product Thinking framework, which helps companies successfully apply this mindset globally. Radhika explains that a vision doesn't alwa...
Jun 12, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, Joao Moita interviews Aakash Gupta, a Product Growth expert with over 15 years experience in the field and the one of the most influencial Product voices on LinkedIn. Aakash shares his career highlights and discusses the importance of narrowing versus broadening one's career focus. He also provides insights on building strong relationships without succumbing to people-pleasing tendencies. Aakash delves into his experience managing an industry-de...
May 29, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, hosted by Joao Moita, Teresa Torres dives into the concept of continuous discovery habits. She highlights the challenges that arise when separating discovery and delivery in product development, emphasizes the importance of involving the entire team in the discovery process and shares insights on stable vs unstable research findings. Organizational change and the role of ICs in implementing continuous discovery in an organization is also discussed. ...
May 15, 2023•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Product People Podcast, João Moita interviews Melissa Perri, author of "Escaping the build trap" and host of the Product Thinking podcast. They discuss a variety of topics related to product management, including diversity in the field, the challenges of escaping the build trap, and the importance of thinking about problems rather than solutions. They also delve into the topic of aligning incentives with company outcomes, the difference between strategy and plans, an...
May 01, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, Mirela Mus, Founder and CPO at Product People, talks about how Product Led Growth (PLG) can supercharge your organization. Mirela discusses what PLG is, specific PLG tactics, and the impact of PLG on marketing and sales. She also provides examples of product-led companies and shares tips on how to apply PLG. Mirela also talks about how to learn PLG as a PM, convincing C-level to move into PLG, and implementing PLG in compliance-heavy enterprises. Ab...
Apr 10, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast (recorded live on April 5, 2022), Mirela talks with Roman Pichler, the author of “Strategize”. They discuss various topics such as managing a product portfolio, prioritizing outcomes for a roadmap, dealing with stakeholders, and building a product strategy. They also touch on the importance of having a strategy before creating a roadmap and adapting strategies for poorly performing products. Pichler shares insights on how to prioritize technical impr...
Apr 03, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast (recorded live on June 6th, 2022), host João Melo speaks with Colleen Graneto, former Product Manager at Airbnb, about her experiences with experimentation in product, and how to create an experimentation culture. They discuss the importance of doing things that don't scale, the value of small increments and de-risking big bets, and the various tactics to test desirability such as the Wizard of Oz and concierge methods. They also touch on the beg...
Mar 27, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast (recorded live on May 21, 2022), John Cutler, former Product Evangelist at Amplitude, discusses the problems around product development and introduces his concept of "Thinking Big and Working Small". He outlines the four key components of Thinking Big: a compelling strategy, a persistent model, opportunity-focused bets, and teams with the freedom to work small. Cutler emphasizes the importance of defining your North Star and understanding w...
Mar 20, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode of Product People (recorded live on March 17, 2022), we have a special guest, David Heinemeier Hansson, founder of Basecamp and Hey! and the creator of Ruby on Rail. He chats with Mirela about a series of interesting topics. DHH talks about non-negotiable principles, followed by a discussion on GDPR and privacy on the internet. There are some insightful arguments about the new wave of European tech companies and the importance of local diversity for tech products. The conversa...
Mar 06, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast (recorded live on April 13, 2021), Mirela talks to Petra Wille, author of Strong Product People, about how to transition from an individual contributor to a product leader, the main skills needed for product management, and creating roadmaps and communication. Petra also shares insights on developing the patience muscle, team meeting cadences, and being hands-on as a product leader. They also discuss favorite interview questions, homogenous vs hetero...
Feb 27, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, Alex Bahlk is joined by April Dunford, the renowned author of "Obviously Awesome". Together, they delve into the critical topic of Product Positioning. April and Alex explore the cross-functional nature of positioning and how it should be evaluated in response to market changes. They also discuss the challenge of multiple positionings for a single product and the importance of creating an ideal client profile. Whether you're new to product managemen...
Feb 20, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Product People Podcast, Mirela Mus talks with Marty Cagan, the well-known author of Inspired and Empowered. They discuss worrying trends in Product, how to empower Product teams, the dangers of Product Operations, how to split the work of Product Managers, AI and ML Product Management, the differences between a CTO and a CPO, advice for starting your career in Product Management, the future of Product Management, the Agile industrial complex, the Product Owner function, an...
Feb 13, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Product People is a Product Management community and Interim Product Management service. In this show, you'll find interviews and talks from the most inspiring Product Leaders as well as case studies and community Q&A with our in-house experts. Follow our show on your favorite podcast app and join us here too: 🌐 More about us on our website: https://www.getproductpeople.com/ 🎥 Talk Recordings on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ProductPeopleManagement 📌 Updates and Product Opportunities...
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