AgTech is an emerging sector that has the potential to completely reshape global agriculture, dramatically increasing the productivity of the agriculture system while reducing the environmental and social costs of current production practices. Agtech is set for monumental growth and has been predicted to become Australia's next $100 billion industry by 2030. In this episode, Emma Weston, Co-Founder and CEO of one of Australia’s most awarded Agtech startups, AgriDigital discusses the challen...
May 02, 2021•36 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast In this upbeat episode, Co-Founder and CEO of Linktree, Alex Zaccaria shares with Jade his insights into Linktree’s growth journey, and what he believes is the key to their astronomical product growth. Alex founded Linktree as a side-hustle in 2016 with his brother, Anthony and friend, Nick Humphreys. Today, Linktree is the social tech platform democratising the discovery of content for over 10 million global users! Since launching, Linktree has helped brands such as Red Bull & HBO , c...
Apr 18, 2021•32 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Joining Jade on The Product Edge is Phil Laufenberg. Phil is the CPO at Practera - Australia’s leading experiential learning technology startup. He’s also a Product Management trainer with our good friends at Brainmates. Phil has a passion for education, innovation and the future of work, and has led the ideation, design and development of multiple award-winning education technology products. In this episode we discuss: ✓ Continuous development and active learning ✓ &...
Apr 04, 2021•50 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Product Management rhetoric typically focuses on technical craftsmanship, and the human elements of Product Management are sometimes overlooked. Product Managers need to understand human behaviours, and in today’s episode Jade explores the human aspects of Product Management - the adaptive skills product folk need - with our guest Nick Coster, Co-Founder of Brainmates. Nick has been working in Product Management since the mid-’90s. In 2004, Nick joined Adrienne Tan in founding Brainmates to cham...
Mar 21, 2021•43 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast In this engaging episode, Jade speaks with Lital Sherman, Head of Experience Design at PageUp to discuss Design Thinking for Product Managers. Lital is a design leader, strategist, and storyteller. She is passionate about utilising Design Thinking to drive positive cultural change in our lives and believes that by understanding human behaviour, motivations and biases, we will be in a position to design a better journey for ourselves, and the people around us. Over the last couple of years,...
Mar 07, 2021•53 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast In this relaxed and candid chat, Jade and Laura explore the do’s and don’ts of interviewing for Product Management roles. Over the last 10 years, Laura has worked with local start-ups, fortune 100 companies and everything in between. Laura holds a degree in Human Resources and enjoys partnering with business leaders across the broad spectrum that is HR. Laura now channels her passion for great people experiences into developing and executing talent and employer branding strategies to support val...
Nov 29, 2020•44 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast In this engaging episode Jade and Katherine discuss how to kill products on purpose! Katherine is a product manager at Drawboard where she is helping to create the paperless office. As a ‘self-proclaimed” minimum viable adult, Katherine has come to value the simplicity of things and overtime has developed a passion for talking about the last moments of a product or feature. In this candid conversation, Katherine shares her own personal journey that led her to becoming a minimalist and egn...
Nov 15, 2020•40 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast We all have our own Code of Ethics; how we as individuals conduct ourselves. In the workplace there are laws that govern how businesses and their staff can operate. Doctors, Lawyers and Accountants are examples of professions that all have a Code of Ethics, and in this episode we ask: Should there be a Code of Ethics for Product Managers? Joining Jade Bennett on this episode of The Product Edge is Anthony Murphy, a Senior Product Coach and Consultant who trains and mentors Product Managers all o...
Nov 02, 2020•50 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Jade and Ken explore how Product Managers can navigate the challenging aspect of a Product Manager’s role; leading through influence. Ken Sandy is a Senior Product Leader and author of the book, The Influential Product Manager. He is also an industry fellow and Lecturer at UC Berkeley, where he teaches the engineering school’s first course in product management. This episode is an absolute must for all Product folk as Ken shares his framework on how to ensure you are establishin...
Oct 18, 2020•59 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Jade and Shannon explore the importance of reflecting on ‘why’ you build a product and the consideration Product Managers need to give to the impact and consequences this may have on society and communities. Having had a very interesting career to date, Shannon Scott’s journey has not been typical of a traditional Product Management professional. He has worked at the intersection of business and technology, without ever formally holding the ‘Product Manager’ title. Currently in ...
Oct 04, 2020•37 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast This week on The Product Edge, Jade Bennett speaks with the Director of Product Management at Campaign Monitor, Simon Farrugia. Simon has been instrumental in a series of Product innovations and has a diverse career across Product, including consumer, enterprise, software and hardware. Passionate about building high performing product teams, Simon shares what he looks for when recruiting Product folk and offers up some tips that will help you nail your next Product interview. He helps to define ...
Sep 20, 2020•46 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Jade and Josh explore the essential yet often overlooked skill all Product Managers must master - Storytelling. Josh Centner is currently Head of Product & Delivery at PageUp. He has over 10 years of Product Management experience within the startup, scaleup and enterprise ecosystem. Josh is an avid believer in the art of storytelling and pushed through his own nerves and fears to master this skill. He swears that he would not be where he is today, leading product teams, if he...
Sep 06, 2020•42 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Adrienne is a highly experienced senior product and business leader with over 20 years of experience across multiple industries. She has extensive expertise across various business disciplines, including product strategy and product planning, business stakeholder management and product design and development. Her passion for managing, coaching and nurturing product teams, senior product managers and tech leads has lifted the bar for the Product Management profession in Australia. In this episode...
Aug 23, 2020•43 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast ‘THE PRODUCT EDGE’ Date: 10 August 2020 Name of show: The Product Edge Episode # 1: How to land your first job in Product Management Episode summary: In this first episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett speaks with Paul Napper, a seasoned Product Leader and founder of Paul Napper Web Design. Paul has worked across Product Management for over a decade in some of Australia’s most iconic organisations such as Fairfax Media, BigCommerce and SafetyCulture, just to name a few. Jade and Paul d...
Aug 10, 2020•44 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Are you a Product Manager looking for a Product tribe that forces you to level up? You've come to the right place. Welcome to The Product Edge: A podcast for inquisitive product management professionals. The Product Edge takes you on a journey into the minds of exceptional product leaders, entrepreneurs, creators and hustlers. My mission is to provide Product people with the skills, insights and tools you need gain your Product ‘edge’. Hosted by me, Jade Bennett, Australia’s leading Product Mana...
Jun 28, 2020•1 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
