Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Product Talk’s North Star metric is to increase the number of product trios who adopt a continuous discovery cadence to their work. This is what inspired Teresa to write the Continuous Discovery Habits book and shift Product Talk to a course-first business. Meet new Product Talk instructor Ellen Brandenberger!

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 14, 2024

Brought to you by Sidebar —Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers | Sprig —Build a product people love | Arcade Software —Create effortlessly beautiful demos in minutes — Ethan Evans is a writer, career coach, course instructor, and retired VP at Amazon.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This article is good quick read whether you are hiring or seeking a product leadership role internally or externally. We spend a lot of time planning our products and “what’s next” for them one month, one quarter, one year down the line; doing our best to set our teams and company up for success in achieving those goals.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 17, 2024

As a product manager, attending conferences is not just a part of professional development but an invaluable source of inspiration and learning. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Product-Led Summit hosted by the Product-Led Alliance in New York. Reliability focuses on the integrity of the product.

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A Guide on How to Become a Product Manager Introduction Are you passionate about leading product development, shaping strategies, and driving innovation? Becoming a Product Manager might be your ideal career path. Many aspiring product managers pursue additional certifications or courses to enhance their knowledge.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role. The discussion was about whether or not someone is senior enough to move into product management. It was an oxymoron.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 19, 2022

What does it mean to become product-centric? And if you are becoming a product-centric organization, does that mean moving away from user-centricity? Being product-centric means you are inherently both user and buyer-centric. To me, it translates to your products driving your business strategy and growth plan.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 5, 2019

In this opening keynote from #mtpcon Singapore , John Maeda, the Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at WordPress parent company Automattic, argues that this increasing complexity and speed can only be handled by bringing balance to our work – and that product people are best placed to lead the way.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 19, 2021

Georgie Smallwood, Chief Product Officer at Tier Mobility, joined us on the podcast to chat about the differences in working for earlier stage companies and those that are scaling up. The post The Stages of Startups – Georgie Smallwood on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. She covers why she [.].

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

Follow Teresa on Twitter and LinkedIn , keep up to date with her at ProductTalk and her courses. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Sponsor us.

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Product Culture

MARCH 22, 2023

I believe leadership is the most indispensable part of product management because, by nature, that’s what a product manager does: they lead. They don’t just lead the team building the product. I go into more in my article, What Makes a Good Product Manager. Do you agree about leadership? Care to join?

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Product Management Unpacked

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Here’s what strategic partner PayPal did to bring scaled product management to life for this startup-oriented software engineer. He expected to get what he needed from Carnegie Mellon University’s Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM) program. Rao helped drive product strategy and develop new computer tools. “I

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

What is product leadership and how is it different from product management ? In the article, we’ll be discussing what the product leadership role entails and how it is different from the product management role. Product leaders are responsible for building the right teams and organizational cultures.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Product management is certainly no exception. Product managers and leaders need to find ways to keep learning and growing in an ever-evolving product environment. There’s an abundance of books, podcasts, as well as events at your disposal that cover various product management topics.

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Product Culture

APRIL 12, 2023

“Leadership cannot really be taught. I definitely support that view in product. But you move toward astute leadership if you focus on listening and aligning , with much practice. See my article What Makes a Good Product Manager. I've been blogging at our new Academy site, where I teach online courses.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the industry tries to reassure newcomers that you don’t need to be a full stack software engineer to be a good Product Manager. That being said, Product Managers are still part of the tech industry.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Sanj started working at Salesforce back in 2005, when the company had around 1,000 employees and a few hundred million in revenue, and he was a part of its growth for 14 years, holding several leadership positions in multiple markets in EMEA. It’s very transparent, very collaborative, and filled with really smart, amazing people.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2021

Busting Complexity For Product Managers Photo by Pavel Neznanov on Unsplash The days of the Colored Markers and huge whiteboards are long gone. Do you want to represent a big idea concisely to your customers or your leadership? I realized after lockdown that long meetings carrying intensive discussion were a luxury.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Product Backlog is Too Big. A few years ago, I was asked to help a healthcare company with their agile transition and its impact on product management. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 24, 2024

It sounds simple, but what happens if your product is so new that you don’t have any customers yet? Or what if you’re just getting started with an idea and your product doesn’t even exist yet? What do you do about discovery if your product is so new that you don’t have any customers yet?

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. o get the sponge mode on and dive in!

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 15, 2021

Good Product Managers make decisions based on the world as it is today. Great Product Managers make decisions based on how the world is going to be tomorrow. Product Proliferation: The number of products that have inserted themselves into every aspect of our lives has increased drastically. as we finally enter 2021.

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Userpilot

JULY 5, 2022

Below are some of the best online training for a range of SaaS skills. For those who are more intermediate/have begun their careers in SaaS – be sure to join us in our annual Product Drive Conference, held in October. Best Free Online SaaS Training/Courses. Product-led SaaS Growth by CXL Institute.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Product leader Georgie Smallwood believes there’s no template for success, and true success comes from building adaptability, systems thinking skills, and putting people first. I was managing campaigns and putting ads online and I grew that team to thirty people across Australia. You can’t scale the team just with people alone.

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Userpilot

JULY 31, 2023

What does a product marketing manager (PMM) do? Chances are you already know their broad responsibility is to develop and implement a marketing strategy roadmap for a specific product. TL;DR The product marketing manager role (PMM) is primarily responsible for a product’s positioning, messaging, and branding.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 30, 2020

Latest studies note that only 35% of product manager roles are filled by women, and most of those roles are entry-level positions, meaning they are often removed from influential decision making. Meanwhile, if you’re looking to start or advance your career in product management, check out AWIP’s job board. Let’s dive in.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Currently VP, Head of IoT at Ericsson North America and also an IoT instructor at Stanford University, Daniel talks to Randy and Lily about how to gain the skills needed to confidently and efficiently manage any IoT product. What makes IoT product management different. Daniel’s IoT courses at Stanford. Ericsson IoT.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Choosing one product over another is ultimately powered by the consumer’s emotional relationship with the brand.” Refresh our thinking with new or modified products that fit the needs of the current climate and consumer. A collaboration with movie studios, online movie streaming services, and concessions suppliers.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Taking a break from the always entertaining/sometimes informative podcast Jake & Jonathan (formerly known as The Product Breakfast club, which he co-hosts with Jake Knapp), AJ&Smart CEO Jonathan Courtney joined us to chat about Design Sprints, workshops, and how to get groups of people collaborating. Product Design and Innovation.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This was the third conversation we were having about the product, an app that served our own company along with external customers. We shifted from functional and feature budgeting to portfolio and product budgeting. But it’s not like we shut the product down. Yet, for many product managers, simplicity is challenging to achieve.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 1, 2019

Messenger apps started as the simplest way to start a conversation online. So much, in fact, that the product leaders behind these apps are slimming them down. Yet, industry data shows quite the opposite – a whopping 80% of product features are rarely or never used. Product Teams are Being Judged by the Wrong Numbers.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 19, 2021

In this talk from BoS USA Online 2020 , Nandini discusses the background to the story and the actions the company’s leadership took to address a challenge that most software company CEOs have never seriously considered: booting users who violate their Acceptable Use Policies. Video & Slides below. Delete that Account!

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Facebook and Twitter, meanwhile, struggled under the unavoidable pressure of hosting half a globe’s worth of daily online communication. It is impossible to police such a digital realm to everyone’s satisfaction, of course, but Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey frequently seemed fazed by the very responsibility.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to delivering a keynote at the Product at Heart conference (in case you missed it, you can find the video and transcript of that presentation here ), conference co-organizer Petra Wille also invited me to participate in a fireside chat at the Leadership Forum event. Introduction: What Is Product Discovery?

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Product Talk

APRIL 19, 2023

The world of digital products is evolving quickly. Whether you’re trying to keep track of everything you learn about your customers during continuous discovery , keep tabs on the latest thought leadership and learnings from others in the industry, or keep on top of all the newest products on the market, you can quickly get overwhelmed.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Product managers, product leaders, and product executives have no shortage of educational opportunities. From books , podcasts , and blogs to earning certificates and joining online communities , there is truly an abundance of options (read the short Guide to Product Management Resources to learn even more).

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Author, advisor, professor, and podcaster Barry O’Reilly joined us on The Product Experience where we learned that he has a lot of sympathy for senior executives. As product people, we have the challenge of embracing this attitude, but also fostering it at all levels of our organisations – managing up, laterally, and down.

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