Mind the Product

JULY 18, 2017

This is the first of two posts that deep dive on A/B testing, expanding on a talk I gave at Google Playtime 2016 in London. In this post I share some of the learnings we’ve had after running 60+ A/B tests at Peak , looking at each step of the A/B testing cycle in turn. Brainstorm your A/B tests. Prioritise your A/B tests.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Nothing beats meeting real users. Do regular research, attend trade shows and conferences, and consult journals, magazines, and user forums, for example. Trust me.”.

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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. Let’s have feedback loops.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

He joined us on the podcast to talk about how to create focus around what matters to your users by using different testing methodologies – a topic he and Alex Osterwalder cover in their book, Testing Business Ideas. Testing business ideas. Testing Business Ideas, by David Bland and Alex Osterwalder: US , UK , DE.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 17, 2020

Others have tried, but we’ve yet to find anyone else with her depth of experience (spanning stints as a developer, designer, researcher and product manager), her empathy for both users and stakeholders, her experience as a teacher, and her sense of humour. Has clicking that icon met the user intent of the feature?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 7, 2023

It’s worth noting that PDMA is a volunteer-led organization and, like Susan, most of the people involved in its leadership have fulltime jobs in product roles yet make time to contribute to the professional association. Register for PDMA’s 2023 Inspire Innovation Conference on September 16th-19th in New Orleans, LA, USA.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2024

For 2024, several excellent conferences dedicated to product management are available, addressing the increasing interest in this field. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

When pitching early ideas, pay attention to specific actions customers want to take, like asking about pricing or requesting to start a proof of value (POV). These are stronger indicators of interest that tell you they really want your product, versus general positive feedback.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 14, 2020

There’s a lot of debate in the product and research communities about quantitative vs qualitative approaches to metrics, so we sat down with Tomer Sharon (MD/Head of User Research and Metrics at Goldman Sachs) to talk about how he uses Google’s HEART approach to track what matters. Lean User Research.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 25, 2020

The strategies the Disney Head of Innovation used to bring products customers love to life. Last year I was at a product management conference in Orlando and the keynote speaker discussed leadership at Disney. We discuss a lot of topics about creating an innovation capability in a company and creating products customers love.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Hershey chocolate company’s InnovationOps story I am interviewing speakers at my favorite annual conference for product managers, the PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference. Champion the consumer. It’s crucial to ensure that, beyond consumer appeal, the product can be produced and distributed profitably at scale.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 9, 2019

I get invited to speak at conferences. Customers are an endless source of feature requests and complaints. Developing this curriculum and testing it with the teams that I work with feeds my soul. So my courses are another medium for me to teach and test my curriculum while reaching more people in the community.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

That is what our guest did to investigate what people think about marketing and how it fits into the work product managers do. Adobe Creative Cloud was transformational for the company, the customers, and me personally. We faced a lot of resistance from customers, but ultimately the adoption was quicker and higher than we expected. [7:06]

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

You’re not working the same way, and your customers have different needs than they did a month ago. What are we learning from customers that we don’t have to worry about learning over and over again, versus what’s the part that can be disrupted at any moment? Customer Discovery. Remote Working.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

We have five product managers, one UX researcher , five designers—one of them director of design, leading the design team. It sounds like you are responsible for product, design, and research. I know in a lot of feature factories, product teams don’t engage with customers that often. Were they engaging with customers?

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Mind the Product

MARCH 24, 2020

These are situations that are fraught with the possibility for unintended consequences – something Roisi Proven covered in her great episode (and talk) about the Black Mirror Test. The Black Mirror Test. and at conferences across the US and Europe. Listen if you’d like to learn more about. Talk to us. Tweet at us!

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As a product leader, you are the product manager for a leadership team, and the tricks you learned in product teams remain valuable, they just need a little tweak. A value proposition helps us to focus on users and to check that our product solves a real problem. Value Proposition. It’s the foundation of our product strategy.

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2019

He joined us to talk about product/market fit: what it is, how to know when you have it, and how to achieve it. The definition of product-market fit:] When customers agree that your product creates enough value for them relative to the other options that are available. What is product/market fit? Quote of the Episode.

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Mind the Product

JULY 30, 2019

Roisi Proven is a true product person: she has a penchant for imagining the worst, which she’s turned into a superpower to put all of her product decisions through a rigorous ethics test. The Black Mirror Test. and at conferences across the US and Europe. The Black Mirror Test. Links mentioned in this episode.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2017

They include a deep understanding of the users with their needs, the competition, and the market trends. They also require an intimate knowledge of the product itself, including its value proposition, key features, user journeys, business goals, and KPIs. Taking my product management test helps you with this.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Share Leadership and Credit. Share leadership and allow others to present results and demo to executives (Image: Shutterstock). Another way I’ve found to be useful to share leadership and credit is with OKRs. With this system, more people get to take on leadership roles and everyone gets recognition for their work.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Wondering what the best product conferences of 2021 are? February Product Conferences. We are already halfway through the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean you have missed your chance at some quality conferences. What: The largest online product management conference in the world with years of digital experience.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Following a day of focused workshops and leadership discussions, we came together at London’s Barbican Centre to talk product. Mind the Product co-Founder and co-Author of Product Leadership Martin Eriksson opened the world’s largest conference for passionate product people. We are all Imposters. Inspiring Hardware Design.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 5, 2018

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Leisa Reichelt, Head of Research and Insights at Atlassian.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2018

I got a lot of good responses from this recent post about the need to frequently talk directly with real customers , especially at B2B/enterprise companies. More than a few folks raised an important concern: with so much to do as product managers, how do we consistently make time for customer interviews? How hard could that be?”)

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Mind the Product

JUNE 13, 2018

In 2017, she and her team launched a family of consumer hardware products ranging from smartphones to smart speakers, earning 26 different design awards. Ivy has also been a contributing author to numerous books, including The Change Champion’s Field Guide and Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organizational Change.

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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. During the conference, I immersed myself in the world of product and attended various sessions that provided me with unique perspectives. Customers want to know: is this brand safe?

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Product Management Unpacked

MARCH 12, 2019

Marty Cagan, founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group , delivered the opening keynote to the 2016 Mind the Product Conference. The number of women in a group predicts effective problem solving abilities of the group as a whole, according to MIT, CMU and Union College research.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

They work at the intersection of the User Experience, Business, and Technical teams, and have the opportunity to tap into the collective knowledge of these teams, in addition to their own interactions with the market. Product managers have a unique view on what’s happening across the business, provided the relationships are working well.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 12, 2018

Stewart: Thinking back to Dribbble in its earliest days, it was fundamentally a place for designers to post work in progress and get feedback. Our co-founder Dan Cederholm recently said at a conference that some of his early shots were actually of random, non-design things, like “Hey, I’m making a Keynote file,” which wasn’t very cool.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

You’ll never have to explain the importance of your discipline, nor explain what it is you do, to anyone in the leadership team. Our VP Product worked as a PM, a Designer and a Researcher in his career. Leadership doesn’t understand what it is you do. You’ll get direct feedback on your work from our customers.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For a unique fast track to learning and inspiration, however, conferences cannot be beat. We’ve written about the best conferences for product managers here —today let’s review the can’t miss conferences for product leaders (executives, C-Suite, and the like). 14 Can’t Miss Conferences for Product Leaders. SaaStr Annual.

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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 24, 2025

In today's newsletter, we'll explore why thoughtfulness is an undervalued leadership strength, especially in the wild world of AI and human collaboration. Subscribe now AI Revolution: Unleashing Our Human Superpowers We're witnessing a fundamental shift in leadership. Let's continue this leadership journey!

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Product Talk

JANUARY 10, 2024

No, I don’t mean interviewing GPTs instead of talking to real customers. I am experimenting with a custom GPT that can simulate a customer for the purpose of supporting story-based interview practice—not replacing the real thing. I’ll continue to do podcast interviews as they fit my schedule.

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Userpilot

JULY 25, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to the field, understanding the nuances of UX researchers is essential for success. In this guide, we’ll delve into the core responsibilities, salary insights, essential skills, and more, providing you with the knowledge and tools you need to excel as a UX researcher.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. So I have a strong sense of what product managers want. Swing a bigger stick.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2018

Business models also tend to change when companies digitalise their business—customer relationships, pricing models, partner and supplier relationships, cost factors, and other aspects are likely to be affected. Strategy and leadership skills are nice-to-have but not mandatory.

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