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515: Case studies of organizational growth through successful product launches – with James Whitman

Product Innovation Educators

James shares insights from his research studying companies that consistently launch successful products. He describes what he calls the “Your PowerPoint is better than mine, but you’re wrong” syndrome – where strong presentation skills can override better strategic choices.

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517: How to conduct an AI Design Sprint – with Mike Hyzy

Product Innovation Educators

A custom ChatGPT model that helps accelerate product innovation Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I interview Mike Hyzy, Senior Principal Consultant at Daugherty Business Solutions. Instead of focusing solely on today’s customer problems, product teams need to look 2-5 years into the future.

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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can adapt core responsibilities across different organizations and contexts Watch on YouTube TLDR Through his research and practical experience at MasterCard, Nishant Parikh identified 19 key activities that define the role of software product managers. Why study the 19 key activities of software product managers?

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522: Stop the stupid using proactive problem solving – with Doug Hall

Product Innovation Educators

Even more concerning, products typically lose 50% of their innovative value during development as unique ideas get compromised to fit existing systems. Doug joined us in episode 518 and is back to share battle-tested strategies that will help you fix problems faster and smarter. Doug shared that the average manager wastes 3.5

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. In this webinar, we won't focus on the research methods for discovering user-needs. There are three challenges we face when doing this.

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How to Test Before You Build

The Product Guy

In this episode of How I PM, Michael Ionita, CEO of LFG Solutions and YouTuber, shares practical ways to test your product ideas before writing any real code. Michael’s Four Keys to Testing Before You Build: Run Painted Door Experiments Present a clickable version of a future feature. If users engage, follow up with questions.

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Consumers want to be heard – how omnichannel feedback helps you tune in

Alchemer Mobile

This post references out latest e-guide, Customer Feedback is Everywhere: The Ultimate Guide to Omnichannel Feedback Collection . Organizations that rely on a single-channel feedback approach may overlook valuable insights. These missing insights are crucial for understanding customer needs and expectations.

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All Method, No Madness: Guiding Agile Teams Through Research

Speaker: Amanda Stockwell, President of Stockwell Strategy

Many Product Managers feel quality user research can't keep up with the fast-paced culture of agile teams. However, if you're willing to adapt the right way, you don't have to sacrifice agility or user insights. Research Planning. In this webinar, she'll make specific suggestions around: Team makeup. Setup and logistics.

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How to Use Data to Build Strong Customer Communities

Speaker: Carrie Melissa Jones Founder, Gather Community Consulting

Time and again, organizations assume that community member research is duplicative, cumbersome, risky, or incapable of yielding meaningful results. The results of not performing community member research? Mediocre, copycat brand communities that fail to deliver on employee or customer expectations. But, brands can avoid this.

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The 5 Product Discovery Secrets Every PM Should Know

Speaker: Jim Morris, Founder, Product Discovery Group

By using the Product Discovery Cycle, teams can find new ideas, understand customer pain points, and test solutions quickly and cheaply. When teams solicit and act on customer feedback, they can cycle through ideas quicker, and find the best ones sooner. Why you should be involving engineers at every stage of the Cycle.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format.

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The Art and Science of Explaining Your Product Strategy

Speaker: Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks

Ideation, discovery, research, and analysis all inform the development of a product strategy that evolves iteratively as the product team learns more about customers, their problems, and potential solutions. However, effective communication of product strategy often presents challenges for product leaders.