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

Product Innovation Educators

hours daily fixing problems, with 75% of issues stemming from broken systems rather than employee mistakes. Even more concerning, products typically lose 50% of their innovative value during development as unique ideas get compromised to fit existing systems. Doug shared that the average manager wastes 3.5

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

Product Innovation Educators

James describes working with one organization that had five different sales leaders in 18 months due to these pressures. This makes product launches valuable testing grounds for innovation. How could you build early warning systems into your launch process? Building the Right Culture Culture plays a vital role in launch success.

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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

Our more senior engineer might be most interested in system architecture, code reviews, and mentoring other engineers. The most senior engineer might be most interested in system architecture, code reviews, and mentoring other engineers. However, sometimes this doesn’t work for engineering.

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520: The future of AI in product management – with Mike Todasco

Product Innovation Educators

The discussion explores practical applications of AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude in product development, including MVP refinement, customer testing, and marketing content creation. Product managers can use AI to help make their tests simpler. This methodology helps teams identify the core value proposition quickly.

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A Leader's Guide to Metrics Reviews

Sachin Rekhi

One practice that both companies established was weekly executive-level metrics reviews. SurveyMonkey, on the other hand, had a single meeting called ACER, which stood for acquisition, conversion, engagement, retention, where they covered these funnels across all A/B tests happening in the company. Why metrics reviews matter.

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Whatfix Mobile Review: Pricing, Features, Pros & Cons

Userpilot

In this Whatfix Mobile review, youll find answers to three questions: What does Whatfix Mobile offer? A/B testing and segmentation: The feature lets you split audiences into simple experiments. Whatfix G2 review. Whatfix G2 Review. The question is: Can Whatfix mobile give you what youre looking for? Whatfix Mobile pros 1.

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In Pursuit of the Checkered Flag: The Challenge of Developing a Driverless Race Car System

Product Management Unpacked

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. His was one of six sub-teams all designing portions of the autonomous driving system. “I Mid-summer test.