Itamar Gilad is the author of Evidence Guided, which is my favorite book out there on how to practically DO product discovery. Prior to becoming a product consultant and trainer, he had a long product career at Google where he led the creation and launch of products that are now…
Steve Portigal is a veteran user research leader and consultant who helps companies mature their research practices. He’s the author of Interviewing Users, a classic in the field, and the host of the design leadership podcast Dollars to Donuts. In this conversation, we explore: • how to use creative practices…
Christian Idiodi is a partner at Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG). Before SVPG, he profoundly shaped or reshaped the culture and products of CareerBuilder, Snagajob, and led the product transformation in Datasite, the first SaaS for due diligence in the finance industry. He also founded the Innovate Africa Foundation and…
Martina Hodges-Schell is a transformation coach and consultant that helps organizations adopt a Silicon Valley approach to innovation. She spent 25 years leading design and innovation in tech companies, and now she loves providing a fresh, outside perspective to help teams develop and mature their product practice. Full show notes…
Marty Cagan joins me for real talk about what it takes to transform into a strong product company. Transcript & full show notes available here: https://pod.fo/e/226791
Randy Silver is a product leadership advisor, podcast host, and global product community weaver. We explore the conversations needed to drive impact and perception of value in product management. Full transcript and show notes here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/randy-silver-conversations-create-impact
Chris Smith is a longtime engineering leader who has been in the trenches of building with AI & machine learning for years. He’s led the development of data systems & strategies at tech giants like early Google, Yahoo, and Sun; S&P 500's like Live Nation; and a wide variety of…
Chris Smith is a longtime engineering leader who has been in the trenches of building with AI & machine learning for years. This is a short, bonus episode to go along with our main conversation (#74). For transcript & resource links, see: https://podcast.makethingsthatmatter.com/simple-guidelines-for-ai-investment-planning
Nacho Bassino is a veteran product leader and the author of Product Direction, one of my go-to books on how to actually generate a product strategy. There are many excellent books out there on strategy as a whole, but surprisingly few that specifically cover product strategy, and Nacho’s work fills…
This is a conversation about the conversations that leaders are NOT having, that are THE difference between building a truly committed team that delivers the future you care about… and having a group which is a team in name only. Full show notes & transcript here: https://podcast.makethingsthatmatter.com/pam-fox-rollin-growing-groups-into-teams/
Eisha Armstrong. Eisha has long experience in building and launching new data businesses, and in helping service companies to transition to selling products instead of time. In this conversation, we dive into the lessons she's learned in the trenches of helping transform, and look into three specific sticking points when…
MJ Jastrebski is the CPO of Stylitics, a rapidly scaling retail technology company that helps retail websites automate styling and bundling for their consumers. Full show notes & transcript here: https://podcast.makethingsthatmatter.com/mj-jastrebski-how-to-build-resilience-and-stay-buoyant-as-a-leader/
Donna Lichaw is an executive coach for unconventional leaders, and the author of the newly-released book The Leader’s Journey. Full show notes (links & resources) here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/donna-lichaw-the-leaders-journey
Adam Thomas is a coach that helps product teams operationalize strategy so they spend more time focused on building the right products and less time fighting fires. We discuss Adam's decision making framework, Survival Metrics, which helps product teams make better decisions and avoid both sunk costs and loss aversion.…
Mike Saloio is the CEO and cofounder of Huddle, a startup that brings together fractional swat teams of expert builders to help startups generate real momentum on their most important projects within a week. Full show notes (links & resources) here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/mike-saloio-leadership-ubuntu
The SaaS Playbook will shave years off your learning curve if you want to build a SaaS. Rob Walling is a 6x serial entrepreneur and the internet godfather of indie SaaS. For links and show notes, go to: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/rob-walling-saas-playbook-founder-gut-intuition
What do you do when one of your top three KPIs is stagnant, and the product isn't growing? A micro case study in debugging retention and unlocking growth. Read the original article here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/double-click-on-the-love
Petra Wille is a product leadership coach and the author of Strong Product People, which is my go-to book for the people development side of being a product leader. In this conversation, we dive deep into: • why and how a community of practice can level up your team and…
Bob Moesta is one of the pioneers of Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) theory, which has fundamentally changed the way we think about building products and discovering what progress people actually need and want from the products they hire. Show notes here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/bob-moesta-prototyping-to-learn-applying-jtbd
Flow dramatically increases every measure of performance you can imagine, as well as your subjective quality of life experience. It’s defined as an optimal state of consciousness. This will help you understand and increase your time in flow so you can get the most out of every aspect of your…
Flow dramatically increases every measure of performance you can imagine, as well as your subjective quality of life experience. It’s defined as an optimal state of consciousness. This will help you understand and increase your time in flow so you can get the most out of every aspect of your…
In this episode, we meet May Lindstrom, the founder of May Lindstrom Skin. She shares her incredible story of creating a beloved company that is transforming the skincare industry and creating a thriving life for herself and her employees. And how she's delivered love with unwavering integrity. See all links…
Marshall Mosher is the cofounder and CEO of Vestigo, a company that uses outdoor adventure experiences to help people push outside their comfort zones, get comfortable being uncomfortable, and build deep trust with their teammates. Marshall caught the entrepreneurial bug at the tail end of his masters program, and hasn't…
Barry O'Reilly is a business advisor, entrepreneur, and author who helps people invent their future instead of fearing it. We start by dropping right into a powerful moment in Barry's career as an entrepreneur, and go on to cover everything from deliberate practice, to culture change within an organization, to…