One Knight in Product

An interview with Busayomi Omotosho, Product Manager at Softcom. Busayomi speaks to me about Softcom's mission to connect consumers to businesses across Africa, her past working in LegalTech, how you need to apply efficient processes to Product Management, the importance of work / life balance and much more. Catch up with Busayomi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omotosho-busayomi-1ab461b0/ or Twitter: https://twitter.com/Buu_buu10

An interview with Victoria Tkatch, Senior Product Manager at Sonos. Victoria is an ambitious, driven professional, operating at a million miles an hour, and she's definitely going to be your boss one day. We talk about her journey to Sonos via her own nutrition startup, her plans for the future and how she manages to keep 3 side hustles going. You can catch up with Victoria on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriatkatch/ or on her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCym4-hlfCs0M1iitZ9xSDWw UPDATE: She is also soliciting feedback for her new idea, a book for PMs! https://techforpms.online/ - so that's *4* side hustles

An interview with Mark Yamashita, Technical Product Director at Sensibill, a fintech company that means you never have to worry about expense forms again. Mark moved into Product Management from working on supercomputers and compilers, via an MBA. We talk about how technical PMs should keep away from solutioneering, how education & mentoring are so important for PMs, as well as why "Singin' in the Rain" is basically the Lean Startup. Catch up with Mark here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-yamashita/

An interview with Elina Sokolovska, Product Manager at Flux, an exciting fintech startup working with some big retailers via their API. Elina talks about how she loves integrations and API Product Management, as well as her addiction to startup culture, and how mountain climbing has taught her strength in the face of adversity. Catch up with Elina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elina-sokolovska-17560b32/ or https://twitter.com/ElinaSokolovska

An interview with Mark Graham, Lead Product Manager at Sharktower, working with some smart data scientists to revolutionise project management software. We talk about the importance of communication in Product Management, how Product Management is similar to Football Management, and much more. Catch up with Mark here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iammarkgraham/

An interview with Matt Wilkinson, founder of Zenquiries, an early stage startup focusing on helpdesk integrations with Shopify. Matt talks about his journey from an Economics degree into company foundership via a career in mobile development, and why he's currently "eating glass & staring into the abyss". Catch up with Matt here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/7d26fc3818e66c496b9c5b2e87dc2171/ - you can find out more about Zenquiries here: https://www.zenquiries.com/

An interview with Mac Maistrelli, engineering leader with a strong background in education with the Council of Europe - passionate about creating high-performing teams, ensuring psychological safety, and creating a learning environment and getting the best out of his team. Catch up with Mac here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmaistrelli/

An interview with Nidhi Wadmark, Product Manager with PayPal, Women in Product Chapter lead and Global Awareness Lead for Thrive, PayPal's neurodiversity and disability awareness Employee Group. Nidhi is passionate about amplifying the voice of women in tech and product as well as ensuring diversity across the board to ensure we make better product decisions. Catch up with Nidhi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhiwadmark/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/nidhiwadmark

An interview with Priyanka Naik, Growth Product Manager with Advarisk and Women in Finance Top 100. Priyanka is a fearless advocate of speaking up, marketing yourself, and supporter of gender and neuro diversity. She talks about some of the challenges she's faced in a male-dominated working culture, and some of the approaches she's taken to stand out. Catch up with Priyanka on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyankanaik042/ or Twitter: https://twitter.com/priyankanaik042

An interview with Anna Lieberman, an aspiring Product Manager already on her first side hustle. Anna is passionate about taking her first steps into Product, documenting her journey and benefitting from strong mentorship from other strong Women in Product. Catch up with Anna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annajlieberman/ or at her blog: https://www.annajlieberman.com/ Find out more about the charity we mention at https://www.whiteswan.org.uk

An interview with Maanas Bukkuri, a passionate educator who started out in Engineering & QA before getting a taste for Product Management. Maanas has started teaching up-and-coming PMs via Product School and shares some of his thoughts about product management, continuously learning, and paying it forward to the next generation of Product Managers. Catch up with Maanas on Medium https://medium.com/@msbukkuri or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/msbukkuri/

An interview with Dr Nick Fine PhD, on a one-man mission to save UX by applying scientific thinking and reviving the controversial opinion that it should involve talking to users. We talk about all things UX and find out why Nick's work may have inadvertently inspired Cambridge Analytica. You can catch up with Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnickfine/ or Twitter: https://twitter.com/doctorfine although the old boy finds Twitter a bit too full on so be gentle. You can also catch his YouTube lecture about Scientific Design here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T5M_ispuaQ. Nick is also speaking at this conference, coming soon! https://techcircus.io/future_events/ux-live-conference/

An interview with Pouya Jamshidiat. Pouya is an author, AI expert and self-described Product Dude working in the exciting field of genomics. Pouya talks about how he got into Product Management, some of the things he's learned and approaches that he uses to be an effective Product Manager when everyone around you has a PhD. Catch up with Pouya on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pouyajamshidiat/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/PouyaJam You can find the AI Book here https://fintechcircle.com/ai-book/

An interview with Becca Vibert, Product Manager at Fiit and Product School featured speaker. Becca talks about her journey into Product Management via setting up an educational startup in Hong Kong, what she's learned along the way and how she's trying to help those following behind her. Catch up with Becca here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becca-vibert/ or watch her Product School webinar here: https://youtu.be/OzKlbroljSk

An interview with Saeed Khan, Product Leadership consultant, proud Canadian, builder of strong product organisations. Saeed talks about his long career in Product, how Product needs a seat at the executive table, and how some of the companies that look great on the outside are held together by sweat and toil and can never scale. Catch up with Saeed on LinkedIn : https://linkedin.com/in/saeedwkhan/ or Twitter: https://twitter.com/saeedwkhan - you can also catch "Don't Release the Kraken" here: https://transformationlabs.io/dont-release-the-kraken/

An interview with Anshuman Bagri, merchandising tycoon (retired), top quality dancer and currently redefining UX for mobile-controlled sex toys. Ansh speaks about his passion for UX, the challenges and advantages of working in a taboo industry, and how you might try to explain it to your mum. Keep in touch with Ansh on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshumanbagri/ or http://ansh.digital/ Ansh's top UX tips include https://twitter.com/jmspool who you can follow on Twitter for all the awesomeness.

An interview with Kristy Olinger, credit card product manager, passionate relationship builder, co-host of The Opposite of Small Talk podcast, closet Patrick Dempsey fan. Kristy talks about why relationship-building is so important and why you should never be afraid in meetings to admit you don't know what the acronym means. Catch up with Kristy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristyolinger/ or visit https://www.kristyolinger.com/ Dip your toe into Kristy's podcast here: https://pod.link/1484434210

An interview with Marton Gaspar, neuro-atypical product leader, advocate for autism awareness in the workplace, producer of a literally secret sauce. Marton talks about some of the challenges and benefits of autism in the workplace, how colleagues and hiring managers tend to treat autistic candidates, and how neurotypical people seem to autistic people. Catch up with Marton here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martongaspar/ or here: https://product-whisperer.com/ Here is the thought piece mentioned in the interview about a different autistic guy's take on "allistic" (e.g. non-autistic) people: https://www.fysh.org/~zefram/allism/allism_intro.txt

Deepak is a champion marshmallow stacker, experienced product leader terrified of presenting to 10-year olds. Deepak was passionate about trains growing up in India, and is excited to be working in a startup within a big company, revolutioning transport technology by using AI for good. Catch up with Deepak here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakparamanand/

David is the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and a leading commentator on Bitcoin, blockchain and related technologies. TL;DR David doesn't think that any of this stuff is any good, and that blockchain is a solution looking for a problem. For further Bitcoin-related banter, you can visit https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/ or @ him on https://twitter.com/davidgerard

Welcome to my new podcast! I may have a face for radio and a voice for books, but I'm asking you to come with me on this journey into the wonderful world of tech and product. We'll be releasing every Sunday and we've got some great episodes already lined up! Music credit: https://freesound.org/people/FoolBoyMedia/sounds/347848/