Product Talk

Users tend to be less concerned with what companies are meeting their needs, as long as those needs are met. Companies see users jump to competitor's platforms and see a pain point. How can content producers get their content in front of users on all chat platforms and drive revenue? GameOn Founder and CEO Alex Beckman joins us to go over how companies can connect the dots between content and chat platforms all over the world.

Scaling a global business in the age of remote work demands a specific approach for it to be successful. Remote work is here to stay, whether companies have chosen it as a convenience, strategic advantage, or pandemic necessity. How can companies use remote employees as an advantage when scaling a global business? Join MURAL Co-Founder and CPO Agustin Soler as he offers insights into his experience in scaling a global business over the last decade and creating a 2021 Product Award Winner in the Design Interface category.

Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This episode focuses on making impactful products from one of the most popular episodes of Product Talk. Are you putting the customer first when designing products? Join product superstar Marty Cagan, founder of Silicon Valley Product Group, to learn about how product managers can put the customer first to build impactful products.

Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This episode focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning highlights from five popular episodes of Product Talk. How do product leaders succeed in building smarter AI and ML that make products better? These product leaders share their insights about the potential of AI, along with some limitations to keep in mind.

Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This episode focuses on product lifecycle highlights from five popular episodes of Product Talk. What's your strategy for optimizing your product lifecycle efforts? These product leaders share their insights from their experience managing products at leading tech firms.

Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This episode is one of the most popular podcasts we've produced. What would you ask of senior product managers if you could take training with them? Join these five seasoned product gurus for their perspectives on product management.

Most companies struggle trying to balance the conflicting demands of sustaining an existing business and taking on a disruptive challenge. Product leaders in particular must find ways to innovate in a competitive marketplace. Are you looking to cross the chasm, catch the next wave, keep the next wave from catching you? Silicon Valley icon Geoff Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm (over 1 million copies sold), shares case examples from Salesforce, Microsoft and more from his book, Zone to Win: Organizing to Compete in an Age of Disruption.

Continued innovation is as crucial as ever. Brands with a long history of success are not guaranteed to continue that success through inertia. How can product leaders develop products for an iconic brand? The North Face Global CMO & VP of Product Creation Steve Lesnard shares his thoughts on developing products with a purpose and pinpointing the purpose of a particular product.

Chief Product Officer (CPO) is one of the newer functions within an organization as more and more companies aim to be product-led. How can a product leader earn that title? In this session, Products That Count Sr Product Manager, Andy Shore, and fmr Plantronics, Google, Logitech, now Products That Count CPO, Renee Niemi, sit down for a fireside chat to discuss what product managers and leaders can do to put themselves on the path to the C-Suite.

The 2021 Product Awards brought together the very best in digital products, highlighting the market leaders that are taking the product world by storm in this new Age of Product. Join us in The Winners Circle with Airtable, InVision, and Userleap, as we discuss how product managers can gain a competitive edge and stay ahead by building award-winning products.

If there's one thing all of humanity learned in the past 12 months, it's the importance of human connections and the impact of the loss thereof. With the world beginning to reopen, how can product managers use the power of technology to create positive change? This week on Product Talk, Miracle Message Founder & CEO, Kevin Adler, speaks from the heart with a story of activism through tech and how to build products that make a true impact on the world.

The market for apps is probably as hot as it will ever be and companies need every opportunity to build a competitive advantage. Of course, the strongest path to success comes with aligned execution and a clear product vision. How can the relationship between product and product marketing ensure success across all teams? Doist Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Neil Vidyarthi, takes the Product Talk mic to speak on the alignment X-factor that ultimately drives the customer journey.

Data is firmly set in its next evolution and the advantages that data provides to product leaders in their decision-making becomes clearer every day. When should product leaders scrap the hand reports and make the jump to a cloud data analytics solution? This week on Product, the CPO and CMO of Sisense, Ashley Kramer, takes the mic to share the needs to know for product leaders looking to go beyond the desktop and implement their own cloud data analytics solution.

The process of building strategy is fraught with challenges; translating that strategy across the full organization is even more difficult. How can product leaders use strategy mapping to create organizational alignment and ensure execution success? This week on Product Talk, we welcome Professor Jesper B. Sorensen from the Stanford Graduate School of Business to talk about his book, Making Great Strategy, and how product leaders can use strategy mapping and visual thinking to uplevel their roadmaps.

If there is any year that embodies the thrill of working in tech, it's this one. Covid pivots notwithstanding, product-led culture is quickly becoming the baseline from which companies operate. How can product leaders navigate changing waters while retaining a focus on digital acceleration? Google fmr GM, Mighty Capital Partner, and Products That Count CPO, Renee Niemi, takes Product Talk through her impressive product career and shares insights on leading product amidst transitioning market dynamics.

Scaling a product for growth while aligning opportunities with a company's core mission; therein lies the daily objective of a product manager. It's a task that seems straightforward but is anything but simple. How can product leaders assess opportunities to create value and build long-term partnerships? Fmr Weight Watchers Product Director and current CPO of Ellevest, Alexandria Stried, shares insights on product prioritization, opportunity assessment, and how to build products for long-term partnerships.

It's many a product entrepreneur's dream: to take a product from conception to acquisition and on to continued growth at scale. The challenges, however, are plenty. What are the hard decisions that a product leader will face as they move from the startup hustle to post-acquisition growth? Stephane Giraudie, Dolby Sr. Director of Cloud Communications, and former Founder and CEO of Voxeet, shares insights on being a product entrepreneur, startup leadership, and building product at scale post-acquisition.

As the internet fills with more assets stacked with value, designing and building net secure products is quickly becoming the new baseline. How can product leaders accelerate product innovation by building products with security as the priority? This week on Product Talk we welcome Jeremiah Grossman, CEO of Bit Discovery, a Mighty Capital portfolio company, to share his insights on customer satisfaction, process prioritization, and how to think about innovation from the perspective of secure design.

Extensive research has shown the immense power that lies in diversity. When a product team empowers diversity, innovation follows, with neurodiversity being no exception. What are some of the ways product leaders can bring awareness to and support team members with differently structured minds? HomeX Product Lead Marton Gaspar joins Product Talk to speak on team empowerment, innovation, and the power of neurodiversity in tech.

Ever since the dawning of the Age of Tech, companies have been seeking solutions that make sophisticated technology accessible to all. The Age of Product is only solidifying that desire for simplicity into a product requirement. How can some of the most advanced tech become accessible to even entry-level team members? Accern CEO & Co-Founder Kumesh Aroomoogan shares insights on product innovation and how no-code AI platforms are transforming the data science game with simplicity and elegance.

Digital mental health therapy is a relatively new space for product but one that is rising quickly in consumer demand. Just like in a clinical setting, however, the practices, techniques, and specialties are varied and come with their own set of rules and risks. What do product leaders need to consider when building digital therapy products? Big Health CPO Kelvin Kwong shares insights on encouraging user feedback, user safety, and the exciting digital product world of cognitive behavior therapy.

Technology has been called the great equalizer, but economic opportunity has long been tied with geography. With the sudden expansion of the remote office and over 3bn digital workers, however, the landscape is prepped for a dramatic change. What opportunities and caution signs lie ahead for remote workers? Cisco SVP Jeetu Patel takes the mic to discuss the balance between productivity and well-being, and how remote workers in digital product can level the economic playing field.

FinTech is a highly regulated space, with many of the old ways of doing things engrained in the process of building products. How can we usher FinTech into the Age of Product? Ramp Product Head, Geoff Charles, discusses new ways to build products for FinTech in today's day and age.

Following the year of all years, there was no doubt that the Product Awards were going to be exciting and it did not disappoint. Like many recent events, the 2021 iteration went entirely virtual with a packed audience of product leaders and industry executives. Roll through the highlights to catch insights from leaders at Heap, Bluedot, Autodesk, Indicative, and Sisense, and hear how they are driving digital transformation in this new Age of Product.

The 2021 Presidential Inauguration came on the heels of one of the most unprecedented, tumultuous years in US history. With a pandemic continuing to rage, the country's grandest live celebration was forced to reinvent itself as a digital-first experience. How did product managers strategize the most ambitious, innovative, inauguration ever? Biden Campaign Fmr Sr. PM Andrew Yu goes deep into the strategy that drove the product transformation of a live event into a digital-first experience.

Building product from a data-driven perspective is quickly becoming the new baseline for product managers, but it wasn't always the norm. With the data landscape swiftly moving beyond siloed databases, it's now up to product managers to learn, interpret, and take action using this new world of data. This week, we welcome data pioneer, Indicative CEO Jeremy Levy, who speaks on trusting your gut, data beyond SQL, and how decision-making rooted in data leads to a stronger product lifecycle.

It can take product leaders years to build, finesse, and dial in the perfect product market fit. When something as affecting as a pandemic arrives on the scene, however, even the strongest foundations will shake. How can product leaders pivot to find new opportunities in this new supercharged age of digital acceleration? Safetrust CEO Jason Hart sits down with Products That Count CPO James Gray to discuss how using a startup mindset can help product leaders successfully make a pivot in product market fit.

The manner in which customers and markets adopt something new is rooted in historical concepts that herald back to the early 20th century. Understanding these concepts is key to successfully developing a product. What do product leaders need to know as they search to find that competitive edge? Theresa Lina, Stanford Advisor, former Accenture Strategy Executive, and best-selling author of the strategy book "Be the Go-To", takes the Product Talk mic to discuss market adoption dynamics and the challenges product leaders face when developing a competitive strategy.

The pandemic thrust mental health into the spotlight, but it's hardly a new issue. In fact, data shows that mental distress has tripled over the last year, making it clear that market solutions are desperately needed, sooner rather than later. What's on the horizon in terms of digital product for mental healthcare? Spring Health Head of Product Alexandre Sitbon joins Product Talk to speak on their recent funding, the mental health crisis, and what lies ahead for product in the healthcare space.

Distributed teams definitely aren't a new concept. However, the pandemic accelerated the trend at a breakneck pace, leaving many companies unprepared and unaware of the accompanying challenges. With remote work now the new normal, how do product managers go about closing the gap between the office and screen? Cassiopeia CEO Shiran Yaroslavsky brings her expertise in remote product management to the mic, sharing the tricks and tools product leaders need to truly excel when managing distributed teams.

The Age of Product is well upon us and each year companies battle each other to gain competitive advantage and claim top of market. The 2021 Product Awards celebrates the very best in product by highlighting those that achieved that goal in the year prior. In a very special episode, Products That Count CPO James Gray sits down with our Founder, SC Moatti, to speak about the history of the Product Awards, the future of product, and how owning one's category is crucial to winning in product.

The daily workflow of a product manager can mean toggling between as many as a dozen different tools, each fulfilling a different, specialized function. Of course, it takes a specific brain space to design and create the products used by product teams themselves. So, what's it like to build the tools used to build product? This week we take a peek behind the curtain with JourneyApps Chief of Product Kobie Botha, who speaks on product management for developer platforms.

Broadway may not be the first industry that comes to mind with the word tech. However, with over 14 million attendees a year, product leaders are catching on to the cross-consumer opportunities evident in the live theater space. How has one of the most legacy, analog industries there is evolved to thrive in the digital now? The Shubert Organization Director of Digital Product Kyle Wright speaks on the evolution of digital in live theater and how data technology continues to enhance live storytelling.

Market dominance used to be about feet on the ground and sales execution, but in an increasingly digital world, it's driven by digital experiences which are the responsibility of product teams. How do organizations gain and maintain market leadership in this new Age of Product? Products That Count CPO James Gray sits down with the 2021 Product Awards Advisory Board to discuss the superpowers available to product managers during the product lifecycle and the merits of a product acceleration platform.

The first year of the new decade barreled through like a freight train, delivering a cosmic ultimatum to all businesses. Some companies staggered, while others soared. In our Product Talk Year in Review, we handpicked an episode for each season led by our hosts Anthony Atlas, Samantha Scott, Adam O'Donnell, and Patrick Blute. Relive insights from leaders at Airbnb, Oscar, Skylar, and Heap, and listen to what it was like to drive digital innovation in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic.

This year takes the cake when it comes to twists and turns, but through it all, the hosts of Product Talk continued to drive forward the product conversation with stellar discussions and in-depth profiles with product leaders. Featuring guests from industry giants like Tinder, Verizon, and Microsoft, catch up on some of the most listened to episodes of the year, brought to you by two of our hosts, Universal Electronics Product Director Nikki Ahmadi, and CreditKarma Product Director Christina Lucey.

When working in a team setting, communal recognition of the decision-making hierarchy goes a long way to achieving smooth execution. However, when the roles themselves remove risk accountability, lower buy-in from team members can lower product quality itself. How do product leaders encourage ownership by the entire team instead of by single individuals? Hubspot Product Director Louise Bernstein speaks on accountability, customer experience, and how to drive product ownership by every member of the team.

Scaling product for the global market doesn't come easy. False assumptions of cross-market needs and flubbed product adaptations have been the death of many a product. So how can product leaders lay the groundwork from the beginning in order to scale a product successfully? Mighty Capital Sr. Manager Adam O'Donnel sits down with Canela Media CEO Isabel Rafferty Zavala to discuss their recent funding from Mighty Capital, trends in digital media, and how to scale product for global markets.

The internet leveled the playing field in many ways. Consumers and employees alike now have a larger voice, leading companies to be impact aware, and to care about more than just the bottom line. In an increasingly ethical marketplace, how do product leaders build integrity into the heart of company culture? nate Product Marketing Lead Patrick Blute sits down with Airbnb Former Chief Ethics Officer Rob Chesnut to discuss conscious consumerism and the evolution of integrity in tech.

Getting that senior product title is the dream of every product manager. The expectations of the position, however, can be different than the reality. What does it take to run the team and how can product managers prepare for that day? In a series of conversations with senior product leaders, Credit Karma Product Director Christina Lucey sits down with GoodRX Sr. Product VP Ravi Dev to discuss the role of Head of Product, and how efficient execution and versatility play into excelling at a strategic role.

The ideas are refined and the design is locked; now comes the time to build. Sounds simple, but product teams know otherwise. In an era of digital innovation, complexities grow by the layer. So, how do product leaders bring a product to life? Wrapping up our Age of Product Series, Microsoft fmr Product Lead and Products That Count CPO James Gray sits down with nate Product Marketing Lead Patrick Blute to discuss the superpowers available to product managers during the build stage of the product life cycle.

From ideation to development, when it comes time to conceive a product there's a slew of factors to consider. Product leaders need to be able to translate sketches into a realized product. So, where to start, when it's time to start? Next in our Age of Product Series, Microsoft fmr Product Lead and Products That Count CPO James Gray sits down with Universal Electronics Product Director Nikki Ahmadi to discuss the superpowers available to product managers during the conceive stage of the product life cycle.

The path to great design can be a fragmented maze of interface, research, and user experiences. But good design means good business. With an expanding inventory of design tools available to product leaders, which ones light the way best? Continuing our Age of Product Series, Microsoft fmr Product Lead and Products That Count CPO James Gray sits down with Prezi Product Director Neha Taleja to discuss the superpowers available to product managers during the design stage of the product life cycle.

The product life cycle can be broken down into five stages: conceive, design, build, collaborate, and operate. Fluid, adept execution at each of these stages is needed for lasting product success. So what exactly are the superpowers that lie within each? In this Age of Product series, Microsoft former Product Lead and Products That Count CPO James Gray interviews product leaders on competencies that every great product manager needs. In this episode, Tatari Sr. Product Manager Bryce York shares his expertise on the powers of operation.

The Age of Product is truly upon us. With it comes a plethora of opportunities for growth and innovation. What are the superpowers that lie hidden within the lifecycle of product development and how do product leaders take the most advantage of them? In this Age of Product series, Microsoft fmr Product Lead and Products That Count CPO James Gray interviews product leaders on the competencies great product managers need at the different stages of the product life cycle. In this episode, IBM fmr Product Lead, Pivotree Product Director, and Product That Count chapter head Nita Maheswaren shares his perspective on the superpowers for effective collaboration and the importance of building trust across teams.

Risk-taking is vital to career and company growth, but how do we calculate that risk as product leaders? Product Talk host Nikki Ahmadi sits down with Shellye Archambeau, silicon valley pioneer, Verizon Board Director, and former CEO of Metric Streams, to discuss the power of planning, intention, and how to enhance the skill of taking risks.

Product managers excel at building products. However, sometimes that isn't enough for a product to be successful. So, how can we avoid failure? As part of our series in partnership with the Growth Marketing Conference, Product Talk host and product executive, Thomas Daly sat down with Craig Zingerline, CPO at Sandboxx to discuss how we can successfully grow our products and user base.

Some fintech products have unique obstacles when delivering enjoyable user experiences. Behind the financial curtain are regulations, tied to sluggish timelines. How do you balance quick and enjoyable user experiences while following regulations? Product Talk Host Patrick Blute sat down with Vouch Insurance CPO, Rajat Kongovi, to discuss how innovative fintech companies approach this challenge.

Every product manager relies on at least one skill to help drive their success and that of their product. Among the more useful skills agreed upon by PMs is empathy for their target customer and stakeholders. How does one practice empathy to deliver the best product? As part of our Product Management series, Product Talk host Adam O'Donnell sat down with Bitcoin Founder & CEO Marc Blinder to discuss empathy and how it plays into product management.

In a COVID world, the role of product teams building for healthcare is central to our society. Telemedicine, in particular, is an ever-growing field with plenty of opportunities for improvements. It provides both patients and health professionals the tools needed to remain in contact and work efficiently. As part of our Innovation in Healthcare series, Product Talk host and Etsy product exec Samantha Scott, interviews Ro Product Head, Jessica Prager, and discusses the healthcare industry and building products that make us healthier.