Product Thinking
Successful product management isn’t just about training the product managers who work side by side with developers everyday to build better products. It’s about taking a step back, approaching the systems within organizations as a whole, and leveling up product leadership to improve these systems. This is the Product Thinking Podcast, where Melissa Perri will connect with industry leading experts in the product management space, AND answer your most pressing questions about everything product. Join us each week to level up your skillset and invest in yourself as a product leader.
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Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story with Donna ...
Donna Lichaw joins Melissa to talk about how she helps leaders and executives become better leaders by learning self-awareness, leveraging imposter syndrome, and finding their superpowers.
42 min
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Dear Melissa: Answering Questions About PMs as ...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about how to handle the unfortunate reality that oftentimes product managers are blamed for things out of their control, how to communicate to engineers when it’s time to pivot off of a project they’ve devoted a lot of time and effort towards, and how to build a shiny new product without completely disregarding all of the learnings from the original one.
18 min
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Defining Outcomes Over Output with Josh Seiden
In this week’s show, Josh Seiden and Melissa explore why saying “outcomes over outputs” is a lot easier than actually committing to it in practice, measurable outcomes, correlation versus causation, the problem with getting fixated on process, and how to keep your team focused on outcomes as a leader.
43 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Compet...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about ways to research and stay on top of the market in order to conduct a thorough competitive analysis, when adopting a Stage Gate process makes sense and how to design it, and how to organize teams around the product strategy framework.
20 min
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Finding Agility Through Psychological Safety wi...
Melissa Perri interviews Tara Scott at the Agile 2022 Conference on this week’s episode of the Product Thinking Podcast.
43 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Pickin...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about the importance of hiring a more experienced product leader to help more junior product managers steer clear of bad product habits, how to organize and manage an influx of ideas from different stakeholders, why product shouldn’t be part of the IT organization, and where project managers fit in a product led team.
22 min
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Driving Portfolio Management with Becky Flint
Melissa Perri welcomes Becky Flint, Founder and CEO of Dragonboat, to discuss how she recognized the need for a portfolio management tool like Dragonboat..
40 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Transi...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about what to expect when transitioning from a small to a large product team, how to work with subject matter experts that have strong opinions on product design, and making the case for creating an internal product team to support a growing organization.
22 min
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Enabling Businesses with Climate Data with Gopa...
Melissa Perri welcomes Gopal Erinjippurath, co-founder, CTO and Head of Product at Sust Global, to this episode of the Product Thinking Podcast.
31 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Scalin...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about scaling up a whole junior product team at once, how a listener can align her team’s KPIs to user value, and why product managers are more susceptible to experience burnout.
20 min
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Moving Up to CPO with Amy Carmichael, John Mart...
In this special episode of the Product Thinking Podcast, Melissa Perri invites three graduates from her CPO Accelerator program to share their stories, insights, and advice about moving into the C-suite.
28 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Compan...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about organizations that are at a crossroads.
20 min
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Exploring Product Management in Nonprofits with...
Steve MacLaughlin of Blackbaud shares his insights on what good product management looks like in nonprofit organizations, product managers as decision makers, the importance of benchmarking, and what it means to operate as a data-driven nonprofit.
35 min
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The Pivot Series, Part 4: Dear Melissa
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa wraps up our four-part series on pivots by answering some of our listener’s questions on the topic.
17 min
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The Pivot Series, Part 3: Thriving In Uncertain...
Melissa Perri welcomes John Shapiro to the third episode of this four-part miniseries about companies that successfully made major pivots during the pandemic.
38 min
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The Pivot Series, Part 2: Reevaluating The Futu...
Melissa Perri welcomes Alex Haefner to the second episode of this four-part miniseries about companies that successfully made major pivots during the pandemic
30 min
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The Pivot Series, Part 1: Embracing The Unknown...
Melissa Perri welcomes Colleen Johnson to the first episode of this four-part miniseries about companies that successfully made major pivots during the pandemic.
35 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Panick...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about panicked founders, organizing executives, and vetting startup jobs.
22 min
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Following What Brings You Joy with Lenny Rachitsky
Today on the Product Thinking Podcast, Melissa Perri is joined by Lenny Rachitsky, author of the popular product advice column Lenny’s Newsletter.
43 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Strate...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about separating product strategy from overall company strategy, rules of thumb for discovery and delivery phases, and what a small company starting to scale up really needs in order to carve out a thoughtful product strategy and vision.
16 min
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Empowering An Organization Through Product Oper...
Melissa Perri and Scott White discuss the many benefits of product operations and how it evolves as a company grows, “global alignment with local autonomy,” Melissa’s dream product ops set up, automated roadmap review, and product management in platform companies.
41 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Produc...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about product management in software vs hardware, SaaS vs e-commerce, and within the governmental sector.
18 min
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Leading a Product Organization with Paul Adams
Melissa Perri welcomes Paul Adams, Chief Product Officer at Intercom, to this episode of the Product Thinking Podcast.
41 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About User R...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about when research is stale and needs to be revalidated, when and why to schedule frequent customer interviews, and understanding product success when conducting product trials.
20 min
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Shifting How We Measure Success with Jeff Gothelf
Melissa Perri welcomes Jeff Gothelf, experienced consultant in the Agile and Lean UX space, to this episode of the Product Thinking Podcast.
45 min