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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Debating User Research, Experimentation and the...
This episode of Product Thinking Melissa interviews Extreme Programming Founder and Agile Manifesto signatory Kent Beck.
45 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Compro...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about learning how to compromise and collaborate with fellow product managers and new team members.
17 min
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Identifying Survival Metrics with Adam Thomas
Adam Thomas, product management expert, speaker, writer, and the Lead Product Manager at SmartRecruiters, joins Melissa Perri to discuss a concept he developed called survival metrics, which enables product teams to change direction safely and quickly.
33 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Experi...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa dives into the world of experimentation, answering subscribers’ questions about metrics and signals for internal applications, measuring the success of company transformations, and the best way to track experiments.
16 min
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Developing Strong Product People with Petra Wille
Petra Wille, author of the new book, Strong Product People: The Complete Guide to Developing Great Product Managers, joins Melissa to talk through how product teams can meet their full potential, and how leaders can achieve effective, whole-person management and mentorship.
42 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About IT Dep...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about transforming IT departments and legacy businesses into agile frameworks, reframing leaderships’ “May I take your order” approach towards their product teams, and making your case for strong product management practices within an IT-minded organization.
22 min
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Prioritizing Accessibility with Dave Dame
Dave Dame is Director of Accessibility at Microsoft. He joins Melissa Perri on this week’s Product Thinking podcast show to discuss how making the workplace accessible and inclusive to employees with disabilities is a crucial first step in making truly accessible products.
37 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Democr...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about which part of an organization really owns user research, the scope of a product team’s vision and strategy, and how to tell when your product has too many features.
19 min
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Understanding Continuous Discovery with Teresa ...
Teresa Torres is a Product Discovery Coach, author, and keynote speaker. Teresa joins Melissa to discuss how product managers can implement strong continuous discovery habits into their product practices and how to communicate that work via roadmaps.
43 min
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Dear Melissa – Answering Questions about Comple...
In this episode of Product Thinking, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about compliance, dealing with physical and digital goods simultaneously, and what good UX looks like in really complicated problems.
13 min
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Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions with Justin...
Justin Anovick, Chief Product Officer at Optimizely, joins Melissa to discuss how to navigate through mergers and acquisitions with your organization and how to get all members to play on the same team.
37 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions about Scalin...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about product operations, how to structure teams in an organization cross-functionally, and knowing when it’s time to scale your product.
22 min
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Tying Product to Go-To-Market Strategy With Ray...
Ray McKenzie, CEO and founder of StartingPoint Technologies, joins Melissa to discuss the ideal marketing strategy that product leaders should be adopting.
39 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Evalua...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about hiring CPOs, career management, and determining what product company to work for.
22 min
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Getting Leadership Up to Speed with Marty Cagan
Marty Cagan, product executive and the Founder and Product Partner of the Silicon Valley Product Group, joins Melissa to discuss product management and how to become the best product manager you can possibly be.
43 min
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Leading Transformation with Amy Radin
Melissa Perri is joined by Amy Radin, a growth advisor and problem solver for fintech and martech businesses, to discuss implementing digital transformation in our organizations through relationships..
47 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About PM Sof...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers a subscriber’s question about ‘soft skills’ and why they are equally as important as hard skills.
19 min
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Building Responsible Products with Kathy Pham
Kathy Pham, product management executive, and co-leads the Ethics and Responsible Tech at Mozilla, joins Melissa to discuss product ethics.
44 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Produc...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers a subscriber’s question about choice architecture and competing priorities between the business and the customer
13 min
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Changing Behavior with Matt Wallaert
Melissa Perri talks with Matt Wallaert, a behavioral scientist and a product strategist, about using behavioral science in product.
39 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About PM Tim...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about how to use their time wisely, whether they’re trying to support their sales team with a complex product, getting the most out of a customer advisory board, or finding time for discovery work on a Scrum-focused team.
25 min
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Tackling Product Research with C. Todd Lombardo
This week’s guest is C. Todd Lombardo, the VP of Product and Experience at Openly. C. Todd and Melissa discuss product research–a key combination of user research, market research, and analytics–and how product managers can better implement research practices into their organizations.
39 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Growin...
In this Dear Melissa episode, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about managing other disciplines, creating smart goals in a mature startup, and life after product management.
28 min
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Getting to the Bottom of Agile with Jeff Patton
Jeff Patton of Jeff Patton & Associates joins Melissa Perri to discuss agile development in this week’s show, including what’s currently going wrong with it.
43 min
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Dear Melissa - Answering Questions about Produc...
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about applying product practices to nonprofit companies and customer engagement, and debunks myths about MVP’s.
18 min