The three dimensions of skills needed to move your ideas forward. When I started this podcast I created the Product Mastery Roadmap that describes the path from product manager to product master. I've used it as a guide to the topics we explore here. Recently I updated it to better reflect the journey I have seen many …
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TEI 233: Everyone wants more agility in their product process and this is how to get it – with Colin Palombo
How product managers should combine flexibility and rigor in an agile stage-gate process. Just about every organization I have worked with this year wants more agility in their product management processes. They want to get new products to market faster and release enhanced versions in less time. Product managers and …
TEI 232: Using product roadmaps correctly, Part 3 (Portfolio Management) – with Bruce McCarthy
How product managers can extend product roadmaps to portfolio management. Product roadmaps are one of the best-known tools and also the most misused by product managers. We have talked twice before with Bruce McCarthy, co-author of the book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing …
TEI 231: 75 examples of innovation in well-known brands – with Giles Lury
Short stories, big ideas about innovation and product management. I love innovation stories of how a product came into being or was made more valuable. Our guest, Giles Lury, loves them too. So much, that he has written books with innovation stories, including his most recent one titled Inspiring Innovation: 75 …
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TEI 230: Optimal health and performance for product managers – with Dr. Gus Vickery
A value proposition for feeling good for product managers. Performing at your best requires a lot of mental dexterity. Product managers need every edge we can get to beat the competition and create successful products. To be at your best, you must also consider your health, and our guest, medical doctor Gus Vickery, …
TEI 229: Do you have the best entrepreneurial skills for product management – with Michelle Duval
Understanding attitudes, motivations, and blind spots with your product teams. Would you be interested to know what start-up founders with successful exits of up to $1.2B have in common? I know I would, because start-up founders share similarities with product managers. Indeed, many founders also take on the …
TEI 228: How to lead innovation, part 2 – with Mike Mitchell, PhD
Use trust, purpose, and partnership to achieve change in any organization. How should leaders actually lead innovation? This is a topic we explored back in episode 149 with Dr. Mike Mitchell, teacher and researcher for the Center for Creative Leadership. Then he was conducting research on the topic and discovering …
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TEI 227: IoT is coming to a product near you, maybe even yours: what product managers need to know – with Daniel Elizalde
An IoT Technology stack and framework for product managers. More and more product managers and innovators are bumping into IoT, the Internet of Things, as part of their current or future product roadmaps. I'm seeing a convergence of product forms. In the past, we may have categorized a product as being digital, …
TEI 226: Creating product roadmaps, Part 2 – with Bruce McCarthy
Creating a product vision of the future that's awesome for everyone. Product roadmaps are frequently used badly, almost as handcuffs for product managers. A year ago we explored roadmaps and how they should be used with Bruce McCarthy. At the time, he had recently co-authored the book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How …
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TEI 225: Create a movement for a product – with Greg Satell
The power of small groups, loosely connected, with a common purpose to propel products. I've been looking forward to this discussion with Greg Satell since hearing he was working on a new book, titled Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change. Greg is an innovation author we first met back …
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The primary responsibilities for an organization are product management and innovation. They deliver value to customers. They're also exciting responsibilities for those properly equipped. That is my job - equipping product managers and innovators. 