Best Syncronicity Podcasts (2025)

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Tim Herbig - Stop Making Alibi Progress & Start Making REAL Progress (with Tim Herbig, Product Management Coach & Author of “Real Progress“) 55:54

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About the Episode On this episode, I speak to Tim Herbig, long-time product management coach, speaker, and author of the new book "Real Progress". Tim has worked with companies like StepStone, Chrono24, Deutsche Telekom and Specsavers, and has spent years helping product managers stop hiding behind frameworks and start making a meaningful impact. H…

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CPO Stories: Sean O'Neill - Syncron 50:35

2M ago50:35

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On this episode, I speak to Sean O'Neill. Sean is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Syncron, and an executive product leader with a storied career spanning companies like Amazon, Tesco, and GfK. We bond over our shared history at GfK, speak about how Amazon has influenced his product thinking, how it's developed since he moved on, and his a…

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CPO Stories: Georgie Smallwood - Moonpig 53:06

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On this episode, I speak to Georgie Smallwood. Georgie is Chief Product, Technology & Data Officer at Moonpig - the UK's best-known online gifting and greeting card platform. Georgie has built a global career leading product and technology teams at companies like N26, Xero, and Tier Mobility, before joining Moonpig to help transform a 25-year-old h…

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Nesrine Changuel - We Should All Prioritise Product Delight! (with Nesrine Changuel, Product Coach & Author of “Product Delight“) 1:06:10

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On this episode, I speak to my friend Nesrine Changuel, product coach and author of the new book "Product Delight". Nesrine started her career at Bell Labs as a research engineer before moving into product management at Microsoft, Spotify, and Google, where she even held the title "PM for Delight" on Google Meet. Her work focuses on how products ca…

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9/11 Conspiracies 30:05

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Step into the fragile dawn of September 11, 2001, when a calm day erupts into the chaos we know took place. This episode unfolds the day's harrowing timeline—from hijacked flights, devastating impacts, and heroic passenger revolts to the collapses that scarred a nation—while tracing the long aftermath, including the 9/11 Commission Report and the h…

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CPO Stories: Katya Denike - Holland & Barrett 48:04

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In this episode, I speak with Katya Denike, Chief Product Officer at Holland & Barrett, the 150-year-old health and wellness retailer that has become a household name on the UK high street. Having previously worked at McKinsey, Yandex, Ozon, and Beyond 100, she now leads Holland & Barrett's ambitious digital transformation - helping the company evo…

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CPO Stories: Jamie Mercer - TrustedHousesitters 48:12

4M ago48:12

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In this episode, I speak with Jamie Mercer, Chief Product Officer at Trusted Housesitters, the global pet care and travel marketplace disrupting two industries at once. Jamie has previously held senior product roles at VoucherCodes, Skyscanner, Student Beans and IVC Evidensia, and now leads product at a scale-up known for putting trust at the heart…

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Loch Ness Monster 58:04

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Beneath the brooding mists of a vast Scottish loch, where dark waters guard ancient secrets, a legendary enigma slithers through the depths, captivating hearts for centuries. Tales of a serpentine beast, vast and elusive, draw fearless explorers to its fog-shrouded edges, where whispers of sightings fuel both awe and unease. From Saint Columba’s mi…

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CPO Stories: Shiri Mosenzon Erez - commercetools 46:47

5M ago46:47

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In this episode, I speak with Shiri Mosenzon Erez, Chief Product Officer at commercetools, a global leader in enterprise composable commerce that supports thousands of retailers in hundreds of countries, enabling tens of billions of dollars in revenue annually. Shiri's career journey has taken her from consulting into her first product role at Tesc…

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CPO Stories: Hannah Kershaw - Domestic and General 44:13

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In this episode, I speak with Hannah Kershaw, Chief Product Officer at Domestic and General, a company that you might not have heard of but absolutely need in your corner the next time your dishwasher breaks. Hannah's journey took her from marketing to e-commerce, into product leadership at GoCompare, and now to transforming Product at a billion-po…

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CPO Stories: Simon Cross - Native Instruments 55:04

5M ago55:04

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In this episode, I speak with Simon Cross, Chief Product Officer - now Chief Product & Technology Officer (congrats, Simon!) - at Native Instruments, a company at the heart of global music production. Music lover Simon's journey spans broadcast engineering at Global Radio, product roles at the BBC, product leadership at Meta, and now, shaping the f…

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Benji Portwin's Hot Take - ADHD Can Be A Product Management Superpower (with Benji Portwin, Founder @ People Building Products) 25:04

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Benji Portwin has a CV stuffed with recognisable names, from Spotify to Monzo bank, alongside product leadership roles at accuRx and New Look. These days, he's running an agency dedicated to helping organisations learn how to design and build awesome products. Benji's hot take? Having been diagnosed with ADHD relatively recently, he's come to regar…

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Shobhit Chugh's Hot Take - Product Managers Should Relentlessly Self-Promote (with Shobhit Chugh, CEO @ Intentional Product Manager) 21:46

6M ago21:46

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Shobhit Chugh is a former Google PM who now helps product managers build their own brand, habits, confidence and career with Intentional Product Manager, and he also runs his own podcast of the same name. Shobhit's hot take? That too many product managers think that their work will speak for itself but, if they want to get ahead, they should start …

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Valeria Stromtsova's Hot Take - Product Managers Must Take The Lead in Designing Sustainable Solutions (with Valeria Stromtsova, Product Manager @ Treeapp) 23:04

6M ago23:04

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Valeria Stromtsova is a Product Manager who traded fintech for sustainability and now works at Treeapp, helping plant trees where they're needed the most. Valeria's hot take? That product managers need to take the lead in creating a sustainable future, making sure they make a difference by considering the impact of their product decisions on their …

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CPO Stories: Bhavesh Vaghela - London Marathon Events 52:36

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Welcome to CPO Stories! In this new "podcast within a podcast", I'll be speaking to executive product leaders from the UK's biggest companies as well as up-and-coming stars of the future. I'll be digging into how they approach product management within their organisations, how they approached the leap into executive product leadership and trying to…

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Kanika Tolver's Hot Take - Some Project Managers are Actually Product Managers (with Kanika Tolver, CEO of Career Rehab) 23:55

7M ago23:55

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Kanika Tolver is a Senior Product Manager by day and the founder of Career Rehab. She's also the author of a book of the same name, "Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work" Kanika's hot take? That some project managers out there are actually product managers in disguise. Their responsibilities have changed, their job…

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CPO Stories: Maud Larpent - Treatwell 46:16

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Welcome to CPO Stories! In this new "podcast within a podcast", I'll be speaking to executive product leaders from the UK's biggest companies as well as up-and-coming stars of the future. I'll be digging into how they approach product management within their organisations, how they approached the leap into executive product leadership and trying to…

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Alex Rastatuev's Hot Take - Product Onboarding and Customer Success Beats Features (with Alex Rastatuev, Senior Product Manager @ Keyhole.co) 22:26

7M ago22:26

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Alex Rastatuev is a Senior Product Manager for Keyhole, a social media insights company, and is passionate about product-led growth. He's also an active mentor, looking to pay it forward to the next generation of PMs. Alex's hot take? That thoughtful product onboarding and education is more important than showing all your features all at the same t…

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CPO Stories: Debbie McMahon - The Financial Times 49:43

8M ago49:43

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Welcome to CPO Stories! In this new "podcast within a podcast", I'll be speaking to executive product leaders from the UK's biggest companies as well as up-and-coming stars of the future. I'll be digging into how they approach product management within their organisations, how they approached the leap into executive product leadership and trying to…

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Rich Mironov - Product Managers Need to Understand the Language of Money (with Rich Mironov, Author and CPO Coach) 1:09:39

8M ago1:09:39

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Returning guest Rich Mironov is a B2B product management legend, long-time blogger and author of "The Art of Product Management". He's recently moved to Portugal to sample the best of European product culture, and is currently actively coaching and mentoring product leaders. His goal is to help them understand what business leaders really care abou…

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Tami Reiss' Hot Take - All Product Managers Are Leaders, Even If They Don't Think So (with Tami Reiss, Executive Coach & Corporate Trainer @ Leader Within) 22:57

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Tami Reiss (aka "Tami from Miami"!) is an executive leadership coach, corporate trainer and upcoming author of a children's product management book. Tami's hot take? That all product managers are leaders, even if they don't feel like it. As a PM, whatever your situation (and however high or low your sights) it's your job to inspire the team and inf…

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Alexander Murauski's Hot Take - The Language Your Product Speaks Is A Part of Your Product's Design (with Alexander Murauski, CEO @ Alconost) 26:45

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Alexandar Murauski is an expert in all things related to product localisation and the CEO of Alconost, a platform that aims to help product teams unlock global growth through AI-enhanced localisation. Alexander's hot take? That the language your product "speaks" is a fundamental part of the product's user experience, and is often left lacking. It's…

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Andriy Burkov - The TRUTH About Large Language Models and Agentic AI (with Andriy Burkov, Author "The Hundred-Page Language Models Book") 1:24:32

9M ago1:24:32

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Andriy Burkov is a renowned machine learning expert and leader. He's also the author of (so far) three books on machine learning, including the recently-released "The Hundred-Page Language Models Book", which takes curious people from the very basics of language models all the way up to building their own LLM. Andriy is also a formidable online pre…

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Sam Greenwood's Hot Take - We Need to Rethink Product Management in the Age of Societal Collapse (with Sam Greenwood, Emotional Resilience Coach for PMs) 23:18

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Sam Greenwood is an emotional resilience coach who works with product managers to help them survive at the intersection of emotional stress and product leadership. His goal is to help product managers build EQ, communication and leadership and AI-proof their careers. Sam's hot take? That we are on the cusp of societal collapse and product managers,…

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Olha Yohansen-Veselova's Hot Take - Product Managers Need To Become Growth Managers (with Olha Yohansen-Veselova, Product Growth and Optimization Advisor) 24:56

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Olha Yohansen-Veselova is a product growth and product optimisation expert who has now gone solo and is helping companies with their onboarding. Olha is also a startup mentor and advisor, and is passionate about product managers living up to their full potential. Olha's hot take? That product managers need to beyond being facilitators and unblocker…

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Bloody Mary 20:05

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In the flickering candlelight of a dim room, a name is whispered with trepidation: Bloody Mary. This spectral figure, shrouded in mystery and horror, lurks in the realm of superstition. It is said that a mere chant in front of a mirror can summon her presence, revealing glimpses of the future or unleashing untold terror. Things are about to get str…

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Leprechaun 26:48

9M ago26:48

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The enigmatic leprechaun, a figure of Irish folklore cloaked in the mystique of ages past. Draped in crimson or emerald, his cocked hat tilts with playful defiance. He is the sentinel of a hidden hoard, a keeper of gold who wields mischief and cleverness as his shields. From the honeyed whispers of Leinster's forests to the untamed revelries of Mun…

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Elena Verna - Solopreneurship, Memes & Getting Started with Product-Led Sales (with Elena Verna, B2B Growth Guru & Meme Queen) 1:09:57

10M ago1:09:57

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About the Episode Elena Verna is a renowned growth consultant who has worked at and with a glittering array of well-known tech companies. She's a strong advocate of career optionality and solopreneurship, as well as the author of a popular growth newsletter, Reforge instructor and popular LinkedIn content creator with her insightful posts and seari…

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Zoe Laycock's Hot Take - Product People Need To Take AI Ethics Seriously (with Zoe Laycock, Product Marketing Lead @ Diffblue) 29:38

10M ago29:38

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Zoe Laycock is the Product Marketing Lead for Diffblue, an AI-powered testing platform, and is passionate about promoting and elevating the role of product marketing, as well as advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the tech sector. Zoe's hot take? That product people need to get serious about ethical AI, and put people, processe…

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Myles Sutholt's Hot Take - Leaders Need to Get Better at Using Data for PM Performance Reviews (with Myles Sutholt, Head of Product @ Field Intelligence Inc) 20:09

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Myles Sutholt is a Germany-based product leader working for an Africa-based startup where he's helping to digitise the health supply chain across the continent, with a "laser focus" on creating user value alongside business value and fostering motivated, dynamic teams. His hot take? That leaders too often rely on gut feel and recency bias when perf…

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Martin Eriksson - Most PMs Aren't Good At Strategy - Enter The Decision Stack! (with Martin Eriksson, Co-founder of Mind the Product & Creator of The Decision Stack) 1:07:48

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Martin Eriksson is the co-founder of Mind the Product, and co-author of the "Product Leadership" book. Martin has worked with a multitude of companies and has been heavily involved in the VC side of product management. These days, he's advising and coaching companies as well as trying to help us all make good decisions by writing a new book, "The D…

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Martijn Versteeg's Hot Take - PMs Need to Spend Less Time Learning and More Time Doing (with Martijn Versteeg, Founder @ Group Effort & Organiser @ Product Mastery Conference) 22:37

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Martijn Versteeg is the founder of Group Effort, an organisation that fosters connections & facilitates the growth of scale-up leaders through peer groups, offsites and workshops. His hot take? That product people should stop looking for the "golden nugget" of knowledge. Martijn argues that instead of seeking a single breakthrough insight, product …

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Martijn Moret's Hot Take - Most PMs Neglect Data Due To a Lack of Time and Skills (with Martijn Moret, CEO @ DataSquirrel.ai) 22:08

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Martijn Moret is the founder of DataSquirrel.ai, a company focused on leveraging AI to humanise and simplify data analysis for product managers and non-tech managers. His hot take? Most product managers neglect data—not because they dislike it, but due to a lack of time and skills, which can lead to wrong priorities and poor decision-making. He als…

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Government Controlled Hurricanes 32:47

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In the shadows of the storm, whispers speak of hurricanes not born from nature but conjured by the hands of those in power. As the skies darken unnaturally, one cannot help but wonder if the tempest's fury is a weapon wielded by the government, controlling the chaos with a sinister precision. The roar of the wind might just be the echo of a secret …

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OKIP LIVE: Jason and Maja's Christmas Fireside Chat (with Maja Voje, Founder @ Growth Lab and author "Go-To-Market Strategist") 58:31

1y ago58:31

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🎄 Deck the Halls with Go-To-Market! 🎄 I spoke with Maja Voje for a convivial Christmas chat about all things product and growth. We discussed: 2024 Retrospectives and 2025 Predictions Product Management and Go-To-Market Strategies AI in Workflows and Whether Product Management is Dead 💀 LinkedIn Growth Strategies Balancing Opportunities and When To…

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Adam Dille's Hot Take - The Product Trio is Outdated - Enter the Product Square! (with Adam Dille, SVP Product Engineering at Quantum Metric) 21:40

1y ago21:40

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Adam Dille is the SVP of Product Engineering at Quantum Metric, a company specialising in experience analytics for some of the world's biggest brands. Despite his engineering roots, Adam's relentless curiosity about the WHY behind building products led him to embrace product thinking and how to build products better. His hot take? The traditional p…

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Grace Yusuff's Hot Take - Introversion is a PM Superpower (with Grace Yusuff, Product Manager & Early Careers Mentor) 23:46

1y ago23:46

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Grace Yusuff is a London-based "reluctant product manager" and introvert who thought she could never do the job. She has since fallen in love with the role and now works as a product manager and early-career mentor, helping others get into tech. Her hot take? That introversion is a superpower for product managers and something to be embraced rather…

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Assaph Mehr's Hot Take - AI Is Just A Tool - What Matters Is How We Use It (with Assaph Mehr, Product Leader and Fantasy Author) 20:53

1y ago20:53

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Assaph Mehr is an Australia-based product & people leader as well as a published fantasy author, who also uses his writing chops to produce a newsletter, "Rise of the Product Leader". His hot take? That LLMs and other generative AI tools are the equivalent of an angle grinder. For those who don't know, angle grinders have big, spinning metal discs …

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 22:26

1y ago22:26

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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a beloved holiday tradition, has captivated audiences for nearly a century. The parade's iconic giant balloons have become synonymous with the holiday season. Despite facing challenges, the parade has persevered, continuing to bring joy and wonder to millions. However, beneath its festive exterior, the parade has…

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Matt Maier's Hot Take - AI Will Lead to a Post-Employment World (...and That's Good!) (with Matt Maier, Product Marketer & AI Enthusiast) 22:12

1y ago22:12

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Matt Maier is a product marketer and AI enthusiast from Irvine, California, with a background spanning the Air Force, aerospace, healthcare, and startup consulting. His hot take? Within 5 years, employment as we know it will sharply decline. Matt predicts that advancements in AI will render traditional employee-employer relationships obsolete, beca…

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Yael Mark - Why Product Managers Should Care About Behavioural Science (with Yael Mark, Behavioural Design Product Consultant) 52:46

1y ago52:46

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Yael Mark is a behavioural scientist turned product manager, who is passionate about helping others unlock the power of user-centred product design by embracing behavioural science. She believes that understanding human behaviour and cognitive biases can drive better product decisions and stakeholder alignment, as well as make sure we do it ethical…

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Eisha Armstrong - Commercialize! Get your Productized Services to Market (with Eisha Armstrong, Author "Commercialize", "Fearless" and "Productize") 51:51

1y ago51:51

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Returning guest Eisha Armstrong is the co-founder of Vecteris and author of books like "Productize" and "Fearless", which talk about that tricky journey from a professional services to product organisation. She's back to talk about her latest book, "Commercialize", which gives us the skinny on how to monetise, sell, and market productised offerings…

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Andy Budd - Solving the Growth Equation to Derive Product/Market Fit (with Andy Budd, Author "The Growth Equation") 1:02:14

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Andy Budd is a designer-turned-venture partner who founded one of the UK's first UX agencies before pivoting to help early-stage startup founders make good product decisions and get to product/market fit. He's recently released "The Growth Equation", a book that distils some of the common themes he sees across early-stage companies and aims to give…

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Jas Shah's Hot Take - Product Management isn't as Glamorous as People Think (with Jas Shah, Fintech Product Consultant) 18:10

1y ago18:10

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Jas Shah is a fintech product consultant based in London who helps small startups and management services organizations build winning products, whilst keeping his pulse on the fintech scene. His hot take? That product management is one of the least glamorous functions in an organisation. It's often portrayed as a sexy role where you're the "CEO of …

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Victoria Sakal's Hot Take - You're Either Paying the Research Tax or the Stupid Tax (with Victoria Sakal, Growth, Strategy, & Research Leader) 21:34

1y ago21:34

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Victoria Sakal is a growth and go-to-market expert who loves to turn customer, market and competitor insight in product, brand and business growth strategies. Her hot take? That companies are either paying the "research tax" - spending too much time and money on research and never making a move - or the "stupid tax" - making decisions based purely …

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Boluwaji Alepaye's Hot Take - Western Product Teaching Doesn't Work in Nigeria (with Boluwaji Alepaye, Product Manager @ Moniepoint) 21:35

1y ago21:35

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Boluwaji Alepaye is a product manager who works for Moniepoint, a Nigerian fintech firm that aims to power financial dreams in emerging markets. He's also an active mentor, aiming to help Nigerian product managers thrive. His hot take? That the classic product management advice that comes out of the US and Western Europe just doesn't apply to Niger…

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How to Present Yourself (And Why You Should) (with Danielle Barnes & Christina Wodtke, Authors of "Present Yourself") 1:04:39

1y ago1:04:39

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Christina Wodtke and Danielle Barnes join me to talk about their new book "Present Yourself" and their work with Women Talk Design, an organisation aimed at increasing diversity in public speaking. We went deep on public speaking, the importance of authenticity, storytelling, and finding your unique voice as a speaker. We also talked about the valu…

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Mark Gray's Hot Take - We Shouldn't Be Prioritising By Effort (with Mark Gray, Senior Product Manager @ Nexford University) 16:13

1y ago16:13

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Mark Gray is a product manager with nearly 12 years of experience across various roles in the UK and Europe. He has worked in both B2B and B2C sectors, progressing from delivery-focused product owner roles to more strategic product management and leadership positions. His hot take? Product managers should stop defaulting to prioritisation through v…

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Jordan Dalladay's Hot Take - We Should Build Roadmaps Of Risks, Not Features (with Jordan Dalladay, Product Consultant @ inherent ventures) 15:42

1y ago15:42

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Jordan Dalladay is a product strategist and leader who works with startup founders to help them turn ambitious ideas into market successes. He specializes in "dragging a vision kicking and screaming into reality" with his consultancy, inherent ventures. His hot take? We should invert our approach to product roadmapping. Instead of listing features …

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Chris Butler's Hot Take - Product Managers DON'T Need to be Technical (with Chris Butler, Staff Product Operations Manager @ GitHub) 24:19

1y ago24:19

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Chris Butler is a "Chaotic Good Product Manager" who has worked for companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook. He's currently Staff Product Operations Manager at GitHub, and current running an online course on AI Product Design Patterns. His hot take? That product managers don't need to be technical and that it might even be a net negative to t…