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Four Mindsets of Influential Product Managers with Author and Product Executive Oct 15, 2020

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In this episode with Ken Sandy, you will learn:

A set of 4 fundamental, and sometimes contradictory, mindsets of Influential Product Managers
Mapping the product development lifecycle (ideate, discovery, delivery, launch), with each of the 4 mindsets
How to adopt these mindsets when working on a new Product/Problem (aka discovery) vs optimizing a feature

Ken Sandy is a 20+ years veteran in technology Product Management. Ken pioneered and teaches the first Product Management course offered in the Engineering school at UC Berkeley, which has over 400 PM alumni practicing in industry. Throughout his career, Ken consistently defined, launched and managed award-winning, innovative Web and mobile products loved by customers and used by millions of users across 60+ countries.

Previously, Ken served as VP of Product Management at leading online education companies, MasterClass and lynda.com (Linkedin Learning), and is currently an executive consultant and advisor for startup and scale-up companies in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia.

He’s recently released “The Influential Product Manager – How to Lead and Launch Successful Technology Products” a highly practical and approachable guide to becoming more effective and navigating the challenging collaborative aspects of the product manager’s role.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub18

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Four Mindsets of Influential Product Managers with Author and Product Executive, Ken Sandy Oct 15, 2020

Show notes

In this episode with Ken Sandy, you will learn:

A set of 4 fundamental, and sometimes contradictory, mindsets of Influential Product Managers
Mapping the product development lifecycle (ideate, discovery, delivery, launch), with each of the 4 mindsets
How to adopt these mindsets when working on a new Product/Problem (aka discovery) vs optimizing a feature

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub18

Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens

From Product Bootcamps to Boots on the Ground with KOHO VP of Product Oct 01, 2020

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In this episode with Aaron Cheng, you will learn:

Biggest misconceptions about Product Management from an insider’s view
Important factors to consider for breaking into Product
Top 3 advice from Aaron for aspiring Product Managers

Aaron is the VP of Product at KOHO, a Toronto-based fintech reinventing the everyday banking experience for Canadians. At KOHO, he leads the product, design, data, and marketing teams. Aaron has been focused on products throughout his two-decade career, spanning a variety of consumer and enterprise SaaS businesses including Microsoft and IBM. Prior to joining KOHO in 2018, Aaron spent over three years at Flipp, a retail technology company, where he led its 100+ product, engineering, and data teams.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub17

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Product Sense – Beyond the Interview Question Sep 20, 2020

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In this episode with Nader Balata, you will learn:

What is Product Sense and why is it important
Nader’s approach to Product Sense
Why Product Sense is difficult

Nader is a product manager with over 10 years of experience and active angel investor in two Toronto startups. He was previously a co-founder of FleetOps, a digital freight marketplace in the trucking space. He now runs product management at a healthtech startup.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub16

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All About OKRs with Leading Global OKR Thought Leader and Trainer Sep 13, 2020

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In this episode with Felipe Castro, OKR trainer, you will learn:

Most important factors to setting Objectives and Key Results with examples
Balancing between moonshots and roofshots when setting OKRs
Environments where OKRs are most effective

Felipe Castro is one of the leading global OKR thought leaders, described by Marty Cagan as one of his six favorite thinkers about product. As an OKR Trainer, Felipe trained thousands of individuals and helped some of the world’s leading companies become more adaptive and focused.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub15

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Role of Product Management in Rise and Fall of Tech Giants with Productized CEO Sep 07, 2020

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In this episode with Andre Marquet, CEO of Productized, you will learn:

Role of Product Management in Rise and Fall of Blackberry
Lessons Learned from History to Build Lasting Products
Resources to Stay on Top of Product Game

Andre: André Marquet is an engineer based in Lisbon, Portugal. He co-founded and had an executive role at Beta-i for 5 years. He is the CEO of Productized, an innovation consulting company. And the organizer of a leading innovation conference. He lectures at Lisbon Universities, ISEG, UCP, and PBS, classes on Entrepreneurship, Product and Innovation.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub14

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All About Product Strategy with Silicon Valley Product Group’s Marty Cagan Aug 12, 2020

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So you have an empowered Product team where you give them problems and not features to build; that’s great. But how do you know which problems to solve? This talk with Marty Cagan is all about Product Strategy.

Before founding the Silicon Valley Product Group to pursue his interests in helping others create successful products through his writing, speaking, advising and coaching, Marty Cagan served as an executive responsible for defining and building products for some of the most successful companies in the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Netscape Communications, and eBay.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub13

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All About Product Strategy with Author of Inspired & Empowered, Marty Cagan Aug 12, 2020

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Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub13

Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens

How to Build a Remote Product Team with TopTal Head of Product Aug 03, 2020

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Today, I will chat with Johnny Chao, Head of Product at TopTal on how to build a remote product team from scratch. We will talk about how Johnny built a remote product team that went from 0 to 1M/month in revenue. We also discuss details about Remote product teams, how to recruit the right talent, how to build a culture remotely.

For over the past 18 years, Johnny has been both a product manager and leader in industries like banking, telecom, GIS and social. He was originally a software engineer from the University of Waterloo but realized his passion after working at RIM & Microsoft.

Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly/pmhub12

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Digital Transformation at Enterprise Level with Intersect VP of Product Jul 21, 2020

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In this episode, we will talk about Digital Transformation at the Enterprise level and why your org digital transformation challenge is probably not unique and it’s probably a formulated approach. Now for this talk, I had the privilege to speak with one of the leaders in the industry, James Manson.

James leads the product teams at Intersect as the VP of Product. His background is in the launch of digital products and platforms mostly in large enterprises from the professional services side. Over the course of his career, James also has had the opportunity to touch products and create digital experiences in a wide range of industries, including banking, healthcare and pharma, property and real estate, retail, and restaurants. When He’s is not working on product platforms you can find him geeking out on his hobby of value investing.

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