Deconstructed storytelling can be your secret weapon I talk about telling a story and using stories all the time on this podcast. But I dont mean sitting everyone around a campfire with a mug of

There are no rules that define who will make a great product manager This episode was inspired by a rant (actually, a well-reasoned post) from Graham Reed on LinkedIn, and another post by Greg Prick

Mental Models for Product Managers fundamental tools for creating impact Mental models are like tools in a toolbox. If you have only a few tools, you can only solve a few kinds of problems. Like the

86: Data-Driven Product Management (Rerun) This episode is a rerun of episode 86: Data-driven Product Management. Use that link to visit the show notes page. 86: Data-Driven Product Management (Rerun)

Antifragility is the word of the day! The idea of antifragility kept coming up today and yesterday (more on that in the episode itself), so I thought Id do a quick episode introducing the idea. Antif

The Product Bible In the previous episode I made a lot of complaints about PRDs, and then I made some claims that they could be better. In this episode, how you might actually make a better PRD. (This

PRDs are problematic Among other things, PRDs have problems like this: They go stale fast No one reads them They are about what and not why At the beginning of a real product effort, you have ve

Whats the first skill you should teach a new product manager? Carl Vellotti asked this question on LinkedIn a few months ago. (I cant actually find the post, unfortunately.) My answer was about lear

Manan Modi, author of The Startup Product Manager My guest on this episode is Manan Modi, author of The Startup Product Manager, just published and available on Amazon. Manan reached out to me as part

How to show up as the amazing unicorn you are in your resume and job interviews This episode was inspired by a LinkedIn post from Jason Knight, in which he gave product managers advice on their resume