The Secrets of Product Management Podcast

The Secrets of Product Management Podcast


Latest Episodes

126: The Value Inequality – Part 2 – Rerun
November 29, 2022

The Value Inequality is about Risk vs Price vs Value This is the second of two episodes (heres part one) centered around what I call the Value Inequality. Its a way of thinking about your customers

125: The Value Inequality – Part 1 (Rerun)
November 22, 2022

The Value Inequality is new way of thinking about pricing, value, and the customers perception of risk.

124: Unconventional Perspectives on Product Roadmaps
November 15, 2022

Product Roadmaps cant live with em, cant live without em Facts about roadmaps They are predicting the future As Neils Bohr said, Prediction is hard, especially about the future. A roadmap is i

123: Value Proposition Considered Problematic?
November 01, 2022

Is the Value Proposition problematic? Shreyas Doshi wrote in a post on LinkedIn a few months ago: In product management, it is easy to BS yourself (and others) when framing a proposal in terms of Val

122: You Can’t Test Quality In
October 25, 2022

You Cant Test Quality In In this episode, some thoughts about quality: Two different ways of thinking about quality and its flipside, waste Fit for purpose vs lack of defects Mura, Muda, and Mira t

121: Andrew Bowker on “Build Your Own Product”
October 11, 2022

Build Your Own Product Thats the title of Andrew Bowkers email newsletter, and his advice to anyone trying to get into product management. Andrew is a fast rising LinkedIn star, at least among the p

120: Product Manager Interview Tricks
October 04, 2022

Product manager interview tricks what are they? In this episode, I share my insights on product manager interview tricks. Bottom line? There arent really tricks. But if you approach the interview w

119: John Fontenot and The Urgency of “Never Assume”
September 27, 2022

Never Assume You cant trust anyone. Even yourself. Product managers have to keep an open mind, be empathetic, and work in a world of uncertainty. That uncertainty extends especially to ourselves and

118: The Chicken and Egg Problem - Getting A Product Management Job With No PM Experience
September 14, 2022

Getting your first product management job without PM experience is hard. In episode 118 of The Secrets of Product Management, some ideas on how to navigate this challenge:

117: The Secret of Great Social Proof
September 06, 2022

The Secret of Great Social Proof One of the main jobs of our rational brain is to justify the decisions of our emotional brain. As product managers, the decision that interests us the most is people d