Latest Product leadership Podcast Episodes
Marty Cagan: Moving to the product model
Make Things That Matter - March 13, 2024 05:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMarty Cagan joins me for real talk about what it takes to transform into a strong product company. You can read the episode transcript here. — Topics discussed: (00:00) The process and challenges in writing a book (12:27) Real world products need tech for results (17:28) Deciding on inves...
Randy Silver: The conversations that create impactful products
Make Things That Matter - January 23, 2024 07:15 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsRandy Silver is a product leadership advisor, podcast host, and global product community weaver. We explore the conversations needed to drive impact and perception of value. You can also read this episode here. — Topics discussed: (04:00) Moving from a journalistic editor to product editor ...
(Bonus) Chris Smith: Simple guidelines for AI investment sizing
Make Things That Matter - December 12, 2023 15:34 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsChris Smith is a longtime engineering leader who has been in the trenches of building with AI & machine learning for years. This is a short, bonus episode to go along with our main conversation: https://pod.fo/e/20a5ef — Topics discussed: (00:00) AI tooling allows for cost-effective testing. ...
Chris Smith: How to think about adding AI to your product
Make Things That Matter - December 12, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsChris Smith is a longtime engineering leader who has been in the trenches of building with AI & machine learning for years. He’s led the development of data systems & strategies at tech giants like early Google, Yahoo, and Sun; S&P 500's like Live Nation; and a wide variety of startups. — Topi...
Nacho Bassino: How to build your first product strategy
Make Things That Matter - November 01, 2023 13:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsNacho Bassino is a veteran product leader and the author of Product Direction, one of my go-to books on how to actually generate a product strategy. There are many excellent books out there on strategy as a whole, but surprisingly few that specifically cover product strategy. — Topics discusse...
Pam Fox Rollin: Growing Groups Into Teams
Make Things That Matter - October 10, 2023 14:43 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPam Fox Rollin is an executive coach and strategist. This is a conversation about the conversations that leaders are not having. These are THE difference between building a truly committed team that delivers the future you care about… and having a group which is a team in name only. Topics disc...
Eisha Armstrong: Pragmatic Strategies for Managing Change
Make Things That Matter - September 27, 2023 12:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsZooming in on three common change management issues: forecasting, role transitions, and departmental power dynamics. — Topics discussed (00:03:01) Companies transforming into product organizations (00:05:01) Revenue shift: smaller now, longer-term impact (00:08:30) Practical topics: forecas...
MJ Jastrebski: How to build resilience and stay buoyant as a CPO
Make Things That Matter - August 10, 2023 12:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMJ Jastrebski is the CPO of Stylitics, a rapidly scaling retail technology company that helps retail websites automate styling and bundling for their consumers. Click here to fill out the MTTM listener survey form by August 16, 2023: https://makethingsthatmatter.com/survey — In this episode, ...
Thank you, and a brief update
Make Things That Matter - July 19, 2023 20:14 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIt's been quiet around here because I'm in deep in the creative process of reimagining this show, and I need your help. Podcast analytics are terrible, and I want to know more about YOU. Please fill out this short, 5-ish minute survey. Your help on this goes a LONG way, and I appreciate you tak...
Donna Lichaw: The leader's journey
Make Things That Matter - May 30, 2023 00:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDonna Lichaw is an executive coach for unconventional leaders, and the author of the newly-released book The Leader’s Journey. Donna brings a background in design and product to her executive coaching and helps unconventional leaders take control of the story to drive impact for themselves and...
Adam Thomas: Operationalizing your product strategy
Make Things That Matter - May 17, 2023 12:43 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAdam Thomas is a coach that helps product teams operationalize strategy so they spend more time focused on building the right products and less time fighting fires. — Sign up here to get upcoming essays + episodes emailed to you. Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't...
Mike Saloio: Leadership, meditation, ego, and ubuntu
Make Things That Matter - April 11, 2023 11:48 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMike Saloio is the CEO and cofounder of Huddle, a startup that brings together fractional swat teams of expert builders to help startups generate real momentum on their most important projects within a week. This is a candid conversation about leadership and how our egos, sense of identity, and...
Rob Walling: The SaaS playbook and gut intuition
Make Things That Matter - March 27, 2023 22:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe SaaS Playbook will shave years off your learning curve if you want to build a SaaS. Rob Walling is a serial entrepreneur and the internet godfather of indie SaaS businesses who has built six companies and has been a long-standing voice in creative, independent paths into product building and...
Double click on the love
Make Things That Matter - March 07, 2023 13:04 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat do you do when one of your top three KPIs is stagnant, and the product isn't growing? A micro case study in debugging retention and unlocking growth. — You can read the original article here: https://tinyurl.com/2hdmy2zp LINK: STARTING CONDITION CHART: https://tinyurl.com/2fnemasz LINK:...
Petra Wille: Building a community of practice
Make Things That Matter - February 28, 2023 13:11 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPetra Wille is a product leadership coach and the author of Strong Product People, my go-to book for the people development side of being a product leader. In this conversation, we dive deep into why and how a community of practice can level up your team and save training budget. You can also r...
Bob Moesta: Prototyping to learn & applying JTBD theory
Make Things That Matter - February 07, 2023 13:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsBob Moesta is one of the pioneers of Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) theory, which has fundamentally changed the way we think about building products and discovering what progress people actually need and want from the products they hire. — Sign up here to get upcoming essays + episodes emailed to you....
Sahil Lavingia: Independent Thinking + Pricing Changes at Gumroad
Make Things That Matter - January 25, 2023 13:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSahil Lavingia has had an epic journey as an entrepreneur: he dropped out of college to become employee #2 at Pinterest and then went on to found Gumroad, one of the largest platforms for creators to sell their work and earn a living online. After the company failed to meet its VC-driven growth ...
5 Takeaways from a week with some of the world's best product coaches
Make Things That Matter - January 10, 2023 18:40 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsFive things I (re)learned from spending a week with SVPG + some of the best product coaches in the world. ===== You can read this episode here. Sign up here to get upcoming audio essays emailed to you Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already would you do me a ...
DJ DiDonna: Navigating sabbaticals and career breaks
Make Things That Matter - December 27, 2022 16:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDJ DiDonna helps us approach taking REAL time off and evolving our identity along with our career. Whether you’re feeling like you need to take time off, or if you’re curious about what sabbaticals are and why they might be good for both you and your organization, have a listen. You’ll learn ab...
#59 Kenny Borg: Identity transformation + embodying fulfillment
Make Things That Matter - November 01, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsKenny Borg helps us explore the ongoing evolution of our identity, deal with imposter syndrome, and embody fulfillment throughout the journey instead of putting it off to the end. He cofounded Ethr, a coaching collective that exists to help you develop a relationship with your own consciousness ...
#58 Scott Young: Learning for Real Life
Make Things That Matter - June 28, 2022 07:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsScott Young is an expert on rapid, effective learning. This ep will help you learn new skills effectively and quickly amidst the chaos of real life. ----- You can also read this episode here. Sign up here to get upcoming audio essays emailed to you Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or Linke...
#57 Rob Fitzpatrick: Shaping an Entrepreneurial Career
Make Things That Matter - May 31, 2022 07:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsRob Fitzpatrick is the author of The Mom Test, and he'll help you fight the good fight to bring your ideas into the world. ----- Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already would you do me a favor and take ~40 seconds to rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts ? It r...
#56 Ash Maurya: The Innovator's Gift
Make Things That Matter - April 07, 2022 07:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAsh Maurya introduces "The Innovator's Gift" to help you find problems worth solving, and navigate the uncertainty of new product ideas. ----- Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already would you do me a favor and take ~40 seconds to rate/review the show on Apple P...
How do I do continuous discovery for a new product, pre-PMF?
Make Things That Matter - March 01, 2022 08:05 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHow to apply continuous discovery techniques to a nascent, early stage product that doesn't yet have product-market fit. ----- You can also read this episode here. Sign up here to get upcoming audio essays emailed to you Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already...
#55: How does continuous discovery come together for a new product?
Make Things That Matter - March 01, 2022 08:05 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHow to apply continuous discovery techniques to a nascent, early stage product that doesn't yet have product-market fit. ----- You can also read this episode here. Sign up here to get upcoming audio essays emailed to you Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already...
#54 David Kadavy: Creative self-actualization
Make Things That Matter - January 11, 2022 08:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDavid Kadavy will help you follow your curiosity, find your way to creative self-actualization, and learn to discern what you really want. ----- Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn! If you haven't already would you do me a favor and take ~40 seconds to rate/review the show on Apple...
#53: Turning over a tough year
Make Things That Matter - December 26, 2021 22:22 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSome short thoughts on how to review and close out a tough year, and set ourselves up for a powerful, generative new year. Links & resources mentioned are here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.maketh...
#52 How to get more creative flow in your work day
Make Things That Matter - December 09, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsFlow is defined as an optimal state of consciousness, where you feel and perform at your best. This episode will help you get more of it in your day. Links & resources mentioned are here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ...
#51 Two years in: Making things that matter
Make Things That Matter - November 09, 2021 08:05 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWow: two years of making things that matter! Andrew checks in with lessons learned in year two, impactful episodes and show updates. Links & resources mentioned are here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit b...
#50 Bo Burlingham: Small Giants & the roots of great businesses
Make Things That Matter - September 07, 2021 21:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsBest known for his books Small Giants and The Great Game of Business, Bo is an editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and the author of five books which have profoundly impacted values-led business creation. I don't know of anyone that has explored more deeply, through real-world examples, what it mea...
Related Product leadership Topics