Andrew Skotzko

Make Things That Matter

Business EN ↓ 82 episodes

What if our products and companies gave more life to everything they touched? Making this a reality is our quest, through impactful product leadership, strategy, decision making, and culture. blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

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Andrew Skotzko

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#7 Becky Baybrook: culture, candor, and how Millenials are changing management 31.12.2019 1:55:12

Books, companies, etc mentioned The Beak of the Finch Crucial Conversations - Becky especially recommends chapter 5, "On Safety" to broach challenging topics Vital Smarts communication training Radical Candor Principles , Bridgewater Associates , Radical Transparency (TED Talk) , and Ray Dalio Psychological safety The Empowered Manager Mind the Product conference Matt LeMay Who Click here to direc...

#6 Barry Brown: Shaping the shapers 17.12.2019 1:20:38

Show notes Barry's focus [0:02:50] Putting the body into submission to the mind [0:05:17] A leader's first transformational relationship [0:06:15] "So they're reading all these books on leadership, but they're not gonna miss lunch today.""" [0:07:15] Internal & external measures of leadership [0:07:52] "You just adorn yourself iwth these external symbols, and if you get enough of them, then people...

#5 Rich Mironov: Building a thriving product organization 03.12.2019 1:13:53

My guest in this conversation is Rich Mironov ( @RichMironov ). Rich is known as the "product mensch" in Silicon Valley, and for good reason. Educated at Yale and Stanford, Rich is a 30-year veteran of product management at multiple enterprises and startups that have gone public who now consults as an interim VP of Product helping companies to get their product organizations working at top notch....

#4 Marshall Mosher: tough product calls & acclimating to fear 19.11.2019 1:58:10

People, books, companies, resources, links mentioned in the episode Marshall's company: Vestigo Connect with Marshall: LinkedIn & Instagram Inside the Adventure podcast interview with paraglider Gavin McClurg Red Bull X-Alps race Marshall's Burning Man surfboard Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Steven Kotler : The Rise of Superman & Stealing Fire Simon Sinek : Start With Why , Leaders Eat Last , and...

#3 Christina Wodtke: Unleashing potential with extraordinary teams 05.11.2019 1:46:20

Contact Christina: Her website Twitter LinkedIn Christina's books: The Team That Managed Itself ( consider leaving a review here if you enjoy it ) Radical Focus Pencil Me In People, articles, resources mentioned: Reboot your team Designing the team you need The dreaded weekly status email Rich Mironov lessons on people and systems ENLIVEN ep with Rich Mironov on creating a thriving product org Nic...

#2 Barry O'Reilly: Unlearning and creating culture change 05.11.2019 1:34:24

Click here to directly email Andrew your questions, comments, and feedback! He reads everything that is sent in: https://tinyurl.com/ydda8zc6 Show notes Barry moving to America and the "American Dream" [0:06:11] Experimentation as a lifestyle -- the kitchen table talk [0:13:14] Navigating uncertainty [0:15:09] Modeling behaviors [0:22:25] Barry's hack to get new perspectives on problems you don't...

#1 May Lindstrom: The power of having a North Star 05.11.2019 1:50:25

Show notes Why does May's company have all new employees read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? [0:03:29] What does May's company really do? [0:05:27] May's rural upbringing and why she left home [0:07:17] "The goal was to go until I hit the ocean or ran out of money" [0:09:24] "I come from a small town, but I'm not a small woman" [0:10:01] How did an artist end up as a formulator? [0:12:48] Wh...