Product Management Chat

When I think about IoT,  I mostly think about my Apple Watch. I also imagine how cool it would be to live in a home with not just a smart TV. But also with other connected appliances such as a smart fridge, coffee machine, thermostat, camera, alarm system, doorbell, and a smart lock. Furthermore, how amazing the future of work would be if we’re all driving smart cars, and even living in smart citi...

One of the most misunderstood relationships on cross-functional and software development teams are between the Designers and the Developers. One of the misconceptions is that the Designer likes most aesthetically pleasing user experience. On the other hand, the Developer likes building something that’s easier and more feasible Designers don’t have the technical skill to build the thing that they w...

Three things that are *personally* exciting about GenAI, according to  1. Helps increase productivity e.g. drafting emails, summarizing email threads, writing meeting minutes, coming up with a to-do list What’s most amazing is it can even help us prioritize tasks based on the the data that it can gather from all our emails and chats :) 2. Make our work happier GenAI can help us with the mundane/ r...

Yashi Srivastava, Senior Product Manager at LearnApp, was recognized by ADPList.org as one of the Top 10 female mentors in Customer Experience Also, she previously had a “Top Product Road Mapping Voice” badge on LinkedIn. So I’m honored to have her on my podcast :)

In the words of Marty Cagan in his book “Inspired”, the Group Product Manager (usually referred to as GPM) is a hybrid role.  Part individual contributor and part first-level people manager. Stephanie from Waresix has been one for almost 3 years now. Listen to our conversation in which she shares how she balances being an IC and people manager as a GPM :)

To become a good Product Manager in tech: You need to be “technically trained”. Meaning, trained in software engineering You need to learn Scrum or Agile Both are common misconceptions of most of us essentially So.. it’s been amazing to sit and talk to Justin Chew as he debunks those misconceptions. And shared how can non-tech folks *successfully* transition into tech as a PM. Successfully, meanin...

In the words of Marty Cagan in his book Inspired, a Product owner is the name of the role on an Agile team for the person responsible for the product backlog. I’ve also heard on a Product Thinking podcast by Melissa Perri that she doesn’t not love the split of Product Managers and Product Owners. Reason being is it that a Product Owner is a backlog grooming jockey for the Developers. And that ther...

There’s a lot of great Product Management books out there. Some of my favorites are: Inspired by Marty Cagan Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri The Lean Startup by Eric Ries And I’ve yet to read some which are The Lean Product Playbook, Continous Discovery Habits, Cracking the PM Interview, and so on. All were recommended to me by the product people that I spoke with. So all are realllly ins...

Working with several industries such as FinTech, healthcare, e-commerce, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, media, etc., Manish Mrigank said all companies are technology companies nonetheless. Fun fact, even Nike calls itself a technology company. As a Product Leader, the things that helped him adapt when switching industries are: 1. Empathy Because any industry is trying to solve a customer prob...

A friendly reminder to aspiring product managers that it’s okay if you don’t know a lot of tech jargons in the beginning :) Ankur Goyal, Product at Virtual Internships used to not know all of them either. But was humble enough to ask and learn from his developers whenever he got the chance. Fun fact: Ankur has created a Product Management community called “Creators of Product”. And Lenny is a part...

One of the many things that most of us admire about Amazon is its customer-centricity. And as PMs, one of the things that we need to balance is doing what is best for the Customer AND the organization. Being customer obsessed ≠ doing everything the customer say This reminds me of the Henry Ford quote that says: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” So... Ija...

Madan Chander, Delivery Head at Tech Mahindra has mentored hundreds of people who are willing to transition into a product role. According to him, anybody can become a Product Manager IF: They are customer-obsessed and have empathy They think problems from the outside in, not inside out Inside-out -> you think of what you have (ideas, experience) and how you can use that to gain a market, creat...

I’ve watched several webinars from Product School. So that certain visual representation of MVP is already familiar to me and makes sense to me. Seeing Animesh Chandra’s viral post about it is interesting, as there have been some good debates and healthy discussions in the comments. A key takeaway is that— in an MVP, there always should be some form of rapid feedback from the users/customers.

How to crack into a PM role if you don’t have a tech background or an MBA Read “Cracking the PM Interview” Checkout the @Exponent YouTube channel Be a Product Manager There are a lot of books, podcasts, certifications, and other resources out there. But based on speaking with a lot of PMs over the past few months, the 2 best ways to get started are 1) building/doing and 2) coaching. Hear how Here’...

Demand Gen VS Lead Gen— it’s a debate that most marketers are already tired of seeing on LinkedIn. I’ve had horrifying experiences in the past when I shared some opinions about it internally 😅 So it’s best if it comes from Vivek Shenoy instead. He's the Head of Partnerships & Product at Audyence. We always hear about this hot topic from marketers, which makes sense. But in the meantime, i...

What a spy does based on the movies: gathers intel analyzes information and strategizes for the best solution works closely with teams to accomplish their mission calculates risk properly, because one wrong move can be really bad negotiates and persuades to get what they want and need adapts to different countries and cultures that they were assigned in Quite the same as what a product manager doe...

Today’s new episode is about the type of AI that we all talk about— which is Generative AI 🤖 I’ve seen people rave about how GenAI can: write code write music crack jokes create presentations And even generate images, which is one of the cool features of Picsart. Their mobile app allows creators to make images from a word, phrase, or sentence. So, my guest speaker, is Valerie Gan, Gen AI Product...

Product for Non-Profit The perception towards, let’s say, profit sector and the non-profit sector is that it is assumed or perceived that there’s a lot of more innovation that happens in the for-profit space. Considering the amount of capital, the amount of money, and human skill sets that are in it.  So there is a bias towards that the innovation happens in the for-profits space.  However, he thi...

MBA in Product Management, according to Tilak Pattnaik: An MBA is not absolutely necessary, in order to transition into a product management role. However, where an MBA helps is in giving a perspective on how business function in general. Be it how the organizational makeup typically is of a business, and how do you navigate that organizational sort of makeup. In order to push your ideas, push you...