Scandinavian Product Podcast

My guest today is Manuel Pais . Manuel is the co-author of the masterpiece book "Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow". He's recognized by TechBeacon as a DevOps thought leader, and is today an independent consultant and trainer, focused on team interactions, delivery practices and accelerating flow. We covered a lot, including some questions and comments from Ly...

My guest today is one of my favorite product thinkers: John Cutler John is an absolute legend in the product community, and one thing I love about John is his dedication to sharing the messiness and contextual nuances in the world of building products. John has worked in Product with some of the most exciting tech companies around the globe and is the author of one of the most-read Product newslet...

My guest today is the one and only Bob Moesta .  Have you heard about Jobs to be Done theory? Bob was the one creating it together with Clayton Christensen - who's for many the Father of Disruptive Innovation. Bob is the Founder and CEO of the Re-wired Group . He has worked on & helped launch more than 3,500 new products so far, is a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School , and started his care...

My guest today is Niko Noll . Niko is a software engineer turned product manager turned product discovery coach .  He has learned Product at scale - shipping value to 18 million monthly active users - and spends most of his time coaching teams and being a founder at Juttu, a tool that helps product teams talk to users every week. Niko is very dedicated and passionate about helping product teams di...

My guest today is my friend Carlo Mahfouz . He's the Vice President of Strategic Technology Partnerships at Laerdal Medical and the author of the book Reality Check .  Carlo is such a well-articulated thinker. I love how he breaks things down and I really miss working with him.  We talked about: * How to become a better listener * How to let go of your ego, and why this is key in great leadership...

My guest today is Gabriele Bufrem - one of the product coaches featured in Marty Cagan's new book Transformed. I met Gabi last year and love talking with her. She's both a superstar product coach and a great human being.  Today's episode is like a mini masterclass for product leaders and managers, where Gabi shares practical tips and advice from her experience coaching strong product leaders and t...

My guest today is Marty Cagan . Marty has probably observed and advised more product teams and leaders than anyone in the world. For many, he's the Godfather of Product Management. Bestselling author of some of the most iconic books in our industry (Inspired, Empowered, and recently launched Transformed ). Probably the world's most requested speaker in Product development conferences. And founder...

My guest today is the one and only Hope Gurion. Hope works together with Teresa Torres teaching and coaching product teams on all things continuous discovery, is the founder of Fearless Product , and is one of the featured product coaches in Marty Cagan’s new book Transformed. Sometimes we meet people that we immediately know are special.  Hope is one of them :)  And this conversation is the evide...

My guest today is the roadmap sensei Phil Hornby. Phil is probably one of the few people in the world that has seen hundreds of Product roadmaps.  He’s the co-creator of the renowned show “ Talking Roadmaps ” where he regularly interviews thought leaders like Teresa Torres, Marty Cagan, April Dunford, and John Cutler.  Phill works together with the one and only Bruce McCarthy as a Product Coach at...

My guest today is Ida Aalen. Ida is both a good friend and a great product mind from Norway. If you are a Product Manager or leader in Norway, I bet you have heard about Ida’s work. She’s the author of the first Norwegian Product Management book called “Bedre produkter”, which directly translates to Better Products. She’s been a product coach for the past year before joining NAV recently as a Prod...

Today's guest is the one and only David Bland, author of the bestselling book Testing Business Ideas co-written with Alexander Osterwalder and part of Strategyzer's book series.  David is one of my biggest references in Product.  His work, combined with Teresa Torres, is such a potent cocktail for anyone wanting to build better products and discover value more effectively.  One of the things I lov...