The Product Edge

Radhika Dutt is back to share her experience of taking a vision-driven approach rather than an iterative approach to creating great products. Georgia and Radhika talk about Digital Pollution and how technology evolution is impacting our society. You can find out more in her recent book, Radical Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter . You can also download Radhika’s free toolkit and a co...

In this episode, Georgia caught up with Scott Middleton , Founder of Terem , where they spoke about Design Thinking and User-Centered Design Principles, and how they highlight the importance of understanding the needs, wants, and desires of their customers. It’s still surprising how often product folk don’t really speak to their customers..! It was an absolute pleasure talking to Scott about how P...

Middleton Executive is passionate about supporting and helping women in the product and tech community. We were incredibly excited to have Pearly Yee from Brainmates join us on The Product Edge to share her ideas and opinions on how we can help more women in the industry. Pearly has over 10 years of Product Management experience and is former Head of Product at The Australian Financial Review and...

In this episode, Jade is joined by Steve Forbes, Co-founder of Xienta. Over the last 15 years, Steve has worked with some of Australia’s largest organisations such as NAB, ANZ, Telstra, and Aus Post to bring their ideas to life. Steve is passionate about building innovative products which deliver great user experiences and leverage new and emerging technologies. Today Steve shares his expertise on...

In this episode of The Product Edge, Radhika Dutt joins Jade to discuss Radical Product Thinking and why successful products require a vision-driven approach.  Radhika is an entrepreneur and seasoned product leader, she is also the author of the upcoming book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter.  Radhika has participated in four acquisitions as a result of th...

AgTech is an emerging sector that has the potential to completely reshape global agriculture, dramatically increasing the productivity of the agriculture system while reducing the environmental and social costs of current production practices. Agtech is set for monumental growth and has been predicted to become Australia's next $100 billion industry by 2030. In this episode, Emma Weston, Co-F...

In this upbeat episode, Co-Founder and CEO of Linktree, Alex Zaccaria shares with Jade his insights into Linktree’s growth journey, and what he believes is the key to their astronomical product growth.  Alex founded Linktree as a side-hustle in 2016 with his brother, Anthony and friend, Nick Humphreys. Today, Linktree is the social tech platform democratising the discovery of content for over...

Joining Jade on The Product Edge is Phil Laufenberg. Phil is the CPO at Practera - Australia’s leading experiential learning technology startup. He’s also a Product Management trainer with our good friends at Brainmates. Phil has a passion for education, innovation and the future of work, and has led the ideation, design and development of multiple award-winning education technology products. In t...

Product Management rhetoric typically focuses on technical craftsmanship, and the human elements of Product Management are sometimes overlooked. Product Managers need to understand human behaviours, and in today’s episode Jade explores the human aspects of Product Management - the adaptive skills product folk need - with our guest Nick Coster, Co-Founder of Brainmates. Nick has been working in Pro...

In this engaging episode, Jade speaks with Lital Sherman, Head of Experience Design at PageUp to discuss Design Thinking for Product Managers.  Lital is a design leader, strategist, and storyteller. She is passionate about utilising Design Thinking to drive positive cultural change in our lives and believes that by understanding human behaviour, motivations and biases, we will be in a positio...

In this relaxed and candid chat, Jade and Laura explore the do’s and don’ts of interviewing for Product Management roles. Over the last 10 years, Laura has worked with local start-ups, fortune 100 companies and everything in between. Laura holds a degree in Human Resources and enjoys partnering with business leaders across the broad spectrum that is HR. Laura now channels her passion for great peo...

In this engaging episode Jade and Katherine discuss how to kill products on purpose! Katherine is a product manager at Drawboard where she is helping to create the paperless office. As a ‘self-proclaimed” minimum viable adult, Katherine has come to value the simplicity of things and overtime has developed a passion for talking about the last moments of a product or feature.   In this candid c...

We all have our own Code of Ethics; how we as individuals conduct ourselves. In the workplace there are laws that govern how businesses and their staff can operate. Doctors, Lawyers and Accountants are examples of professions that all have a Code of Ethics, and in this episode we ask: Should there be a Code of Ethics for Product Managers? Joining Jade Bennett on this episode of The Product Edge is...

In this episode, Jade and Ken explore how Product Managers can navigate the challenging aspect of a Product Manager’s role; leading through influence. Ken Sandy is a Senior Product Leader and author of the book, The Influential Product Manager. He is also an industry fellow and Lecturer at UC Berkeley, where he teaches the engineering school’s first course in product management. This episode is an...

In this episode, Jade and Shannon explore the importance of reflecting on ‘why’ you build a product and the consideration Product Managers need to give to the impact and consequences this may have on society and communities. Having had a very interesting career to date, Shannon Scott’s journey has not been typical of a traditional Product Management professional. He has worked at the intersection...

This week on The Product Edge, Jade Bennett speaks with the Director of Product Management at Campaign Monitor, Simon Farrugia. Simon has been instrumental in a series of Product innovations and has a diverse career across Product, including consumer, enterprise, software and hardware. Passionate about building high performing product teams, Simon shares what he looks for when recruiting Product f...

In this episode Jade and Josh explore the essential yet often overlooked skill all Product Managers must master - Storytelling. Josh Centner is currently Head of Product & Delivery at PageUp. He has over 10 years of Product Management experience within the startup, scaleup and enterprise ecosystem. Josh is an avid believer in the art of storytelling and pushed through his own nerves and fears...

Adrienne is a highly experienced senior product and business leader with over 20 years of experience across multiple industries. She has extensive expertise across various business disciplines, including product strategy and product planning, business stakeholder management and product design and development. Her passion for managing, coaching and nurturing product teams, senior product managers a...

‘THE PRODUCT EDGE’ Date: 10 August 2020 Name of show: The Product Edge Episode # 1: How to land your first job in Product Management  Episode summary: In this first episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett speaks with Paul Napper, a seasoned Product Leader and founder of Paul Napper Web Design. Paul has worked across Product Management for over a decade in some of Australia’s most iconic org...

Are you a Product Manager looking for a Product tribe that forces you to level up? You've come to the right place. Welcome to The Product Edge: A podcast for inquisitive product management professionals. The Product Edge takes you on a journey into the minds of exceptional product leaders, entrepreneurs, creators and hustlers. My mission is to provide Product people with the skills, insights and t...