Francesca Cortesi is a passionate product leader who loves to create products that bring good in people’s lives. She believes in inclusion, that a team always achieves better results than its individual contributors alone, in healthy discussions, and in people who are not afraid to stand up for what they think and feel. You can find her latest thoughts at www.francescacortesi.com

Francesca Cortesi

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Product Management Skills

Why mistakes are key for product excellence

Christina has helped grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, the New York Times and numerous startups throughout Silicon Valley. She’s the author of the business fable book Radical Focus, which uses the power of story to build a new approach to OKRs, The Team that Managed Itself on creating high-performing autonomous team, and Pencil Me In, on using drawing to make better businesses and products. Christina currently teaches at Stanford in the HCI program in Computer Science. She speaks worldwide about humanity, teamwork, and the journey to excellence. Find out more information at <a href="https://cwodtke.com/">cwodtke.com</a>.

Christina Wodtke

OKRs

Radical Focus 2.0  — an excerpt from Christina Wodtke

Join our podcast hosts Lily Smith and Randy Silver for in-depth conversations with some of the best product people around the world! Every week they chat with people in the know, covering the topics that matter to you - solving real problems, developing awesome products, building successful teams and developing careers. Find out more, subscribe, and access all episodes on <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-product-experience/">The Product Experience homepage</a>.

The Product Experience

Podcast

Hire Women! – Debbie Madden [Rebroadcast]

Daniel is a Lead Digital Product Manager at Amadeus, passionate about effective communication and endless learning. 

After more than 10 years of professional career in 5 different countries, working with people from all over the world, he can definitely attest to the importance of smooth communication to improve the efficiency of teams and organizations

Dani Sastre

Building Product Teams

Demystification for product managers: The art of building common ground

Andres is a freelance writer and digital marketer with a background in engineering and a keen interest in the latest technology advancements. He currently helps tech companies and startups tell their stories by turning their complex ideas into easy to understand material. You can reach out to him on LinkedIn

Andres Phillips

Product Discovery

Product Research

Video

Understanding the next 100m users in India by Akhil Jayaprakash

Louron serves as the Editor at Mind the Product, bringing 11+ years of experience in editorial roles across business and technology publications. For any editorial inquiries, you can connect with him on LinkedIn or email him at louron.pratt@pendo.io 

Louron Pratt

Product Leadership

SUNDAY REWIND: Transforming to a product culture

Eira is an editor for Mind the Product. She's been a business journalist, editor, and copywriter for longer than she cares to think about.

Eira Hayward

What is Product Management?

What is product? The past, present and future of our craft

Ahmed Sulaiman is a London-based product lead who worked on all levels of the software stack. His last company, Flawless App (founded in 2015), launched three products for mobile engineering &amp; design teams, including Uber, Nike, Spotify, and was acquired by Abstract in 2020.

Ahmed Sulaiman

Product Management Process

Lessons learned from managing internal products

Product Management

The "Aha moment" – Abdelrahman Wahba [Rebroadcast]

Born in Spain, adopted by Germany. Studied arts, started work as a UX Designer and eventually moved into Product. Currently working in Berlin at Talon.One

Jorge Rodriguez-Ramos

User Experience (UX)

You are not your user

Imogen brings more than 10 years of experience in print and digital to her role as Director of Content Strategy for Mind the Product. The core of her experience comes from 10 years working as an editor for Bauer Consumer Media, a division of Europe’s largest privately-owned publishing group, and as Head of Content for Benivo, an award-winning startup.

Articles

Why mistakes are key for product excellence

Radical Focus 2.0 — an excerpt from Christina Wodtke