Author
Leslie Grandy
Leslie Grandy is a global, first-to-market product executive and board advisor with a 25+ year career innovating and delivering game-changing products in publicly traded Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, Discovery Communications, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., and Amazon. Leslie is the founder of The Product Guild, a Product and Innovation Advisory Services company, through which she has advised numerous publicly traded companies and serves on the advisory boards for several early-stage companies. Her clients have included Starbucks, Oracle, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Leslie is an IDEO-trained leader in Design Thinking with an MBA from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science in TV/Film from Northwestern University. Leslie is also a Directors Guild of America member, working on such classic films as “The Abyss”, “Tremors”, and the award-winning motion picture “The Waterdance.”
Articles by Leslie
Three creative problem-solving frameworks for ideating with generative AI
In this article, Leslie Grandy, Author and Founder The Product Guild LLC, explores how human creativity and AI can collaborate to spark innovative thinking through structured frameworks and imaginative strategies.
Ideating in the problem-solving stage of the Product Operating Model
In this article, Leslie Grandy, Author and Founder The Product Guild LLC, shares various creative thinking techniques that can be leveraged to enhance the Problem-Solving dimension within the Product Operating Model.
How diverse teams unlock product innovation
In this article, Leslie Grandy, Founder and Principal at The Product Guild, details how diverse teams drive 45% more revenue from innovation, and intentional design sparks extraordinary ideas.
The ten truths of customer-centric product teams
In this article, Leslie Grandy, Founder and Principal at The Product Guild, outlines the 10 principles to follow to be a customer-centric product team.