Topic

The Product Experience

The Product Experience podcast features conversations with the product people of the world, helping you to improve your product practice. Join our hosts Lily Smith and Randy Silver every week as they chat with people in the know and cover the topics that matter to you — solving real problems, developing awesome products, building successful teams, and developing careers. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Interested in sponsoring The Product Experience? Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com

The journey from CPO to CEO – Namrata Sarmah on The Product Experience

The journey from CPO to CEO – Namrata Sarmah on The Product Experience

Transitioning from a CPO to a CEO is a daunting task, requiring more than just technical skills. In this week's podcast, Namrata Sarmah, Founder, Women in Product UK & CPO, delves into the importance of long-term planning and developing skills. Specifically, we discuss the intricacies of combining sales and product roles, highlighting the potential challenges that come with it. The discussion brings to the forefront the need for product management professionals to develop a comprehensive suite of business and sales skills.

The Product Experience

The keys to growing teams and products – Lucie Buisson on The Product Experience

The keys to growing teams and products – Lucie Buisson on The Product Experience

Listen to our conversation with Lucie Buisson, Chief Product Officer at Contentsquare. She discusses the importance of maintaining close relationships with teams and customers, while celebrating successes amidst new challenges.

The Product Experience

Rerun: OKRs can be simple – Storm Fagan on The Product Experience

Rerun: OKRs can be simple – Storm Fagan on The Product Experience

Rerun: OKRs are a simple concept — but deceptively hard to get right.  There’s an awful lot of horror stories about implementations gone wrong, along with any number of gurus and guides on how to get it right. Storm Fagan — now the Chief Product Officer at the BBC, formerly at JustEat — joined us on the podcast to break down how she made OKRs scale at a big company by keeping them simple. (Hint: that wasn’t her first approach.)

The Product Experience

Navigating the product career ladder — Mirela Mus on The Product Experience

Navigating the product career ladder — Mirela Mus on The Product Experience

On this week's podcast, we sit down with Mirela Mus, Founder and CPO of Product People, as we unbox the career progression in product management. We decode the vital differences between various product leadership roles, from VPs to Directors and Heads of Product. Listen as Mirela details her incredible journey into product management and discusses how Product People has set themselves apart by focusing wholeheartedly on career opportunities and meeting client needs.

The Product Experience

Exploring the world of product operations – Antonia Landi on The Product Experience

Exploring the world of product operations – Antonia Landi on The Product Experience

Product Operations has been the talk of the town over the past two years, but why is it so important in product management, and what does the role entail? In this week's podcast, Antonia Landi, Product Operations Consultant, leads us on a journey through the world of product ops, outlining its purpose, significance, and how its role can vary based on a company's specific needs. We delve into the misconceptions around product ops and discover that it’s not just about creating mural boards but is an essential cog in the product development machinery.

Louron Pratt

Lessons learned leading products: from start-ups to enterprises – Liz Clow on The Product Experience

Lessons learned leading products: from start-ups to enterprises – Liz Clow on The Product Experience

How can product managers thrive in different environments and organisational sizes? We welcome experienced Liz Clow, experienced leader and Chief Product Officer at memmo.me on The Product Experience podcast this week.

The Product Experience

Uncovering the world of Product, Content, and UX — Erica Jorgensen on The Product Experience

Uncovering the world of Product, Content, and UX — Erica Jorgensen on The Product Experience

Join us on the podcast this week where we uncover the world of content design with Erica Jorgensen, seasoned content designer at Chewy and author of 'Strategic Content Design Tools and Research Techniques for Better UX'. Erica graciously walks us through her professional journey and how she fell into the realm of content strategy.

The Product Experience

Onboarding new product hires – Christian Idiodi on The Product Experience

Onboarding new product hires – Christian Idiodi on The Product Experience

Christian Idiodi, Partner at SVPG, joins us on the podcast this week! We speak with Christian about onboarding new product hires, and the work he is doing for the first in-person product conference for the African continent.

The Product Experience

What I learned from moving to product leadership – Kax Uson on The Product Experience

What I learned from moving to product leadership – Kax Uson on The Product Experience

This week on the podcast, we speak to Kax Uson, Head of Product at Adevinta. She tells us about her story of moving from IC into her product leadership role, and shares the key lessons she has learned along the way. 

The Product Experience

Product career and alignment – Donna Lichaw on The Product Experience (Part 2 of 2)

Product career and alignment – Donna Lichaw on The Product Experience (Part 2 of 2)

The Product Experience

Product career and alignment – Donna Lichaw on The Product Experience (Part 1 of 2)

Product career and alignment – Donna Lichaw on The Product Experience (Part 1 of 2)

The Product Experience

Collaborating with business analysts in product – Dr J Harrison on The Product Experience

Collaborating with business analysts in product – Dr J Harrison on The Product Experience

The Product Experience