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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-17733" src="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mpickering-300x300.jpg" alt="Melissa Pickering" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mpickering-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mpickering-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mpickering-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mpickering.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>As we start to wrap up the year and panic shop for gifts, our thoughts naturally drift to everyone&#8217;s favourite part of the holiday season: playing with toys! Our go-to person to learn more about creating a great play experience is Melissa Pickering, <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Strategic Product Director at The LEGO Group.</span></p>
<p>Melissa joined us on the podcast to talk about designing for children, ensuring that parents are happy, and designing to ensure that your customers take pride in what they accomplish.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1rem;">In this episode, sponsored by <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/product-management-training/public-workshops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Mind The Product Training,</em></a> listen to learn about:</span></p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8216;Intrinsic motivation&#8217; is one of the key principles of play, another being &#8216;active engagement&#8217; and another being &#8216;joyful moments&#8217;. And we find that it&#8217;s so important when we have kids in an unstructured or free-play scenario, it&#8217;s because they are inherently motivated to play just for themselves, they&#8217;re not trying to accomplish some external reward or win a certain game.</p></blockquote>
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<li>Melissa&#8217;s talk at <a href="https://www.turingfest.com/2019/speakers/melissa-pickering" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Turing Fest</a> Edinburgh 2019.</li>
<li>Lego Star Wars <a style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;" href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/star-wars/boost-droid-commander" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Boost Droid Commander</a></li>
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<li>Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better</li>
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<h3>Our Hosts</h3>
<p>The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.</p>
<p><strong>Lily</strong> enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She&#8217;s currently Head of Innovation at Go Compare and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She&#8217;s worked on a diverse range of products &#8211; leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol (which now has 800+ members!) and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.</p>
<p><strong>Randy</strong> is a product consultant and coach who has been working as an interactive producer and product manager across the US and UK for nearly 20 years. A recovering music journalist and editor, he launched Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, and has worked across sectors including museums and arts groups, online education, media and entertainment, retail and financial services. He’s held Head of Product roles at HSBC and Sainsbury’s, where he also directed their 100+-person product community. Randy&#8217;s book, <a href="https://outofowls.com/book" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager&#8217;s Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19</em></a> is out now, with all profits going to COVID-19 relief efforts.</p>

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