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Product Unplugged – Episode 1 with Thor Mitchell

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)

Building Product Teams

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Data Driven Product Management

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Diversity and Inclusion

Minimum Viable Product

OKRs

Prioritisation

Product Design

Product Research

Product Development Process

Product Ethics

Product Discovery

Product Leadership

Product Management Career

Product Strategy

Stakeholder Management

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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>.

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The Product Experience

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<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>If you &#8211; or your kids &#8211; have ever controlled a Lego creation from an app, then you&#8217;re familiar with Melissa Pickering&#8217;s work.  Now Lego&#8217;s Head of Interactive Play, blending digital and physical play, she got her start as an Imagineer at Disney (designing rollercoasters!) before founding a STEM startup.  She 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>
<h3>Quote of the Episode</h3>
<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>
<h3>Listen if you&#8217;d like to learn more about</h3>
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<li>Product experience</li>
<li>Translating consumer insights into business innovation</li>
<li>Evolving your product</li>
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<p><span style="color: inherit; font-family: rawline, sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem;">Links mentioned in this episode</span></p>
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<li>Follow Melissa on <a href="https://twitter.com/melpick" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mjpickering" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a></li>
<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 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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<h3>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. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She has worked on a diverse range of products &#8211; leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank in Bristol, the Product Managers&#8217; meetup with regular events and talks on Product now with 800+ members and growing. Now the Product Director at Symec, Lily also runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.</p>
<p>A recovering music journalist and editor, <strong>Randy</strong> has been working as an interactive producer and product manager across the US and UK for nearly 20 years. After launching Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, Randy has worked with 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. Now a trainer, Discovery and Leadership consultant, he&#8217;s spoken at Mind the Product Engage (Hamburg and Manchester), the Business of Software, Turing Festival, a number of ProductTanks (London, Zurich, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Oxford, and Brighton&#8230; so far!) and at conferences across the US and Europe.</p>
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<h3>Music</h3>
<p>Our theme music is from Hamburg-based Pau, featuring ProductTank Hamburg’s own Arne Kittler on bass. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Paupulism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listen to more on their Facebook page</a></p>
<h3>Suggest a guest</h3>
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<h3>Talk to us</h3>
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