Mindset – Blaming the Framework, Core Team Communication, and Remote Working With Matt LeMay
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Rosemary King welcomes Matt LeMay to Mindset. Matt has worked in product for Bit.ly, various music startups, and now runs his own agency Sudden Compass. He is also the author of Product Management in Practice and Agile for Everybody.
In this episode, Matt and Rosemary discuss core team culture and practice and draw from their own experiences and expertise to answer questions from the Mind the Product community.
“The way to motivate humans to solve problems is to get them closer to the human they’re trying to solve problems for!”
– Matt Lemay
Show Notes
09:08 | How best to communicate remotely with a co-located team?
20:34 | How do I motivate my team of developers?
31:33 | How to manage cooperation with another product owner when they work on a different part of the same product?
46:24 | How do I address a lack of company-wide, measurable goals?
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About Mindset
Mindset is a Mind the Product series featuring expert product thinkers. Speaking with Rosemary King, they give helpful answers to product practice questions collected from our training workshop attendees and the greater Mind the Product community. Discover more episodes!
About the author
Rosemary King
Rosemary is an experienced product manager who has specialized in software development, agile enablement and lean methodologies for the past seven years. She has worked across diverse domains including government, finance, retail and enterprise. After starting her tech career in the New York City start-up scene, she moved into consulting and has spent time with ThoughtWorks and Pivotal Labs London. She has done freelance consulting and training with incubator programs like start-up bootcamp, done UX research on four continents and likes cold water surfing.
