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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Resources

Intro

• Product Management in Practice by Matt LeMay
• Agile for Everybody by Matt LeMay

Question 1 

• Communication & Alignment Workshop

Question 2

• The Agile Manifesto
• Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

Question 3 

• ‘The one page / one hour’ pledge
• Project Aristotle

Question 4

• Product Management Foundations Workshop
• Product Metrics Workshop
• Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

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!