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MTP Prioritised: AMA with Mina Radhakrishnan

BY Imogen Schels on August 6, 2020

In this Prioritised AMA, we put your questions to Mina Radhakrishnan – co-founder of Sydney based property tech startup, :Different. Starting her career as a business analyst for Goldman Sachs, Mina later joined Google as a member of the Associate Product Management program, before moving to ModCloth as one of their first product managers. Mina’s Read more »

Leading Product Teams with Success: Learnings from the #mtpcon Session Speakers

BY Imogen Schels on August 5, 2020

At #mtpcon Digital 2020, we were able to enjoy 18 Breakout Session talks, across three days, from some of the best product people around. We’re be releasing them all (weekly, in groups) and in this selection, you’ll delve into some hard-hitting topics to help you successfully lead teams. Check out the videos to watch sessions Read more »

Your Product Career by Gibson Biddle

BY Jon Horvath on July 31, 2020

In this #mtpcon Digital 2020 keynote, Gibson Biddle, Former VP Product, Netflix, lays out a methodology to hack your product career through self-positioning,  experimentation, data-assessment, and feedback. Watch the video to see his talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points: Understand your product and leadership skills Form hypotheses and Read more »

Critical Thinking for Product Leaders

BY Eira Hayward on July 29, 2020

Critical thinking is a topic that resonated with product leaders in our state of product management survey late last year – many of you said that the ability to employ critical thinking had been the most essential skill in enabling you to progress your career. We thought this warranted closer examination and so we’ve canvassed Read more »

Understanding Users: Learnings from the #mtpcon Session Speakers

BY Imogen Schels on July 29, 2020

At #mtpcon Digital 2020, we were able to enjoy 18 Breakout Session talks, across three days, from some of the best product people around. We’ll be releasing them all (weekly, in groups) and in this selection, you’ll get a better understanding of your users. Check out the videos to gain insights from Joe Leech, Kristen Berman, Read more »

Every Problem is a People Problem by Christian Idiodi

BY Jon Horvath on July 24, 2020

In this #mtpcon Digital 2020 keynote, Christian Idiodi, Partner at SVPG, explains why problems within organisations are people problems, and what leaders can do to tackle them. Watch the video to see his talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points: People problems are leadership problems How to dismantle dysfunction Read more »

Product Strategy and Skill Development: Learnings from the #mtpcon Session Speakers

BY Imogen Schels on July 22, 2020

In this first, Breakout Session release from #mtpcon Digital 2020, you can delve into four of the event’s deep-dive sessions focusing on product strategy and skill development. Below you’ll find videos for the following: Roadmapping with C Todd Lombardo Prioritisation for Impact with Gabrielle Bufrem Lean Product Development with Jeff Gothelf Dual-Track Development Demystified with Read more »

How do you Help a Business to see the Value of Product?

BY Eira Hayward on July 13, 2020

In Mind the Product’s state of product management survey last year we noticed a strong theme – umpteen respondents said that their biggest challenge was to get the business to see the value of product. With this in mind we’ve asked some product leaders about how they do this, the problems and sticking points they’ve Read more »

The Value of Mentoring for Product Leaders

BY Eira Hayward on July 3, 2020

Adam Thomas loves to mentor – he jokes that in the multiverse where there’s a million different versions of yourself, “in 40% of them, I would be a teacher”. “I just get a huge kick out of it. I love seeing people understand things, seeing the lights come on.” Adam’s career has seen him progress from Read more »

How to Refine Your Leadership Style

BY Imogen Schels on June 19, 2020

When it comes to product leadership style there’s no one size fits all. Undoubtedly, the leadership style you employ will depend on your experience, your team, and the environment and/organisation in which you work. Hopefully, yours is working well, but what if it’s not? Here we talk to three experienced product leaders — Cait O’Riordan, Read more »