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Why great product managers think like therapists

When your product is not THE product by Emily Tate at #mtpcon London 2025

Spotify invests in non-English audiobooks, new product chief at Trainline: This week’s news round-up

What AI can’t—and shouldn’t—do for product managers

How and when to sunset features – Roni Ben Aharon (CPO, Craft.io, Booking.com, Wix)

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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<p>Is product management an art or a science? Holly Hester-Reilly, the founder of H2R Product Science and a former Chemical Engineer, uses her background to apply scientific principles and techniques to product development.  She joins us to chat about evidence-based product strategy, continuous discovery &amp; delivery, and empowered teams.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1rem;">In this episode, sponsored by </span><a style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;" href="https://amplitude.com/mastering-retention?utm_source=mindtheproduct" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amplitude</a><span style="font-size: 1rem;">, listen to learn about:</span></p>
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<li>The basics of applying a scientific approach to product development</li>
<li>Evidence-based product strategy</li>
<li>Continuous discovery &amp; delivery</li>
<li>Empowered teams</li>
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<blockquote><p>While I can&#8217;t say that ahead of time I could tell you [if] A vs B design is going to be the winner, I can tell you that this process is going to get you to a good, winning design.</p></blockquote>
<h3><span style="color: inherit; font-family: rawline, sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem;">Related Links</span></h3>
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<li>Follow Holly on <a href="https://twitter.com/H2RProductSci" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyhesterreilly/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and learn more at <a href="http://www.andybudd.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">H2R Product Science</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://h2rproductscience.com/category/product-science-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Product Science podcast</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.bjfogg.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BJ Fogg</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/t/richard-h-thaler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Thaler</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://medium.com/@adaptivepath" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adaptive Path</span></a></li>
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<h3>Get in Touch, Rate Us and More!</h3>
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<li>Visit <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-product-experience/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Product Experience homepage</a> for more information and more episodes!</li>
<li>Know the perfect guest? Great! <a href="https://mindtheproduct.typeform.com/to/oi0UyX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Suggest them here</a></li>
<li>Chat to us on <a href="https://twitter.com/MTPpod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> or in our dedicated <a href="https://mindtheproduct.slack.com/messages/CE13B3A23" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mind the Product #podcast Slack channel</a></li>
<li>Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better</li>
<li>Like our theme music? It&#8217;s Hamburg-based <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VMVuOfARzbrNK6mCJs14o?si=As_IFCusT8y7mRIRikgYLw" target="_blank" rel="&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer">Pau</a>, featuring ProductTank Hamburg’s Arne Kittler!</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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From Co-op CPO to Co-Founder – Adam Warburton (Co-Founder, Rove)

How to use conflict to solve product problems – Yorai Gabriel (Author, The Innovators’ Drama)

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