Every product manager builds things for customers, and knowing just who your customers are-what their needs, hopes, desires, frustrations and goals are-is the bedrock of all the work we do.But how do you go about learning that? And how do you

Episode 11: Inspired

Apr 19th, 2019 49m 24s

Because product management is so broad, we typically do episodes about a specific, narrow skill within the role—that allows us to go deep into what we think matters there. But we always knew we wanted to do one generalist book about PMing.Many

Different

Mar 23rd, 2018 49m 30s

We wanted to tackle a marketing book, but one that wasn't just about tactics. We chose HBS prof Youngme Moon's book titled 'Different', as her high-level, strategic view on marketing as a philosophy and art were very appealing to us.One of th

Hacking Growth

Dec 11th, 2017 1h 17m

In their book, Hacking Growth, Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown lay out exactly what you need in order to do that. They establish what types of companies should form growth teams, common models that work, a playbook for that team, and sage advice on

Episode 8: Creative Confidence

Oct 25th, 2017 1h

While the tech and startups worlds clearly sit on the 'bleeding edge' of most industries, organizational practices, and implementations of technology itself, 'creativity' is still a bit of a taboo word. We share some examples of how we’ve navig

Episode 7: Crucial Conversations

Jul 19th, 2017 51m 5s

As product managers, we have a bucket full of tools to finesse an idea from concept to customer. But slice and dice it how you will, we pass each of those hard-earned skills though some filter of how we communicate. Generally speaking, we do mo

Episode 6: High Output Management

May 23rd, 2017 48m 3s

Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, wrote this classic text on people management almost four decades ago. Listen in as Sandi MacPherson (Founder of Quibb) and Anna Marie Clifton (product manager at Yammer) discuss the highlights and hard learned l

Episode 5: Winning with Data: Part 2

Apr 20th, 2017 38m 24s

Part 2 is here! Listen to the second half of the conversation around "Winning with Data: Transform Your Culture, Empower Your People, and Shape the Future" by Tomasz Tunguz and Frank Bien. In Part 1 you heard our perspectives on how to run A/B

Episode 4: Winning with Data: Part 1

Mar 14th, 2017 45m 25s

Sandi MacPherson and Anna Marie Clifton discuss what every product Manager should know about data informed development. They talk through a recent reading of "Winning with Data" and take a critical eye to the content from that book.

Episode 3 - On Writing Well

Dec 7th, 2016 1h 17m

Sandi MacPherson and Anna Marie Clifton use this classic book to form a discussion around the importance of writing in the product management context.

Episode 2 - Negotiate like the best: How to move things forward as a PM

Nov 3rd, 2016 48m 3s

Sandi MacPherson and Anna Marie Clifton use this classic book to form a discussion around negotiation in the product management context.

Episode 1: The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Oct 12th, 2016 35m 44s

In this episode we review and critique the book and discuss the main points around user-centered design, why software is so much more difficult to build than physical things, and the troubles around communication on teams.

Episode 0: Reading product books by yourself is a waste of time

Oct 8th, 2016 3m 15s

Once a month we’ll be reviewing and discussing one book, chosen because it covers some concept that is required to be a strong product person. We’ll be discussing these topics from our perspectives as Bay Area tech professionals to share with t

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