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Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)UX for AI Products with TikTok’s Global Head of Monetisation Integrity Services, Simon O’ReganIn this episode with Simon O’Regan, you will learn:
What is UX for AI products and why does it matter
How does UX for AI products change depending on the type of product
Simon’s overall strategy for UX part of AI Products
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2022-09-0544 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Stakeholder Management for AI Products with Consultant, coach, keynote speaker, and author, Paul OrtchanianIn this episode with Paul Ortchanian, you will learn:
How do you figure out the right stakeholders for an AI product that you’re working on
What are some unique challenges for stakeholder mgmt for AI products?
Paul’s overall strategy for managing stakeholders for AI products?
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2022-09-0441 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Ethics, Privacy, and Bias for AI Products with CEO and Founder of Datasaur.ai, Ivan LeeIn this episode with Ivan Lee, you will learn:
Some ethical concerns that AI products have raised for users
How can an AI PM build trust with their users
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2022-09-0424 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Structure the Best AI Product Teams with Meta Product Strategist, Jaekob Chenina In this episode with Jaekob Chenina, you will learn:
Why do many AI initiatives fail?
What kind of skill sets do you need on an AI Product team and what each role does?
What are some ways to assemble an AI Product team?
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2022-09-0441 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Fundamental Concepts for AI Products with IBM AI Customer Success, Babar BhatiIn this episode with Babar Bhati, you will learn:
Structure of AI teams
Difference between a regular algorithm vs an AI algorithm
Main AI fields and their differences
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2022-09-0444 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Driving Innovation with Emerging Tech with Product Leadership Coach and Advisor, Daniel ElizaldeIn this episode with Daniel Elizalde, you will learn:
What do you consider emerging tech and why is it important
What are some myths about leveraging emerging tech
Daniel’s overall strategy for leveraging emerging tech for a business
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2022-09-0434 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How is Product Done at Miro with their Product Lead, Farbod SarafIn this episode with Farbod Saraf, you will learn:
What is PAD about and how it can help you in product discovery
How to effectively run product alignment meetings?
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2021-06-1040 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Navigate Your Product Career with the Product DecagonIn this episode with Lauren Chan Lee, you will learn:
What is Product Decagon, how did it come to be and how it can help you level up your Product career
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2021-05-2339 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Product Ideation, Validation, and Product Market Fit with CPO of MiraIn this episode with Arundhati Sampath, you will learn:
How to come up with Product ideas
How to validate Product ideas and navigate trade-offs
Challenges and best practices around Product ideas
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2021-05-1138 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Fireside Chat with Waze CPO, Rapha CohenIn this episode with Rapha Cohen, you will learn about:
Rapha’s insights on AI, frameworks, principles behind building great Products and Product teams
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens
2021-04-2740 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Scale a Distributed Product Team with Atlassian VP of ProductIn this episode with Anu Bharadwaj, you will learn:
How to adopt asynchronous communication for distributed teamsHow to setup the culture for distributed teamsStrategies you can apply to grow and scale your distributed team
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-04-1145 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Set Meaningful Objectives for Product Teams with Hotjar VP of ProductIn this episode with Megan Murphy, you will learn:
Challenges around applying OKRs to set objectivesMegan’s approach on setting objectives to rally the Product teamHow to align stakeholders around objectives
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-03-2832 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Leading with Curiosity with Tier1 Financial VP of Product and DesignIn this episode with Rina Whittaker, you’ll learn:
What is leading curiosity and why is it important for Product peopleHow to strategize to be more curious Caveats and challenges around curiosity
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-03-1328 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Onboard into a Product Manager Role with CrowdRiff ex-Director of ProductIn this episode with Mark Rabo, you’ll learn:
Why is it important to have a plan when onboarding as a PM? What are some high-level mindsets when onboarding into a PM role?What is Mark’s overall strategy for onboarding as a PM? Share with us the 7 pillars of onboarding
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-02-1546 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)All About Online Marketplaces with Facebook Product LeadIn this episode with Mayank Yadav, you’ll learn:
How to get traction for your marketplaceHow to reach product-market fit for your marketplaceHow to create a growth playbook for your marketplace
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-01-3139 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)All About Product Vision with Product Leader & Team Coach, Hope GurionIn this episode with Hope Gurion, you will learn:
What is a Product Vision and why does it matter to have a Product Vision?What are the elements of a Product Vision? What are some use cases/applications of a Product Vision?
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-01-1727 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Pitfalls on Metrics and How to Avoid Them with fmr CPO at MeetupIn this episode with Giff Constable, you’ll learn:
Characteristics of meaningful metricsPitfalls that you face as a Product person and how to avoid themHow to approach setting metrics in various scenarios
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2021-01-0556 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Break into Product with Product School CEOIn this episode with Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, you’ll learn:
What is Product Management and what is notHow has covid_19 impacted Product Management Tips on how to break into Product
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2020-12-2926 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Tackle Product Discovery Challenges with Product Consultant, Coach, Speaker, and Founder, Saeed KhanIn this episode with Saeed Khan, you’ll learn:
What is Product Discovery and why is it importantWhat are the different types of Product DiscoveryWhat are the top challenges of discovery and how you can tackle them
Saeed has worked in software for over 30 years, and in product management for over 20. His first Product Management role was back in 1997, and he has worked in Product Management since then, both here in Canada as well as in the US, in startups as well as public companies. He was a cofounder of ProductCamp Toronto, and also founded the Product Leaders meetup, an in...2020-12-2144 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Prep for Product Leadership with PayPal Group Product ManagerIn this episode with Parul Goel, you’ll learn:
Differentiate between a Product Manager and a Product LeaderWhat are the qualities of a Product LeaderHow to go about becoming a Product Leader
Parul is a Product Leader at PayPal. She currently heads payments for the PayPal Commerce Platform, an enterprise product she helped build from scratch. She is passionate about innovating in the enterprise product space. In her career spanning over fifteen years, Parul has been part of several complex product builds, some have been very successful while others have served as great life lessons. Parul loves to travel and canno...2020-12-1633 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Prep for Product Leadership with PayPal Group Product ManagerIn this episode with Parul Goel, you’ll learn:
Differentiate between a Product Manager and a Product LeaderWhat are the qualities of a Product LeaderHow to go about becoming a Product Leader
Parul is a Product Leader at PayPal. She currently heads payments for the PayPal Commerce Platform, an enterprise product she helped build from scratch. She is passionate about innovating in the enterprise product space. In her career spanning over fifteen years, Parul has been part of several complex product builds, some have been very successful while others have served as great life lessons. Parul loves to travel and canno...2020-12-1400 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Building for the Next One Billion Users with Google Product LeadIn this episode with Joris Van Mens, you will learn:
Who are the next billion users and what are their attributes?How Joris approach building tech Products for the next billion usersHow does Joris and his team approach interviewing users and how covid has impacted their work
Joris leads the Next Billion Users product organization at Google, which builds new products for emerging markets. He manages a team of 8 Product Managers.
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The...2020-11-2630 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Product Leadership Beyond Managing PMs with Product Management Guru, Rich MironovIn this episode with Rich Mironov, you will learn:
What are the main sets of challenges for Product Leaders that are different from managing individual products and how to tackle eachHow does a Product Leader should go about standardizing processes across multiple Product teamsHow a Product Leader should go about building trust and cross-functional psychological safety
Rich is a 35 year veteran of B2B/enterprise software product management. He coaches heads of product, sometimes parachutes into companies as interim Chief Product Officer, and helps folks design their product organizations. Rich has been blogging about product management since 2002, published his “Art of...2020-11-1743 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Maybe We Should Be Problem Managers with Author, Speaker, and Product Strategist, Steve JohnsonIn this episode with Steve Johnson, you’ll learn:
Why is it important to have a clear understanding of Product Management?What are the main Product activities?What are the steps that a Product person (PM or Product Leader) should take to change the way Product is done in their org?
Steve Johnson is an author, speaker, and strategist within the technology product community. At Under10 Consulting, he helps product teams implement the latest methods for today’s business environments.
A founding instructor at Pragmatic Marketing and now a process coach with Under10, Steve has been a long-time advocate for prod...2020-11-1037 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Invisible Product Managers with Amazon Sr. Product ManagerIn this episode with Ajit Dipak, you’ll learn:
What is the concept of invisible PMs and kind of problems you’re solving forLessons learned for all PMs about the invisible PM landscapeA few actionable tips for invisible PMs that can apply right away
Ajit has been building and managing products throughout his twenty year technology career, starting with programming roles in the financial and consumer sectors, engineering leadership in the digital media space and PM positions in sports tech, live events, devops and insurtech industries. Currently at Amazon, Ajit has intentionally forged a path in Product spanning Technical, B2C, an...2020-11-0441 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Managing Change as a Product Manager with Productboard ConsultantIn this episode with Scott Baldwin, you’ll learn:
How does change mgmt relate to product mgmtWhat makes change mgmt difficult to implementScott’s 5Ps approach to change management
Scott is a product management leader and a long-time member of the Vancouver product community with a deep interest in helping others find their opportunity in product management. He’s currently at productboard leading their product excellence practice and previously led teams at Thinkific, Finning Digital, Central 1 Credit Union, Inovera Solutions, and Blue Zone Entertainment.
Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-pa...2020-10-2744 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Coach Product Managers with Ratehub VP of ProductIn this episode with Scott Affleck, you will learn:
Why Product Managers need coaching and how is it different from other professionsHow to coach Product Managers effectively and some antipatterns How to track progress in a coaching relationship
Scott Affleck is currently the VP of Product at Ratehub.ca, where he currently leads Product, Design and Analytics. Prior to Scott’s arrival 3 years ago, none of these functions existed, so much of his past 3 years building the team and establishing processes to support a business that has grown 3x in that time.
Scott is an avid lover of high-growth B2C...2020-10-2055 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Four Mindsets of Influential Product Managers with Author and Product Executive, Ken SandyIn this episode with Ken Sandy, you will learn:
A set of 4 fundamental, and sometimes contradictory, mindsets of Influential Product ManagersMapping the product development lifecycle (ideate, discovery, delivery, launch), with each of the 4 mindsetsHow to adopt these mindsets when working on a new Product/Problem (aka discovery) vs optimizing a feature
Ken Sandy is a 20+ years veteran in technology Product Management. Ken pioneered and teaches the first Product Management course offered in the Engineering school at UC Berkeley, which has over 400 PM alumni practicing in industry. Throughout his career, Ken consistently defined, launched and managed award-winning, innovative Web and mobile...2020-10-1554 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)From Product Bootcamps to Boots on the Ground with KOHO VP of ProductIn this episode with Aaron Cheng, you will learn:
Biggest misconceptions about Product Management from an insider’s viewImportant factors to consider for breaking into ProductTop 3 advice from Aaron for aspiring Product Managers
Aaron is the VP of Product at KOHO, a Toronto-based fintech reinventing the everyday banking experience for Canadians. At KOHO, he leads the product, design, data, and marketing teams. Aaron has been focused on products throughout his two-decade career, spanning a variety of consumer and enterprise SaaS businesses including Microsoft and IBM. Prior to joining KOHO in 2018, Aaron spent over three years at Flipp, a retail technology compan...2020-10-0129 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Product Sense – Beyond the Interview QuestionIn this episode with Nader Balata, you will learn:
What is Product Sense and why is it importantNader’s approach to Product SenseWhy Product Sense is difficult
Nader is a product manager with over 10 years of experience and active angel investor in two Toronto startups. He was previously a co-founder of FleetOps, a digital freight marketplace in the trucking space. He now runs product management at a healthtech startup.
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Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2020-09-2044 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)All About OKRs with Leading Global OKR Thought Leader and TrainerIn this episode with Felipe Castro, OKR trainer, you will learn:
Most important factors to setting Objectives and Key Results with examplesBalancing between moonshots and roofshots when setting OKRsEnvironments where OKRs are most effective
Felipe Castro is one of the leading global OKR thought leaders, described by Marty Cagan as one of his six favorite thinkers about product. As an OKR Trainer, Felipe trained thousands of individuals and helped some of the world's leading companies become more adaptive and focused.
Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and notes from this episode in a one-page PDF at bit.ly...2020-09-1344 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Role of Product Management in Rise and Fall of Tech Giants with Productized CEOIn this episode with Andre Marquet, CEO of Productized, you will learn:
Role of Product Management in Rise and Fall of BlackberryLessons Learned from History to Build Lasting ProductsResources to Stay on Top of Product Game
Andre: André Marquet is an engineer based in Lisbon, Portugal. He co-founded and had an executive role at Beta-i for 5 years. He is the CEO of Productized, an innovation consulting company. And the organizer of a leading innovation conference. He lectures at Lisbon Universities, ISEG, UCP, and PBS, classes on Entrepreneurship, Product and Innovation.
Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and n...2020-09-0746 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)All About Product Strategy with Author of Inspired & Empowered, Marty CaganSo you have an empowered Product team where you give them problems and not features to build; that’s great. But how do you know which problems to solve? This talk with Marty Cagan is all about Product Strategy.
Before founding the Silicon Valley Product Group to pursue his interests in helping others create successful products through his writing, speaking, advising and coaching, Marty Cagan served as an executive responsible for defining and building products for some of the most successful companies in the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Netscape Communications, and eBay.
Get the free cheat sheet with all actionable tips and...2020-08-1329 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Build a Remote Product Team with TopTal Head of ProductToday, I will chat with Johnny Chao, Head of Product at TopTal on how to build a remote product team from scratch. We will talk about how Johnny built a remote product team that went from 0 to 1M/month in revenue. We also discuss details about Remote product teams, how to recruit the right talent, how to build a culture remotely.
For over the past 18 years, Johnny has been both a product manager and leader in industries like banking, telecom, GIS and social. He was originally a software engineer from the University of Waterloo but realized his passion after working...2020-08-0347 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Digital Transformation at Enterprise Level with Intersect VP of ProductIn this episode, we will talk about Digital Transformation at the Enterprise level and why your org digital transformation challenge is probably not unique and it’s probably a formulated approach. Now for this talk, I had the privilege to speak with one of the leaders in the industry, James Manson.
James leads the product teams at Intersect as the VP of Product. His background is in the launch of digital products and platforms mostly in large enterprises from the professional services side. Over the course of his career, James also has had the opportunity to touch products and create digita...2020-07-2155 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Importance of Storytelling for Remote Product Teams with PureFacts VP of ProductIn this episode of PM Hub Podcast Series, we will talk about the importance of storytelling for remote product teams with Victor Skrylev, VP of Product at PureFacts.
Steve Jobs famously said once “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda for an entire generation that is to come”. Storytelling is all about telling a story/idea in an engaging way by using the power of emotional connection and turning mundane stories into something cool and giving a unique personality to a product by focusing on benefits instead of features.
Vict...2020-07-1628 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Stakeholder Management for Remote Product Teams with Loblaw Digital Sr. PMIn this episode, we will talk about stakeholder management for remote product teams with Stacey Feero, Sr. Product Manager at Loblaw Digital.
Being the manager of product, you are responsible for the outcome of the product: you’ll be dealing with executives, engineers, sales, and marketing on a daily basis and it's tough to balance. You have be honest and establish trust at the same time and you can't keep everyone happy; its importance shine through as you get more senior in your role
Stacey Feero is a people-first product professional. She stumbled into the Toronto tech scene just over a...2020-07-1041 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Execution for Remote Product Teams with Sensibill VP of ProductIn this episode, we will talk about execution for remote product teams with Amber Foucault, VP of Product at Sensibill.
Given the pandemic that we’re in and the strain it has put on employee productivity with the emotional baggage, the question is, how do you approach execution?
Amber is Vice President, Product at Sensibill. With the launch of over 70 products under her belt, her specialty is creating strategy and momentum for execution on both SaaS products and custom builds despite legacy systems, budgets, and operational hurdles. From B2B2C, B2B and B2C, Amber has worked in ev...2020-06-3038 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Peak Product Manager Framework with Tinder ex-CPOIn this episode we will talk about the Peak Product Manager framework, created by Ravi Mehta; Ravi is a consumer technology and product leader who has scaled products that have impacted millions of people and teams to meet the challenge. Most recently, he was Chief Product Officer at Tinder where he led the product strategy for the world’s #1 monetizing app. In that role, he defined a Gen Z-centric strategy for the next generation of Tinder.
Prior to Tinder, Ravi was at Facebook where he led a team focused on understanding how teens use social media and increasing teen engagement wi...2020-06-2335 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)EQ and Product with Intersect Senior Product LeaderIn this episode, we will talk about Emotional Intelligence or EQ and its importance in product management; initially introduced by Daniel Goleman, EQ is crucial to be an effective product manager; high level of EQ can help you boost influencing, teamwork & collaboration, leadership, organizational awareness, and empathy. Such skills would lead to product success as it helps with roadmap building, A/B testing and reaching your OKRs, however they’re often not given nearly enough attention.
To help us understand this topic better, I had a chat with Chris Hirst; Chris is a product manager who got lucky enough to es...2020-06-1238 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Managing Remote Product Teams during COVID_19 with TWG Group Product ManagerIn this episode of PM Hub Podcast Series, I will talk about how to effectively manage your remote team during COVID_19 with TWG Group Product Manager, James Costa.
COVID_19 has reshaped work structure and product teams have to be nimble to keep their head above the water. As more organizations embrace distributed teams, how can product managers adapt? Challenges around communication, stakeholder alignment, team morale, and productivity.
James is a Group Product Manager at TWG where he is focused on growing product as a discipline, data & analytics as a practice, and supports projects that come through the studio. Before joining...2020-06-0244 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Run Remote Design Sprints with ChefsList CPOIn this episode of PM Hub Podcast Series, I will talk about how to effectively run remote design sprints.
With the new realities of the remote work, product teams are adjusting their processes and running design sprints remotely is becoming more and more popular. In order to help us get hands on tips on how to effectively run design sprints remotely, I had a chat with Mitch Seguin.
Mitch is a mechanical engineer, turned product manager, that is now on his second startup startup, Chefslist, a B2B ordering platform based in Berlin, Germany. Mitch started his career in Toronto, hel...2020-05-2547 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Changing Product Roadmaps During COVID_19 with Loblaw Digital Senior Director of ProductIn this episode of PM Hub Podcast Series, I will talk about changing product roadmaps during covid_19; there is pandemic going around the world and lots of businesses on the shutting down, pivoting to help the community, etc.
Having a customer-centric approach requires us to constantly assess our understanding of their needs to make sure we are building something useful. To help us better understand how to go about changing roadmaps, I had talk with Kim Phelan.
Kim’s been in Product Management for the last 18 years. She’s lead products at a number of startups in Toronto including Achievers, Tuco...2020-05-1132 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)How to Effectively Run Product Experimentation with CBC Product ManagerIn this episode of PM Hub podcast series, I interview Mathew Martin on how to effectively run product experimentation specially with large teams
Mathew is a Product Manager at CBC; he started his journey as a web developer and joined CBC back in 2012 as an Android Developer. Since then he worked his way into product management and now manages Native Apps and Emerging Platforms with a product team of 16 people.
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2020-04-2232 min
Product Manager Hub (PM Hub)Product Management History and Trends in Toronto with MaRS Discovery District Product Management AdvisorIn this episode of PM Hub podcast series, I interview Lee Garrison on trends of product management in Toronto and Canada for the past 2 decades.
Lee is a product Leader with over 2 decades of experience; he is a long time contributor and advocate in growing the pm community in the GTA. He is a Director on the Board of the TPMA, Startup Advisor, Mentor and Consultant.
Intro music by Peter Boros of The Nameless Citizens2020-04-2237 min