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One Knight in ProductMatt Maier's Hot Take - AI Will Lead to a Post-Employment World (...and That's Good!) (with Matt Maier, Product Marketer & AI Enthusiast)Matt Maier is a product marketer and AI enthusiast from Irvine, California, with a background spanning the Air Force, aerospace, healthcare, and startup consulting.
His hot take? Within 5 years, employment as we know it will sharply decline. Matt predicts that advancements in AI will render traditional employee-employer relationships obsolete, because why would companies hire people to do easily automatable tasks? On the other hand, Matt believes this is a good thing and will enable an entirely new way of working.
Find Matt on LinkedIn or drop him an email at Solo Scale AI.
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One Knight in ProductJeremy Kirouac's Hot Take - Founders Need Product Management Training (with Jeremy Kirouac, Fractional Product Leader)Jeremy Kirouac is a "Pan-Canadian" product leader and former startup founder who has thrown himself headlong into the world of fractional product leadership, as well as helping advise companies in all things product-related.
His hot take? That startup founders live in information bubbles that concentrate solely on revenue and don't spend enough time teaching them good product management fundamentals. This impacts their chances of building a good product company and impacts their relationship with product management teams as they scale.
Find Jeremy all over Canada, or on LinkedIn.
If you'd like to appear...2024-09-2515 min
One Knight in ProductChris Locke's Hot Take - Product Leaders Need to Adopt a VC Mindset (with Chris Locke, CEO @ Aspire)Chris Locke is a long-time product leader who has taken his passion for educating product managers into his agency, Aspire, with which he aims to help product teams bridge the skills gap and equip them with the skills and resources to build products customers love.
His hot take? That product leaders need to adopt the mindset of Venture Capitalists to truly drive growth through their product initiatives; placing a series of bets, backed by data, with clear stage gates for decision-making and adopting a portfolio approach to product prioritisation.
Find Chris on LinkedIn and remember...2024-09-2217 min
One Knight in ProductGreg Prickril's Hot Take - AI is going to change everything for Product Managers (with Greg Prickril, B2B Product Management Coach, Consultant & Trainer)Greg Prickril is a B2B Product Management coach, consultant and trainer who has gone all-in on AI and is bullish about the impact that he thinks it'll have on product management.
His hot take? AI is going to change everything about product management. It's going to mean fewer jobs are required to deliver products, but it also opens up opportunities for business-focused product managers to make a real impact in their jobs, and accelerate them in doing so.
Find Greg on LinkedIn, Prickril.com or https://www.coachpms.com/
If you'd like...2024-07-2816 min
Product in the Enterprise#16 PM & Product Marketing: Creating Strategic Value TogetherIn this episode, I talk to Megan Thomas, Founder of Rize Brand and Fractional CMO, about how product management and product marketing can collaborate more effectively. We talk about the differences between these two disciplines, how they can better plan their engagement, and specifics like who owns product launches and the role of generative AI in marketing.
2024-02-1524 minProduct in the Enterprise#15 Getting PM Tooling RightIn this episode, I talk to Justin Woods, Founder of Roadmap Heroes, about the perils of adopting software tooling for PMs. We'll talk about important prerequisites, staffing, common mistakes, and much more.2023-12-1423 minProduct in the Enterprise#14 Conversational AI and Product ManagementGenerative AI has changed the tech landscape at a pace never before seen. In this episode, we talk to Kiziltan Yuceil, PhD about this amazing new technology and the massive potential it represents to improve products.
2023-11-0938 min
The Secrets of Product Management Podcast153: There Are No Rules – On Product Management GatekeepingThere are no rules that define who will make a great product manager This episode was inspired by a “rant” (actually, a well-reasoned post) from Graham Reed on LinkedIn, and another post by Greg Prickril. Both were about the ridiculousness of the people posting nonsense and disinformation about product management and what it “really” is Read More2023-10-2415 min
The Secrets of Product Management Podcast153: There Are No Rules – On Product Management GatekeepingThere are no rules that define who will make a great product manager This episode was inspired by a “rant” (actually, a well-reasoned post) from Graham Reed on LinkedIn, and another post by Greg Prickril. Both were about the ridiculousness of the people posting nonsense and disinformation about product management and what it “really” is Read More2023-10-2415 minThe Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innovation, resumes, job interviews, PRDs, working with developers, persuasion and influence153: There Are No Rules – On Product Management GatekeepingThere are no rules that define who will make a great product manager This episode was inspired by a “rant” (actually, a well-reasoned post) from Graham Reed on LinkedIn, and another post by Greg Prickril. Both were about the ridiculousness of the people posting nonsense and disinformation about product management and what it “really” is Read More2023-10-2415 minProduct in the Enterprise#13 Sharpening the Axe with Product OperationsProduct ops is a relatively new discipline that has been gaining significant traction globally in the last few years. In this episode, Antonia Landi, product ops consultant & coach, will help us define product ops, discuss its critical value to product organizations, and address common concerns and misconceptions.2023-10-1033 minProduct in the Enterprise#12 Behavior-driven Development with Pavel MocanProduct development is broken. There's not enough functional design done concerning how products should behave, there's insufficient collaboration amongst disciplines, and the imprecision of team communication leads to suboptimal outputs and outcomes. Behavior-driven Development (BDD) is an attempt to address these shortcomings. In this episode, we're joined by Pavel Mocan, a proponent of BDD. Pavel defines BDD and shares his hard-won knowledge of implementing it for a complex product.
Learn more about Pavel's services at https://bdd.academy/
Discover how you can manage your product career strategically at https://www.coachpms.com/2023-03-0832 minProduct in the Enterprise#11 Ask Greg AnythingIn this installment of the podcast, Greg answers questions submitted by listeners.
Questions for interviewers 00:24
Job search after getting laid off 06:45
Should I get an MBA? 13:22
You can find out more about the Product Management Empowerment Program at www.prickril.com/pmep
You can submit questions and comments by using the contact form on prickril.com or coachpms.com.2023-02-0818 minProduct in the Enterprise#10 A Pricing Framework for the MassesIn this episode, I sit down with Emanuel Martonca again. Manu is the founder of Softfight, a price management consultancy. We discuss a simple framework for thinking about product pricing and some of the psychological issues that keep us from maximizing our product’s revenue. See the link to the first conversation below (on a different podcast).
Last podcast with Manu
Manu's site. Check it out!
2023-01-2533 minProduct in the Enterprise#9 B2B vs. B2C: What's the difference and who cares?In this episode, we talk to Büşra Coşkuner, an independent product coach, trainer & educator at Producteer. We have a wide-ranging discussion about the differences between B2B and B2C product management and how these differences are relevant, especially to people who are new to product management. Among other things, we discuss the role of roadmaps in product management in general and, more specifically, in the B2B/B2C context.
More about Büşra here: https://www.busra.co/2023-01-0446 minProduct in the Enterprise#8 Building Software Platforms in the EnterpriseIn this episode, Nicolas Duerr helps us explore the knowledge and techniques required to be a world-class product manager in the platform space. Nicolas is Co-founder and Managing Director at futurebrains.
Here are some resources Nicolas recommends for those interested in building great platforms.
Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms
Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy - and How to Make Them Work for You
2022-09-1629 minProduct in the Enterprise#7 Productivity and Time Management Tools for Product ManagersIn this episode, Greg shares the software tools that radically increase his productivity. He also shares a couple of best practices for managing your time more effectively. Greg discusses the following tools:
Beeftext text expander
1Password password manager (here's the documentary Greg describes)
Copyfish OCR browser add-in
Windows World Clock
Windows Clipboard History (here's some info for Mac users)
2022-07-1211 min
Product in the Enterprise#6 Ask Greg AnythingIn this installment of Ask Greg Anything, Greg addresses questions on market segment focus in startups, attributes of a great resume, and how to think about "product sense". For more information on accelerating your product career, visit us at www.coachpms.com. To learn how Greg can help increase the impact of your product management organization, visit www.prickril.com.2022-07-0417 minProduct in the Enterprise#5 The Impact of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence on Product ManagersIn this episode, I talk to Dr. Stylianos Kampakis, CEO of Tesseract Academy and an expert on data science and artificial intelligence. We explore how the impact of data science and AI is quickly growing in product development circles and what PMs can do to stay on top of these approaches in their work.
https://tesseract.academy/2022-06-2024 minProduct in the Enterprise#4 Moving Beyond Product Management: Enterprise SolutionsIn this episode, Greg discusses managing complex combinations of offerings at enterprise scale. Prickril Consulting is a leader in the relatively new area of solution management. Greg discusses the key challenges of managing solutions and how this discipline interfaces with and impacts traditional product management.
You can find the white paper that Greg refers to here.
For more information on accelerating your product career or improving your PM organization's business impact, visit us at Coach PMs. 2022-06-1516 min
Product in the Enterprise#3 Ask Greg AnythingIn this edition of Ask Greg Anything, Greg addresses the following questions:
How do I identify the type of organization I'd like to work for as a product manager? [00:15]
What is product discovery and how do you know if you're already doing it? [04:10]
How can product managers and product owners work together in startups (and what's the difference between them)? [09:50]
Interested in accelerating your product management career? Visit us a www.coachpms.com.
Need help improving your product management organization's maturity? Take a look at www.prickril.com.
2022-06-0814 minProduct in the Enterprise#2 Becoming a Product Leader Requires UnlearningIn this episode, Stephen Parker, CEO of the Project Parker, and I talk about new skills product leaders must learn and some things they must unlearn. If you're a product leader, transitioning into one, or aspire to someday be a leader, this episode is for you.
https://projectparker.com/
2022-06-0127 min
Product in the Enterprise#1 Product-led Growth in Enterprise B2BIn this episode, I talk to Tiziano Nessi, Senior Product Manager at Frontify about his company's product-led growth journey. Tiziano has only recently begun focusing on growth This is the first episode in a series following Frontify's growth journey.2022-05-1824 min
career.pm Podcast#15: Answering Your QuestionsIn this episode, we answer your questions on qualifying your first employer, doing product discovery, and how PMs and POs should work together.2022-02-1014 mincareer.pm Podcast#14: Product Pricing with Emanuel MartoncaPricing is one of the "dark corners" of product development that many PMs actively avoid. In this episode, we talk with Emanuel Martonca of Soft Fight about the science of product pricing. It's a great listen for all product managers and leaders who want to improve their pricing chops.https://softfight.com/2021-12-0336 mincareer.pm Podcast#13: Content Ops for PMs with Rahel BailieIn this episode, we talk to Rahel Bailie, founder of Content, Seriously regarding the criticality to enterprise product teams of managing the vast amounts of information they generate. Whether it's marketing collateral, the text we include in UIs, or compliance documents related to the market we serve, effectively and strategically managing content can be a significant differentiator to technology companies.2021-11-1628 mincareer.pm Podcast#12: PM Training as a Simulation with Oleg Yakubenkov, CEO of GoPractice.ioGoPractice is changing how product managers learn about using data and analytics by designing their course as an elaborate simulation. In this episode, GoPractice's CEO, Oleg Yakubenkov, talks about his path into product management and what inspired him to disrupt the PM training market.2021-09-0827 minThe Secrets of Product Management Podcast89: 3 Decision-Making Hacks for Product ManagersDecision-making is a core competency for product managers Greg Prickril, who’s been a guest on the podcast, just did a LinkedIn post about the most important competency for product managers. He said it was “prioritization” – which I don’t disagree with. And one important facet of prioritization is decision making. And in this episode I Read More2021-07-2112 minThe Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innovation, resumes, job interviews, PRDs, working with developers, persuasion and influence89: 3 Decision-Making Hacks for Product ManagersDecision-making is a core competency for product managers Greg Prickril, who’s been a guest on the podcast, just did a LinkedIn post about the most important competency for product managers. He said it was “prioritization” – which I don’t disagree with. And one important facet of prioritization is decision making. And in this episode I Read More2021-07-2112 min
career.pm Podcast#11: Product Operations with Anabela CesárioProduct operations has emerged in the last few years as a discipline designed to increase product management's impact. In this discussion with Anabela Cesário, Director of Product Operations at Outsystems, we'll dive into the key accountabilities and activities of product ops and discuss when an organization should consider adopting a product ops approach.2021-05-2523 mincareer.pm Podcast#10: Prioritization with Daniel Zacarias of Folding Burritos and career.pmPrioritization is an essential competency for product managers but it still confuses and confounds many. There are so many tools and frameworks. How do I choose the best one for my situation? Daniel Zacarias, a world authority on prioritization and co-founder at career.pm imparts some prioritization wisdom in this episode, starting with a strategic approach. Everyone involved in product could benefit from his sage advice.2021-04-1919 mincareer.pm Podcast#9: Product Launches with Dave Daniels of BrainkraftWhat is the point as PMs of working so hard planning and executing a product release if we're not prepared to make a big splash in the market with a highly effective product launch? In this podcast, we talk with Dave Daniels, an expert in product management and product launches. He takes us through they key activities, talks about accountability from the perspective of product managers, and gives us insight into what makes launches succesful (and what doesn't!).To learn more about Brainkraft, including their amazing online course on product launches, visit them at...2021-03-1633 minThe Secrets of Product Management Podcast81: Kristy Olinger on Communication, Radical Transparency, and A Growth MindsetKristy Olinger – Communication Guru I met Kristy Olinger a few months ago, introduced by our mutual friend Greg Prickril (a guest on the podcast last year). We immediately hit it off and I knew she’d be a great guest for the podcast. In her day job Kristy is a product manager for credit card Read More2021-02-2335 minThe Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innovation, resumes, job interviews, PRDs, working with developers, persuasion and influence81: Kristy Olinger on Communication, Radical Transparency, and A Growth MindsetKristy Olinger – Communication Guru I met Kristy Olinger a few months ago, introduced by our mutual friend Greg Prickril (a guest on the podcast last year). We immediately hit it off and I knew she’d be a great guest for the podcast. In her day job Kristy is a product manager for credit card Read More2021-02-2335 mincareer.pm Podcast#8: Managing API Products and Product Ecosystems with Olli KilpeläinenIn this episode, we interview an experienced product leader at Kone, a $10B international powerhouse about: Managing APIs as a product Building and nurturing a product ecosystem Transitioning into a product leadership positionOlli Kilpeläinen is a digitalization enthusiast with a combination of software engineering and business background with over 15 years of experience in high-tech product and service creation in several industries.He has shipped products in multiple domains including consumer electronics, internet of things and platforms, virtual reality, multimedia software, software developer kit/tools, and industrial IoT. Currently, he works on digitizing smart b...2021-02-2323 mincareer.pm Podcast#7 Formal Product Management Degrees with Claire McBrideIn this episode, we speak to the leader of a graduate product management program at a University in Ireland. We explore the value of a formal degree for product professionals, the specific benefits of participating in an accredited learning experience, and the growth of formal learning opportunities for product managers and product leaders. If you find the the idea of a formal degree in product interesting or just want to keep up on developments in product education, this episode is for you!You can learn more about Claire and the program she manages here.2021-02-0823 mincareer.pm Podcast#6: AI and Product Management with Dr. Marek MeyerIn this episode, we explore product management in the context of artificial intelligence with Dr. Marek Meyer, Director of Product at arago. Marek has a background in traditional PM, having then transitioned to AI-centric products. He will give us some insight into what he currently does and what he's learned as his focus on AI has grown. He'll also share some information fresh from the trenches of AI-based process automation. Finally, Marek provides some tips for PMs wanting to "wet their toes" in the fascinating world of artificial intelligence.2021-02-0221 min
The Essence of Product Management by career.pmCourse IntroductionIn this lecture, Greg Prickril, Co-founder of career.pm, describes the course's goals and structure.2021-01-2402 mincareer.pm Podcast#5: Getting Inside the Interviewer's Head with Philip HubertusYou should use product management skills to improve your chances of acing interviews. Just like you need to get "inside the head" of prospects and customers, you need to understand as a job-seeker what's important to the person interviewing you. Philip Humbertus is a product leader at Here Technologies, a global provider of location services. In his career building high-performance teams, he's reflected a lot on what makes a good candidate and what doesn't. If you're looking for a PM job or might be some day, this episode is for you!2021-01-2418 mincareer.pm Podcast#4: Richard Wolfe, personal productivity expert and inventor of Braintoss (an app you need!)In this episode we talk to self-proclaimed "persuer of simplicity", Richard Wolfe. Richard gives us the background on the "capture app" he created called Braintoss which I believe every PM needs to increase their productivity and capture their most creative ideas. Richard is an innovative thinker and an expert on personal productivity. Visit his various projects below.http://www.braintoss.comhttp://www.speedmailing.comhttp://www.parkingskills.comhttp://appliedtrello.parkingskills.com2021-01-1623 mincareer.pm Podcast#3: Breaking into Product Leadership with Gwyn ClayIn this episode, we talk to a seasoned product leadership veteran about his transition into formal product leadership roles. Gwyn Clay has an impressive resume as a product leader. He is Chief Product Officer at Alpega group. When we recorded this interview, he was Head of Product, Automation Business at Broadcom Inc. If you're thinking about assuming a product leadership position in your career, this episode is for you!Highlights from our Conversation Working in large companies requires effective alignment with other product leaders The ability to effectively recruit for your team is key Let go...2020-12-1026 mincareer.pm Podcast#2: Off the Cuff with Steve JohnsonIn this installment of our "Off the Cuff" series, we have a free form conversation with Steve Johnson, a well-known product management brain and Chief Product Officer at Under10 Consulting. Among other things, Steve and I discuss: The pain of working from home Maintaining work/life balance The impact of poor leadership on working from home The differences between B2B and B2C product managementYou can watch the video of this episode on our YouTube channel.You can learn more about Steve and his offerings on his site.If you like...2020-11-2928 min
career.pm Podcast#1: Breaking In with Rob FontenotIn this episode, we talk to Rob Fontenot, a product manager at Swipeclock who made a lateral transition into a product management role. Rob used his sales experience to get a job at a company where he hoped to become a PM. He talks about how being transparent about your ambitions can be a powerful way to set yourself up for a transition into product. Rob also provides great advice about the role of feedback in professional growth. If you're looking for your first PM gig, this episode will be especially valuable to you.If you like...2020-11-2418 min
Lessons In Product ManagementWhy PMs Should Be More Involved In Architecture w/ Greg Prickril - Founder of Career.PM and former Sr. PM at IBM, Microsoft, and SAPOn today's episode, I sat down with Greg Prickril, Founder of Career.PM and Prickril Consulting and former Senior PM at IBM, Microsoft and SAP.
In this discussion, Greg shares why PMs should be much more involved with architecture than we probably think we should. Here's some of the points we discussed:
Architecture impacts the business in ways we won't know until it happens
We can miss out on doing the things we should be doing in our products if we haven't given architecture the consideration upfront that we should have
How to get involved in a...2020-04-2216 minThe Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innovation, resumes, job interviews, PRDs, working with developers, persuasion and influenceGreg Prickril on Managing Your Product Management Career Like A ProductGreg Prickril has been coaching and training PMs for many years. He started noticing that product managers, on the whole, were not putting as much attention into their careers - their professional development - as they could be. And that simply applying product management skills and techniques could make a big difference for PMs' career outcomes.2020-01-2129 minThe Secrets of Product Management PodcastGreg Prickril on Managing Your Product Management Career Like A ProductGreg Prickril has been coaching and training PMs for many years. He started noticing that product managers, on the whole, were not putting as much attention into their careers - their professional development - as they could be. And that simply applying product management skills and techniques could make a big difference for PMs' career outcomes.2020-01-2129 min