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The Product ExperienceA better approach to the product team process - John Cutler (Head of Product, Dotwork)In this episode of The Product Experience, host Randy Silver sits down with product veteran John Cutler to explore why creating great products remains one of the hardest things organisations do. They dive into why so many companies adopt off‑the‑shelf models (“Spotify”, “SAFe”, etc) and still struggle, and how the secret often lies not in what you build but how you build it—specifically the game you design for how you work.Chapters00:00 — The stigma around “how you work”00:54 — Introducing John Cutler (again)01:25 — What John’s building at Dotwork02:46 — From fun to formal: doing discovery a...
2025-11-2644 min
The CircuitPython ShowJohn RomkeyJohn Romkey joins the show and shares his CircuitPython tool, circremote, what it does, how it works, how he used Cursor and Claude to help write it, and more.
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:56 John’s start with computers and electronics
6:25 circremote
9:21 circremote clean and emacs support
12:22 circremote’s sensor support and AI
14:23 Cursor with VS Code and Claude
19:27 Sensor and device support in circremote
21:32 Community sensor work
26:16 Which board?
Enjo...
2025-11-1028 min
Product Momentum PodcastJohn Cutler: Product Managers as Game Designers – Shifting the Workplace MindsetJohn Cutler is Head of Product at Dotwork – a startup dedicated to transforming how teams collaborate and manage product development. He is also a prolific writer, including his wildly popular newsletter, The Beautiful Mess. John’s prior roles include supporting product teams at Toast as Senior Director, Product Enablement and Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude.
In today’s episode of Product Momentum, John joins Sean and Dan for an in-person conversation recorded at INDUSTRY, The Product Conference back in September. We caught up with John in between his day 2 keynote and re-entry into “startup survival mode.” During our...
2025-09-3024 minThe CircuitPython ShowJohn FletcherIn the kickoff of season 6, John Fletcher joins the show. John shares how he ported CircuitPython to web assembly, how it works, and how using Claude Code helped.
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:23 John’s start with computers
4:07 John’s Discord nickname
5:05 CircuitPython and web assembly
6:43 How CircuitPython works in the browser
7:46 Advantages to using CircuitPython in the browser
9:25 Windows Subsystem for Linux
10:25 Using Claude Code
10:49 Managing the prompts
12:48 How to t...
2025-09-2915 min
The BootloaderDrop the beat - with guest John ParkIn this episode, Tod and Paul welcome John Park to the show. They discuss a floppy disk MIDI boombox, live-coding music, RP2350 as a mini-computer, and more.
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
Joséphine Wolf Oberholtzer, creator and maintainer of Supriya
00:54 Floppy Disk Midi Boomboxes (John #1)
Vintage:
Roland MT-80S
Roland MT-300S
Yamaha MDP-10
DIY:
MIDI Blaster by Luke.the.maker and build instructions and pre-built
MT-420 by Jonas Bengtson
9:04 AlgoRave (Tod #1)
DJ_Dave:
Instagram reels:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DL0P...
2025-08-0432 min
Product Ops ChroniclesUnderstanding the four hats of product operations with John CutlerEver felt like you’re doing four jobs at once? According to John Cutler, there may be some truth to that sentiment. In this episode of Product Ops Chronicles, hosts Graham Reed and Antonia Landi sit down with John to discuss the four hats of product operations: the operational excellence leader, the designer, the builder, and the wrangler. Plus, why not all dependencies are bad, and how to manage them without slowing down.Key talking points: The four hats of product opsBalancing collaborative and transactional work...
2025-06-121h 00Product Ops ChroniclesUnderstanding the four hats of product operations with John CutlerEver felt like you’re doing four jobs at once? According to John Cutler, there may be some truth to that sentiment. In this episode of Product Ops Chronicles, hosts Graham Reed and Antonia Landi sit down with John to discuss the four hats of product operations: the operational excellence leader, the designer, the builder, and the wrangler. Plus, why not all dependencies are bad, and how to manage them without slowing down.Key talking points: The four hats of product opsBalancing collaborative and transactional work...
2025-06-111h 00
PRODUCTEA with Leah, Growth & Senior Leadership104: John Cutler - How to Turn Team Chaos into StrategyForget corporate utopias—John Cutler spills the real tea on why work sucks and why we are messy. On "organized anarchies," why 50% of your team is checked out, and how to turn chaos into strategy. Perfect for you if you are tired of performative frameworks.Timestamps & Key Moments00:00 - Intro to the ChaosJohn’s AI-generated roast sets the tone: “Product management’s most unhinged mind” dissects why companies are glorified dumpster fires.01:56 - Why Work SucksThe “garbage can theory” of organizations...
2025-04-2753 min
Supra Insider#52: The beautiful mess of organizational context | John Cutler & Joshua Herzig-MarxWelcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, Marc and Ben sat down with John Cutler and Joshua Herzig-Marx for a wide-ranging conversation about how AI is transforming the way product teams build, collaborate, and scale. John shares why he joined a new early-stage startup as Head of Product and how the team is breaking the traditional rules of product development—starting with a platform-first mindset.The conversation explores the rise of highly configurable tools, the new personas emerging in AI-native organizations, and how simulations, knowledge graphs, and organizational ontologies might shape the next generation of wo...
2025-04-071h 09
Leading Complexity#33 - John CutlerIn this episode of Leading Complexity, hosts Tomas Björkholm and Michael Göthe talk with John Cutler—product thinker, UX veteran, and writer of the popular newsletter The Beautiful Mess. John shares deep insights into the everyday challenges of navigating complexity in modern organizations. Together with the hosts, he explores common pitfalls, how we accidentally create complexity, and why empathy, storytelling, and system visibility are key to making progress. Tomas and Michael pause throughout the conversation to clarify, reflect, and highlight the most important takeaways. A practical and thoughtful episode for anyone leading in today’s fast-moving, ever-changing world.
2025-04-0115 min
Savor A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Uplifting.The John Cutler Mysteries Box Set 1, Books 1-3 by Colin ConwayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/157057to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The John Cutler Mysteries Box Set 1, Books 1-3
Series: The John Cutler Mysteries, Book 1-3
Author: Colin Conway
Narrator: Damon Abdallah
Format: mp3
Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
Release date: 03-28-25
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Thrillers
Publisher's Summary:
When love hit Cutler, it knocked him down. That’s when life kicked him in the teeth. Police officer John Cutler knew better than to fall in love. He should have walked away because she was dangerous. Cutler instinctively understood why, yet he couldn’t say no. That only led...
2025-03-287h 47
UnlearnHow Product Managers Can Avoid Startup Failures and Drive Growth with John CutlerWelcome to the UNLEARN Podcast! Today, we’re joined by a thought leader and prolific voice in product management and organizational design, John Cutler. With a unique ability to navigate the “beautiful mess” of product development, John has spent his career exploring the complex overlaps of product, UX, and strategy.Currently serving as Head of Product at Dotwork, John has previously held impactful roles such as Senior Director of Product Enablement at Toast and Product Evangelist at Amplitude, where he collaborated with thousands of product teams worldwide. His extensive experience spans B2B SaaS giants like Zendesk, Pendo...
2025-01-1547 min
Sketchplanations - The PodcastCake Wrecks with guest John CutlerHave you ever had your order or instructions (for a cake or otherwise) go hilariously awry? Oh dear... How funny. Never mind eh?!? I'm sure there's a lesson in these somewhere. In this episode, we discuss the phenomenon of 'Cake Wrecks,' where instructions for creating something go hilariously wrong, and how this applies broadly to miscommunication in product development. The conversation is joined by John Cutler, a prolific writer and ("on second") thought leader in digital product development. We delve into the importance of clear communication, prototypes, and iterative understanding in avoiding these...
2025-01-0940 min
Work For HumansApplying Product Management Tools for a Better Employee Experience | John CutlerProduct managers are often used to setting goals and going after them with a single-minded focus, achieving success by pushing for results. If they approach the job like a mechanic—fixing, controlling, and managing tasks—they risk stifling innovation and limiting their team’s potential. Without realizing it, managers can create an environment that suppresses growth. John Cutler, a seasoned product manager and researcher, believes that by adopting a service-oriented mindset, managers can instead empower their teams, foster growth, and ultimately drive better results for both the product and the people.John Cutler is the Head of Produc...
2024-12-241h 27
The Experience EdgeEp 2. - Product is just feeding the beast - John Cutler - ex Toast, AmplitudeVisit us at www.theydo.comSummaryJochem Van Der Veer and John Cutler discuss the intersection of product management and customer experience, emphasizing the importance of customer centricity and aligning business strategies with customer perspectives. They explore the challenges of siloed departments, the role of leadership in fostering a customer-centric culture, and the need for situational awareness and innovation. The conversation highlights the importance of multi-frame thinking, cultural shifts, and integrating business metrics with customer insights. They also address the complexities of defining a North Star metric and advocate for a balanced approach combining top-do...
2024-11-281h 15The BootloaderWelcome Kevin Santo CappuccioWelcome to the show
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Welcome to our second guest, Kevin Santo Cappuccio, the creator of Jumperless.
6:20 The UNO Plus+ (Kevin #1)
The UNO Plus+ from John Loeffler is what the Arduino UNO should’ve been all along. It’s the same shape and hardware as the Arduino UNO, with the added bonus of LED...
2024-11-0429 min
Supra Insider#33: The nuanced reality of the product leadership job market | John Cutler & Josh Herzig-MarxWelcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, Marc and Ben are joined by John Cutler and Joshua Herzig-Marx (friends of the show) to explore a growing trend in the product community: product leaders struggling to find their next roles. We discussed the contributing factors to this trend, including the flattening of product organizations, the rise of super IC PMs, and the influence of AI. The conversation dives into practical advice for product leaders navigating these challenges and what the future might hold for product leadership.For anyone who is navigating the evolving product...
2024-10-2855 min
Finding Our Way49: Unraveling Complexity in Product Development (ft. John Cutler)
Transcript
This transcript is auto-generated and lightly edited. Apologies for any mistakes.
Jesse: I’m Jesse James Garrett,
Peter: and I’m Peter Merholz.
Jesse: And we’re finding our way,
Peter: Navigating the opportunities
Jesse: and challenges
Peter: of design and design leadership,
Jesse: Welcome to the next phase.
Joining us to talk about what’s next for digital product design is John Cutler, veteran product manager and product management consultant. Along the way, we’ll discuss what product leaders know that design leade...
2024-10-081h 03
Boundaryless Conversations Podcast#105 – Understanding why the Company is the Product with John CutlerJohn Cutler, a veteran thought leader and practitioner in product management, joins us for the first episode of Season 6 of the Boundaryless Conversations podcast. John is popularly known for his work on product development, collaboration, and systems thinking, and has worked with some of the most advanced product-centric organizations like Toast, Amplitude, and Zendesk. Based on his wealth of experience, John runs a thought-provoking newsletter, “The Beautiful Mess”, where he shares deep insights and revolutionary ideas in product and organizational development.During this podcast, we touched on how a founder’s belief systems shape...
2024-10-0155 min
PRODUCTEA with Leah, Growth & Senior Leadership71: John Cutler - How to structure a product organizationJohn Cutler on the challenges of scaling and operating a collaborative product organization. We discuss different mental models for how different functions work together as teams and why it’s important to clarify and document the operating model, especially during times of growth, turnover, or changing strategies.John talks about the concept of scaffolding is introduced as a way to navigate the process of change and improvement and why most crossfunctional initiatives fail.TakeawaysDefine in an operating model team sizes, roles, and responsibilitiesReduce single points of failure and promote sha...
2024-08-181h 18
Building Better GamesE69: How Product Thinking Can Help Your Game with John CutlerWelcome to another episode of Building Better Games! Today, we are thrilled to have John Cutler, a capable and experienced product leader with a background in tech (with some game development and music thrown in). John will share his insights on fostering a healthy product culture, maintaining vision, and avoiding common pitfalls in the industry. Key Points: John Cutler's Journey: Started with a video game studio. Transitioned from music to software product management. Writes, consults, and leads product organizations. Product Thinking: Importance of product managers alongside talented designers and engineers. Focus on...
2024-08-1343 min
Scandinavian Product Podcast#10 Working like the "best" product orgs | John Cutler, The Beautiful MessMy guest today is one of my favorite product thinkers: John CutlerJohn is an absolute legend in the product community, and one thing I love about John is his dedication to sharing the messiness and contextual nuances in the world of building products.John has worked in Product with some of the most exciting tech companies around the globe and is the author of one of the most-read Product newsletters in the world: The Beautiful Mess.Everyone wants to work like the "best" product organizations. But what does "best" even mean? The "...
2024-06-011h 07
No Nonsense Agile Leadership#0103 - Product Management with John Cutler.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss product management with John Cutler, famous for his newsletter The Beautiful Mess.
We dive into the purpose of product management as a driver of profitable growth. And we discuss how to use the north star framework to align your organisation around common goals. We examine how to use product roadmaps to communicate and prioritize plans and discuss how critical it is to be an open, honest, and effective leader. And finally we look at whether agile is critical or useless in product management. Join us as we uncover...
2024-05-301h 06
One Knight in ProductJohn Cutler's Hot Take - The Instagram-ification of Product Management is Driving us Crazy (with John Cutler, Product Educator & Author @ The Beautiful Mess)John Cutler is a systems overthinker, product educator and author of "The Beautiful Mess" newsletter.
His hot take? That the Instagram-ification of product management sets unrealistic standards, and is driving us all crazy.
If you'd like to appear on Hot Takes, please grab a time!
2024-05-1925 min
Supra Insider#7: Digesting the Product Narrative Soup with John CutlerWelcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, Marc and I are excited to bring you our conversation with John Cutler. John writes The Beautiful Mess, a popular Substack newsletter in the product community and frequently posts on LI to his 100k followers. We both learned about John’s work during his time at Amplitude, where he spent 4.5 years as a product evangelist and coach for hundreds of product teams around the globe, giving him a unique vantage point about reality on the ground in many different environments and cultures. John legitimately lives in the “matrix of pr...
2024-04-2248 min
Productly Speaking: A Product Management PodcastS1E5: Navigating the Beautiful Mess with John CutlerIn this episode of “Productly Speaking”, we discuss John Cutler's journey into product management, his contributions to the product management community through The Beautiful Mess, and his thoughts on self-gaslighting and the doubt loop. We also talk about his audience, where he finds his inspiration from, his thoughts on getting started creating content for the PM community, and the different voices that are already out there. This is an exciting discussion that's like drinking a large cup of bulletproof coffee with a side of wisdom, resilience, and a dash of humour.
Show Notes: https://www...
2024-04-0240 min
The Evolved Man w/Steve Cutler163: John G Miller - Personal Accountability and The Question Behind The QuestionIt's my fault
I am responsible
I am accountable
How often do you hear yourself saying these words? It seems like our society continues to go down a path of blame rather than a path of personal accountability.
Today's guest is bestselling author and speaker John G. Miller. John wrote the bestselling book QBQ, The Question Behind The Question and has been speaking about personal accountability for 30 years.
In episode 163 Steve sits down for a fun conversation with John on how we can learn the lang...
2024-03-0155 min
The Startup Podcast - advice for early stage tech founders from Silicon Valley insidersEdu: Beyond Startup Dogma - John Cutler Says Embrace The MessStartup founders are often preached to follow neat frameworks and one-size fits all prescriptions.
Here to say “embrace the mess” is John Cutler. John is a well-respected thought leader in the startup world. He is currently the Senior director responsible for product enablement at Toast. John has previously held the position of product evangelist at Amplitude and numerous product management roles over his fascinating career arc. Most importantly, John is the author of the long running newsletter “The Beautiful Mess” where he posts prolifically to his followers about product development.
This week, John joins Chris and Yani...
2024-02-061h 03
Deadhead Cannabis ShowDead NYE ’81: Animal House, NRPS, Joan Baez, Dark Star and Breakfast, South Korean Drug Laws Are Deadly; RIP John Cutler"The Tragic Consequences of Strict Drug Policies: Remembering Lee Sun-kyun"Larry Michigan, starts off by wishing everyone a happy new year and reminiscing about the Grateful Dead's legendary New Year's Eve shows. He decides to feature songs from the Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve show in 1981 at the Oakland Coliseum. Larry describes the chaotic countdown and the band's energetic performance at midnight. He also pays tribute to John Cutler, a Grateful Dead sound technician and producer who recently passed away. Larry discusses the strict anti-drug policies in South Korea and the tragic death of Korean actor Lee...
2024-01-021h 13
Passive House PodcastBonus Episode: John Knapp, Source 2050 (PhiusCon 2023)In this special bonus episode recorded at the PhiusCon 2023, Co-Host of the Passive House Podcast, Matthew Cutler Welsh interviews John Knapp of Source 2050.https://source2050.com/https://phius1.zohobackstage.com/PhiusCon2023Thank you to our sponsor, Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at the Passive House Network Conference possible.https://www.zolawindows.com/Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us a...
2023-12-1611 minPRODUCTEA with Leah, Growth & Senior Leadership43: John Cutler - Everything wrong with everything in a businessJohn Cutler is the best systems thinker I know. Whenever we talk, there’s a beautiful meta-analysis around systems happening. Why do we work the way we do? Why can we not figure out how to run businesses efficiently if we do it so often?Why do inexperienced, brilliant people constantly get into trouble, and how do they get out of it?Individual vs. team habitsHow much of our decisions is gut vs. objectivityLeadership porn and its connected biasesTimestamps:6:50 How people throw words like “efficiency” and “productivity” around and do not understand them13:25...
2023-11-1257 min
Rosenfeld Review PodcastThe Beautiful Mess of Product Development with John CutlerToday’s interview is just a taste of what you’ll learn at Rosenfeld’s upcoming Design in Product conference—featuring John Cutler’s closing keynote. John is the senior director of product management at Toast, a doodler, a former band member, a UX researcher, and business analyst. He’s also the prolific writer behind “The Beautiful Mess, a Substack newsletter with over 36,000 subscribers, where he writes about cross-functional product management—especially the messy parts.
As someone who likes “messy, creative endeavors” and building things with other people, John enjoys unpacking the complicated parts of collaboration, getting to the heart of messes, and findi...
2023-11-0236 min
Passive House PodcastPassive House Podcast Ep. 147: John Semmelhack, IAQ and Wildfire SmokePassive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke catches up with John Semmelhack, co-owner of the Comfort Squad based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a member of the Phius Technical Committee. John shares an immediate, triage solution to keeping indoor air clean (the Corsi-Rosenthal cube) as well as a long-term, structural solution (Passive House airtightness and ventilation with high-performance filtration). Listen to learn about short-term triage solutions as well as longer-term structural solutions in buildings.Checkout the video version of the interview on Reimagine Buildings:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO_nnTASOAEComfort Squad:https...
2023-07-1136 min
UX Research RundownS2 E01 - John Cutler, Senior Director of Product Enablement at ToastJohn Cutler, renowned product leader and persona on Twitter, joins Henrik on the UX Research Rundown podcast for the first episode of season 2. In this episode John and Henrik talk about how research has evolved over the past 10+ years, and what the future holds for product-research collaboration.
2023-03-2144 min
Product People PodcastJohn Cutler | Thinking big, working small | ep.05In this episode of the Product People Podcast (recorded live on May 21, 2022), John Cutler, former Product Evangelist at Amplitude, discusses the problems around product development and introduces his concept of "Thinking Big and Working Small". He outlines the four key components of Thinking Big: a compelling strategy, a persistent model, opportunity-focused bets, and teams with the freedom to work small. Cutler emphasizes the importance of defining your North Star and understanding who should own the connection between strategy and execution. He also discusses how to apply Thinking Big in big corporate companies and the difference between "define big" and "...
2023-03-2032 min
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | GrowthWhat differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)John Cutler writes the popular and beloved product newsletter The Beautiful Mess. For many years, he was a Product Evangelist at Amplitude, which led him to meeting and working with a large number of product teams around the world. Through this role, he gained unique insight into how the best product teams operate. In today’s episode, John reflects on leaving his role at Amplitude, and explains the attributes that the top 1% of product teams share. We also go deep into some of his favorite frameworks and discuss the best way to apply these frameworks to your work. We al...
2023-01-151h 40
The LaunchNotes Podcast | Product Management, Product Marketing, Product OpsNorth star metric clinic - John Cutler (Amplitude, Zendesk, Pendo)Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talk to John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude. John talks about how to think about your product strategy, measuring progress on your strategy with the North Star framework, and prioritizing day-to-day work with OKRs.
➡️ Want to submit questions and get invited to our next live AMA? Check out the free Launch Awesome community on Slack - https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome.
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* 17 North Star framework activities - https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPf0HwEA=/
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2022-12-1352 min
ProductLed Podcast#HowIGotHere with John CutlerWhat qualities do you believe a successful product evangelist should possess? Do you want to know how John Cutler became a successful product evangelist?
Gaining a deeper understanding of PLG can be a key factor in your success and aid in your development as a successful product evangelist. In this episode, Product Led Podcast is pleased to welcome John Cutler, a Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude, to discuss his knowledge of Product-Led Growth, concepts and insights as a product evangelist that many successful Product teams have already adopted.
If you want to learn more...
2022-11-2949 min
Passive House PodcastBonus: John Woelfling of Dattner Architects at PhiusCon 2022In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews keynote speaker John Woelfling of Dattner Architects. https://www.dattner.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gat...
2022-11-2327 min
One Knight in ProductSurvive the Feature Factory by Applying Product Thinking to Product Thinking (with John Cutler, Product Evangelist & Coach @ Amplitude)John Cutler is a product evangelist for Amplitude, and a leading voice in the product management community. As a systems overthinker and "on second thoughts" leader, he's an anomaly in this world of quick-fire bubblegum takes. John's hypothesis is simple - product management is messy and he loves nothing more than thinking about it and drawing lots of complicated diagrams to explain it.
Here are some of John's weighty thoughts:
There's a lot of variety in product content out there and that's good
John can get pretty in-depth, but there's plenty of room for targeted...
2022-09-1857 minPRODUCTEA with Leah, Growth & Senior Leadership1: John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach, AmplitudeJoin me as I talk with John Cutler about some low effort takes on why it's not that simple to say that Slack overtook Teams just by looking at the usage numbers, the effect of the techcrash on the industry and what John is excited about in the industry.00:00 Introduction of John and me02:37 Slack vs Teams08:33 Tech crash and the effects on Amplitude / the industry20:10 Trends that we enjoy and are excited about33:30 Imperfections and Meltdowns internallySend us a textLeah on Linkedin / Twitter / Youtube
2022-09-0337 minThe Evolved Man w/Steve CutlerEVOLVE 48: Mastering Meditation w/Abbey Daw & John CottrellMeditation. You know it's good for you. You've heard about the benefits for years and years. Mindfullness and meditation have been in the news and popular media for several years now. But, do you really need to learn how to be mindless and without thought while sitting on the top of a mountain in a robe?
In episode 48 meditation and yoga experts Abbey Daw and John Cottrell join Steve Cutler and W Myles Reilly for a great conversation on what meditation is and how simple it can be to start a meditation practice.
Fol...
2022-01-301h 04
Beer&TechBeer & Tech with John CutlerSpecial guest John Cutler, Product Evangelist/Coach at Amplitude, a public company focused on Product Analytics.
John has a strong experience in Product Management and wrote hundreds of posts about Product Development
2022-01-1148 min
Forever Employable StoriesIncredible Content Creation with John CutlerJohn Cutler is a product evangelist, coach, and Head of Product Education at Amplitude. As an accomplished writer, John has an amazing ability to create, record, and produce content at an incredible rate. He is passionate about wrangling complex problems and answering the why with qualitative and quantitative data.John joins Jeff Gothelf to share how he uses all the knowledge he’s obtained to build a bigger and broader following, all in service of staying forever employable. He talks about his professional journey and discusses tips for creating content....
2021-12-1441 min
Passive House PodcastJohn Tallis + Julia Thomas – Our FabHausPassive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews architects John Tallis and Julia Thomas, founders of Our FabHaus, the Australia-based Passive House prefab company. https://ourfabhaus.com/ The three discuss John and Julia's design and manufacturing model, their motivations for bringing prefab to Passive House (and vice versa), their first built projects, and their plans for the future. For links to the events discussed after the interview, visit: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-week-in-preview-november-15Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, vi...
2021-11-151h 11
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 34 - John CutlerFew people have done as much in sailing as John Cutler. He’s been involved in five America’s Cups and will next month go to his fifth Olympics – he came home from his first in 1988 with a medal – and is also a multiple world champion and Admiral's Cup winner. On top of that, John has been a professional sailor for more than 30 years, and also been heavily involved as a coach and official.
John talks about his journey, from lanky teenager who discovered the sport after moving to New Zealand to his place now as an elder st...
2021-06-241h 08
Top Tier: Product Podcast08. Co-designing a strong company culture, with John Cutler (Head of Product Education at Amplitude)John Cutler leads product education at Amplitude, and he regularly meets hundreds of companies of various stage and scale from different industries and continents. His observations led him to a few insightful moments about product culture. Successful companies have all different flavours of culture, while the rest struggle in a similar way. Building a culture takes time, requires masterful empathy, and you can't blindly copy Netflix, Amazon, or Spotify. John shared his key learnings on how to co-design a culture in an inviting way. Because imposing it will not work.
John is super happy to connect with...
2021-05-2541 min
Passive House PodcastJohn Palmer – Passivhaus TrustSixteen years in the UK Royal Navy not only gave John Palmer a sounds background in engineering, he also gained leadership and management experience within a large and structured institution. When he made the decision to leave his Commander role, he retrained and applied his technical and management skills to building and then energy efficiency. It was only a matter of time that he came across and then fully embraced the building science of Passive House. In 2018 he left his role as Managing Director of Enhabit to become the Research and Policy Director for Passivhaus Trust. During this interview...
2021-05-1054 min
The Right TrackEp. #1, Trusting Data with John Cutler of AmplitudeIn this debut episode of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir of Avo speaks with John Cutler of Amplitude. They discuss the growing proximity of product teams to customers, managing organizational inertia, and building better data cultures.
The post Ep. #1, Trusting Data with John Cutler of Amplitude appeared first on Heavybit.
2021-04-051h 00
Care Giver Life with Dignity PodcastApplied Neuroplasticity for Caregivers with John Kennedy #18Applied Neuroplasticity for Caregivers with John Kennedy #18 John Kennedy is an innovative master coach, consultant, and trainer who has helped thousands of people and their organizations exceed their performance expectations for over 35 years. In this episode Sue and Fran learn that In response to a contract by the US Marines in 2007, John created the field of Allied Neuroplasticity to rapidly improve intuition, focus and faster and better decision making under stress. John's Combat Brain Training program is at the core of all his work and he has been fortunate to be able to help high performers including mil...
2021-03-0827 minThe Evolved Man w/Steve CutlerEVOLVE EPISODE 2: Dr. John CottrellJoin us for a fantastic conversation with Dr. John Cottrell, a psychotherapist that spends his days teaching yoga and running a small clothing company. In this episode we discuss how John uses cognitive practices and movement to help people grow, including through periods of trauma.
2021-02-091h 07
Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik KerstenEpisode 22: John Cutler on What Startups can REALLY Teach EnterprisesJoining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is “sage and poet of product thinking” John Cutler, Head of Product Research & Education at Amplitude.
In this episode, Mik and John discuss:
Defining what a product is
Rethinking how to apply product thinking to force multipliers and change steps
The “sixth sense” required to understand the challenges of software design and technology
What traditional enterprises can learn from startups and tech 2.0 companies
Mapping organizational structure to strategy to drive innovation
Embracing the interplay of skills and knowledge across the organization
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2020-12-0157 min
House Music All Styles In The Mix, By John C. Brave56 OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ESSENCE CLUBBERS DJ BY JOHN C BRAVE SZONADJ CLUBBERS RADIORADIO PROGRAM ISSUED LIVE, EXTRAORDINALLY AND DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PROBLEM THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECORDED IN VIP BOILER STUDIO, AND WILL BE BROADCASTED INTEGRALLY FROM RADIO ABRERA FM (BARCELONA) AND CLUBBERS RADIO IN TUNEIN.COM, MIXED BY JOHN C. BRAVE, BARCELONA ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020 - HOUSE, SOULFUL HOUSE, DEEP HOUSE, JACKIN HOUSE, TRIBAL HOUSE, PROGRESSIVE HOUSE & TECH-HOUSE. EVERYTHING MIXED WITH TECHNICS SL 1200 PLATES, TIME CODE VINYLS, AND PIONEER DDJ RZ CONTROLLER. LET'S FIGHT AGAINST THE BUG BY NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE AND DANCING AT THE BEST RATE. LONG LIFE AT THE HOUSE MUSIC. ENCOURAGE AND ENJOY THE SESSION !!
2020-11-071h 14
Passive House PodcastJohn Beurle and his PHI Low Energy Building made of pre-fab straw bale panels.Passive House Podcast host Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews John Beurle, board member of Australian Passive House Association and principal of Passive House Services, about his unique PHI Low Energy Building home made of a straw panel system. Also, view John's video tour of his home at https://youtu.be/WAQ0uyakJH8.In the interview, John mentions Stuart Lee of Craftsmen Quality Builders and Andreas Luzzi of Laros Technologies as among the key players in the project. The pre-fab straw bale panels, or SITUPS (super insulated tilt-up panel system), come from Huff 'n' Puff Strawbale Constructions.After...
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Product Team SuccessHow Product Analytics can help us make better Product Decisions with John CutlerIn this podcast, I’m talking to John Cutler. John is a well-known and very respected product evangelist for the US-based company Amplitude, software that allows you to use your customer data to build better products and experiences.
John brings an insightful perspective on how marketers are using analytics to learn more about their customers and their own companies. While some only focus on the top of the funnel, there’s an incredible opportunity to learn more about your customer's behaviors and why they do or don’t work - by asking the right questions.
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2020-04-2645 min
The Product Science PodcastThe John Cutler Hypothesis: Great Product Leaders Foster an Environment Where the Best Decisions Can HappenJohn Cutler is the Product Evangelist at Amplitude, a product analytics platform that helps product managers. His career spans music, entrepreneurship, Product Management, and UX Research at such companies as ZenDesk, AdKeeper, and more. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about what patterns John sees working with product teams on their process.
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2019-10-2957 min
ITERATE FMWhat we wish we knew when we started as a PMEpisode 12
John and Tareq discuss common mistakes and things they wish they would have known when starting as Product Manager.
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2019-10-2928 min
ITERATE FMProduct Managing Your Product ManagerEpisode 11
John and Tareq talk about how to better work with PMs and show empathy for their work.
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2019-10-2024 min
ITERATE FMAvoiding TriggersEpisode 10
John and Tareq talk about how every role has its own set of triggering words or phrases that can minimize others.
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2019-10-1023 min
ITERATE FMFinding Fulfillment w/ Jasmine FriedlEpisode 9
John, Tareq, and special guest Jasmine Friedl try and dissect ways to think about fulfillment covering topics from personal coaches and vision.
Jasmine Friedl
http://www.jasminefriedl.com
https://twitter.com/jazzy33ca
http://shape.co
https://anchor.fm/new-layer
Trained Podcast from Nike
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trained/id1414073313
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2019-10-0352 min
ITERATE FMWorking Better with EngineersEpisode 8
John and Tareq talk about ways to better establish working agreements with Engineers
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2019-09-2621 min
ITERATE FMWhy and How to Shape Work w/Ryan SingerEpisode Notes
John, Tareq, and special guest Ryan Singer (Basecamp) discuss why and how to shape work so your team is best executing.
Shape Up
https://basecamp.com/shapeup
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2019-09-191h 03
ITERATE FMHow Designers Can Better Understand PrioritizationEpisode Notes
John and Tareq talk about how Designers can work better with PMs by understanding prioritization and they fit into the bigger picture.
https://twitter.com/tareqismail/status/1170837200994365440
20 Product Prioritization Techniques: A Map and Guided Tour
https://foldingburritos.com/product-prioritization-techniques/
Greta Thunberg's emotional speech to EU leaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWsM9-_zrKo
Bret Victor - Stop Drawing Dead Fish
https://vimeo.com/64895205
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2019-09-1238 min
ITERATE FMThe Value of AccountabilityEpisode Notes
John and Tareq talk about positive and negative aspects of accountability. They share examples of it being used to only blame people and ones where it's done right for learning.
Koozie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koozie
Edgar Allan Groe
https://twitter.com/edgarallangroe
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2019-09-0527 min
ITERATE FMMake Team Communication Suck Less w/ Dylan SellbergEpisode Notes
John, Tareq, and special guest Dylan Sellberg (Product @ Hubspot) talk about why it's hard to communicate cross functionally and things you can do to improve it.
I Hear You
https://www.amazon.com/Hear-You-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Relationships-ebook/dp/B071K4MWMK
Question Storming
https://www.creativityatwork.com/2019/02/01/spark-creativity-in-your-team-by-question-storming-before-problem-solving/
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2019-08-2945 min
ITERATE FMOverlap between Product Managers and DesignersEpisode Notes
John and Tareq discuss the similarities and convergence between PMs and Designers and the roles and companies processes converge.
Multipliers
https://www.amazon.com/Multipliers-Best-Leaders-Everyone-Smarter/dp/0061964395
UX & Product Management: What’s the difference?
https://www.justinmind.com/blog/ux-product-management-whats-the-difference/
The Designer/PM Overlap Diagram
https://assets.justinmind.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ux-v-product-management-overlap.gif
The Overlap by John Cutler
https://medium.com/@johnpcutler/the-overlap-puxeng-56dcfd33875b
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2019-08-2239 min
Awkward Silences#11 - Integrating Research Faster with John CutlerJohn Cutler is a man of many talents. He’s a product development champion, team whisperer, and now, podcast guest on Awkward Silences! Erin and JH talked to John about just-in-time research, promoting healthy team practices, and integrating research faster. Highlights[3:22] Start together, work together, finish together[7:50] Consistently integrate your ideas[9:02] Continuous design, rather than design then build[10:16] Create a backlog of learning goals[11:30] Integrate research faster[17:32] Finding a working balance for you and your team[18:10] The dangers of defensive dogma[35:02] Critiquing your research process
2019-03-2736 min
The Product ExperiencePodcast: How to get Your Team to do Their Best Work with John CutlerIf you’re active on Product Twitter, then you already know John Cutler. It’s not just that he’s extremely prolific – it’s the quality and depth of his tweets (and his longer essays) that reach deep into the heart of what we’re struggling with on a daily basis – especially his post 12 Signs You’re working in [...] Read more »The post Podcast: How to get Your Team to do Their Best Work with John Cutler appeared first on Mind the Product.Our HostsLily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager wi...
2019-02-2742 min
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Healthy DeveloperJohn Cutler on Agile Skepticism and Developer ImpactJohn Cutler is an experienced Product Manager, writer, and consultant. You can read his many popular articles on Medium where he discusses a variety of topics related to software development in the hacker noon publication: https://hackernoon.com/@johnpcutler In this video, John and I trade some thoughts around the perceived decline of agile in some areas of the industry. We also discuss the challenges surrounding balancing making changes with accepting things as they are. You can also find John on twitter here: https://twitter.com/johncutlefish Join my Pa...
2018-06-1945 min
Deliver It CastEP71 - Communication Issues with John Cutler One of the basic Product Owner skills is communication. Delivering, receiving, and improving how and what we are communicating can make or break our efforts. When there are issues ( and there usually are ), what are some ways to get back on track and increase the team and customer relationships? In a happy circumstance, John Cutler was thinking along the same lines and he joins the show to discuss ways that he has worked on repairing communication. We also talk about some other tips for PO's to improve and get comfortable with their interactions. Feed...
2018-05-161h 00
Agile for Humans with Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller87: Why Agile Isn’t Working with John CutlerJohn Cutler (@johncutlefish) joined Ryan Ripley (@ryanripley) to discuss his article “Why Agile Isn’t Working” and what we can do about it.
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John is a multiple hat-wearer. Product development nut. He loves wrangling complex problems and answering the why with qualitative and quantitative data. John blogs on Medium here. John is currently Senior Product Manager for Search and Relevance at Zendesk. He has a perspective that spans individual roles, domains, and products. John knows agile product management and frequently shares his knowledge on
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2018-02-2054 min
Agile and Project Management - DrunkenPM RadioChallenging the Sprint - An Interview with John CutlerJohn Cutler describes himself as a Product Development Nut. He’s deeply focused on Product Development with a Lean /Agile approach and finding ways to improve how we work. He posts his thoughts in Medium, and although he says he is not a professional blogger, he generates new content about twice a week. I really enjoy reading his posts because they always challenge me and push me into seeing things through a different perspective.
A few weeks ago John posted an article called “Flow, Decoupling Cadences and Fixed Sprint Lengths” (https://hackernoon.com/flow-decoupling-cadences-and-fixed-length-sprints-3eac1428ad73) in which he challenged the id...
2018-01-1855 min
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John Multiple hat-wearer. Product development nut. He loves wrangling complex problems and answering the why with qualitative and quantitative data. John blogs on Medium here. John is currently Senior Product Manager for Search and Relevance at Zendesk. He has a perspective that spans individual roles, domains, and products. John knows agile product management and frequently shares his knowledge on Twitter.
2017-07-1752 min
Stories Connecting Dots with Markus AndrezakJohn Cutler - Writing and Thinking on Product workThis time my guest is John Cutler. He is the hardest working man in product business. At least he is the hardest and most writing man in product business. since ages he writes, thinks and muses about things he observes and wonders about in what we see as our jobs in product work. John might actually really be one of the hardest working men in our business. On top of writing on a nearly daily basis, he has a plain normal day job. Well, what’s normal. He is Senior Product Manager for Search and Relevance at Ze...
2017-06-2655 min
Developer On FireEpisode 240 | John Cutler - Making Value
Guest:
John Cutler
@johncutlefish
Full show notes are at https://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-240-john-cutler-making-value
2017-06-0400 min
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