Is your product management approach clashing with real-world demands?
Product expert John Cutler – author of the long-running newsletter The Beautiful Mess, Senior Director of Product Enablement at Toast and former product evangelist at Amplitude – returns to the podcast to discuss different approaches to product management, and where they might help (or hinder) your business.
Learn about:
- Ideal or Ordeal: The challenge of applying idealistic, one-size-fits-all perspectives on product management to the harsh realities of business.
- Canny Valley: The risks of adopting Silicon Valley product management styles without the necessary resources or mindset.
- Project vs. Product: The similarities and differences between product managers and project managers.
- Role Call: How to tailor different roles and hierarchies to the actual needs of your business.
0:00 Intro
2:40 Competing narratives in product management
13:01 Product culture as company culture
20:38 The trouble with 'Silicon Valley' ideas
28:51 Product managers vs. project managers
32:10 Radically rethinking the org chart
33:49 Designers as PMs
41:54 Closing advice for founders
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