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Product Talk
Produced by Products That Count, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products, this podcast is an award-winning show by and for product minds, with millions of downloads and a 5-star rating on most major platforms. Each of the 300+ episodes features a product leader interviewing another product leader and exploring what it takes to build great products. Recent ones feature the Chief Product Officers of Brex, Glassdoor, Experian and more. About Us: Products that Count is a…
Episodes
Product TalkEP 184 - BetterLesson SVP on Building Quality Edtech Products
Some product leaders enter this career because they want to be involved with product directly, while others jump in by happenstance. In non-tech roles such as…
Product TalkEP 183 - PepsiCo Product Lead on Building Platform Products That Scale
There are many different products and thousands of ways to build these products. In a technology-first environment, a platform is part of this process, whether…
Product TalkEP 182 - LinkedIn Product Lead on Challenges to Online Trust and Safety
We are online all day, every day, for all aspects of our lives and business. We want a space that is safe and trustworthy to share information without the fear…
Product TalkEP 181 - Blue Cedar CEO on How to Build High-Quality, Secure Mobile Apps
We all use mobile apps, all day, every day. As consumers, we only see them right as an end product and don't have any insight into all of the complexity a…
Product TalkEP 180 - Award Advisory Board Product Leader on the Empowering the Whole Human Category at the 2022 Product Awards
Felipe Gasparino takes the mic to tell listeners about the category of "empowering the whole human" at the 2022 Products That Count Product Awards.
Product TalkEP 179 - Cox Communications Product Lead on Moving Success from B2C to B2B
When a business wants to innovate and capture a different market segment, that might involve some big changes. For some, this also might mean changing from a…
Product TalkEP 178 - Fmr Transformco Product Lead on the Responsive Product Accountability Category at 2022 Product Awards
Fmr Transformco Product Director Maheep Bhalla introduces the Responsive Product Accountability category for the 2022 Product Awards.
Product TalkEP 177 - Getsafe Product VP on Insurance Tech Product Development
Most of us need some type of insurance at different points in our lives, and often more than one type of policy. The paperwork can be cumbersome, the claims…
Product TalkEP 176 - Indeed.com Senior International Product Lead on Level Up Scale & Complexity Category at 2022 Product Awards
This is the third in a five-part series introducing the categories for the Products That Count 2022 Product Awards. Last time, we heard from Transfix Product…
Product TalkEP 175 - Procore Product Lead on Demystifying Artificial Intelligence
Self-driving cars, replicators from Star Trek, or even Rosey from The Jetsons: It is an exciting time to be in the field of artificial intelligence with many…
Product TalkEP 174 - Transfix Product Marketing Lead on Delightful User Journey Category at 2022 Product Awards
This is the second in a five-part series introducing the categories for the Products That Count 2022 Product Awards. Last time, we heard from Google Product…
Product TalkEP 173 - Sorcero CEO on Data Analytics For Cognitive Solutions in Life Sciences
The most critical decisions in the world are driven by people's understanding of unstructured content. It all comes down to the abilities of subject matter…
Product TalkEP 172 - Ambient Photonics CEO on B2B Product Management
When developing a B2B product, product managers have to think a bit differently than other PMs. From ideation to client interaction to pricing, many areas…
Product TalkEP 171 - Google Product Lead on Informed Go-To-Market Strategy at 2022 Product Awards
PMs need a plan to launch their products in the market, whether beta, internal, or otherwise. For the 2022 Product Awards, the Awards Advisory Board proposed 5…
Product TalkEP 170 - VP of Product at Disney Streaming on Inclusivity and Storytelling
We are taught to experience life, not just live in it, and this can be true for product management. PMs need different lenses to solve problems and develop…
Product TalkEP 169 - fmr IBM VP & Partner on Visionary Product Thinking
Product managers and leaders come to the world of product from many different backgrounds. This gives each individual product person a unique perspective on…
Product TalkEP 168 - Amazon Care Head of UX Design and Research On Building with Purpose
There are as many ways to build a business as there are people who build them. Some are motivated solely by profit, some by challenge, some by accident, and…
Product TalkEP 167 - Fmr LEGO Education Head of Product On Focusing On Play Within Your Product
It's all too easy to get serious about work. We have meetings, deadlines, goals, profits, and more to consider. How can we maintain the fun while we do the…
Product TalkEP 166 - GameOn Founder and CEO On Merging the Worlds of Content and Chat
Users tend to be less concerned with what companies are meeting their needs, as long as those needs are met. Companies see users jump to competitor's platforms…
Product TalkEP 165 - Scaling A Global Business Quickly with MURAL Co-Founder and CPO
Scaling a global business in the age of remote work demands a specific approach for it to be successful. Remote work is here to stay, whether companies have…
Product TalkEP 164 - Summer Series Highlights: Making Impactful Products
Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This…
Product TalkEP 163 - Summer Series Highlights: Building Smarter Artificial Intelligence
Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This…
Product TalkEP 162 - Summer Series/Product Lifecycle Highlights
Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This…
Product TalkEP161 - Summer Series - Perspectives on Product Management by 5 Product Gurus
Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This…
Product TalkEP160 - Crossing the Chasm author Geoff Moore on Organize to Compete
Most companies struggle trying to balance the conflicting demands of sustaining an existing business and taking on a disruptive challenge. Product leaders in…
Product TalkEP159 - The North Face Global CMO & VP of Product Creation On Developing Products with A Purpose
Continued innovation is as crucial as ever. Brands with a long history of success are not guaranteed to continue that success through inertia. How can product…
Product TalkEP158 - A Path to CPO: A Conversation with One of the 1st Ever CPOs
Chief Product Officer (CPO) is one of the newer functions within an organization as more and more companies aim to be product-led. How can a product leader…
Product TalkEP157 - Highlights from The Winners Circle of the 2021 Product Awards
The 2021 Product Awards brought together the very best in digital products, highlighting the market leaders that are taking the product world by storm in this…
Product TalkEP156 - Miracle Messages Founder & CEO on Building Products For Impact
If there's one thing all of humanity learned in the past 12 months, it's the importance of human connections and the impact of the loss thereof. With the world…
Product TalkEP155 - Doist Sr. Product Marketing Manager on Aligning the Customer Journey
The market for apps is probably as hot as it will ever be and companies need every opportunity to build a competitive advantage. Of course, the strongest path…
Product TalkEP154 - Sisense CPO & CMO on Cloud Data Analytics
Data is firmly set in its next evolution and the advantages that data provides to product leaders in their decision-making becomes clearer every day. When…
Product TalkEP153 - Stanford Professor of Organizational Behavior on Strategy Mapping
The process of building strategy is fraught with challenges; translating that strategy across the full organization is even more difficult. How can product…
Product TalkEP152 - Google fmr GM & Products That Count CPO on Leading Product in Transitioning Market Dynamics
If there is any year that embodies the thrill of working in tech, it's this one. Covid pivots notwithstanding, product-led culture is quickly becoming the…
Product TalkEP151 - Ellevest CPO on Designing Product for Long-Term Partnerships
Scaling a product for growth while aligning opportunities with a company's core mission; therein lies the daily objective of a product manager. It's a task…
Product TalkEP150 - Dolby Sr. Director on Building Product from Startup to Acquisition
It's many a product entrepreneur's dream: to take a product from conception to acquisition and on to continued growth at scale. The challenges, however, are…
Product TalkEP149 - Bit Discovery CEO on Innovation and Designing Secure Products
As the internet fills with more assets stacked with value, designing and building net secure products is quickly becoming the new baseline. How can product…
Product TalkEP148 - HomeX Product Lead on Neurodiversity in Tech
Extensive research has shown the immense power that lies in diversity. When a product team empowers diversity, innovation follows, with neurodiversity being no…
Product TalkEP147 - Accern CEO & Co-Founder on No-Code AI Platforms and Simplicity in Data Science
Ever since the dawning of the Age of Tech, companies have been seeking solutions that make sophisticated technology accessible to all. The Age of Product is…
Product TalkEP146 - Big Health CPO on Behavioral Therapy Product Models
Digital mental health therapy is a relatively new space for product but one that is rising quickly in consumer demand. Just like in a clinical setting…
Product TalkEP145 - Cisco SVP on Well-Being, Productivity, and Opportunity in the Remote Office
Technology has been called the great equalizer, but economic opportunity has long been tied with geography. With the sudden expansion of the remote office and…
Product TalkEP144 - Ramp Product Head on Building FinTech in the Age of Product
FinTech is a highly regulated space, with many of the old ways of doing things engrained in the process of building products. How can we usher FinTech into the…
Product TalkEP143- Highlights from the 2021 Product Awards
Following the year of all years, there was no doubt that the Product Awards were going to be exciting and it did not disappoint. Like many recent events, the…
Product TalkEP142 - Biden Campaign Fmr Sr. PM on the 2021 Inauguration as a Digital First Experience
The 2021 Presidential Inauguration came on the heels of one of the most unprecedented, tumultuous years in US history. With a pandemic continuing to rage, the…
Product TalkEP141 - Indicative CEO on Building Product from a Data-Driven Perspective
Building product from a data-driven perspective is quickly becoming the new baseline for product managers, but it wasn't always the norm. With the data…
Product TalkEP140 - Safetrust CEO on How to Pivot Product Market Fit
It can take product leaders years to build, finesse, and dial in the perfect product market fit. When something as affecting as a pandemic arrives on the…
Product TalkEP139 - Accenture Fmr Strategist & Stanford Advisor on Competitive Product Strategy
The manner in which customers and markets adopt something new is rooted in historical concepts that herald back to the early 20th century. Understanding these…
Product TalkEP138 - Spring Health Head of Product on Product for Mental Healthcare
The pandemic thrust mental health into the spotlight, but it's hardly a new issue. In fact, data shows that mental distress has tripled over the last year…
Product TalkEP137 - Cassiopeia CEO on Managing Distributed Teams
Distributed teams definitely aren't a new concept. However, the pandemic accelerated the trend at a breakneck pace, leaving many companies unprepared and…
Product TalkEP136 - Products That Count Founder on The 2021 Product Awards
The Age of Product is well upon us and each year companies battle each other to gain competitive advantage and claim top of market. The 2021 Product Awards…
Product TalkEP135 - JourneyApps CPO on Product Management for Developer Platforms
The daily workflow of a product manager can mean toggling between as many as a dozen different tools, each fulfilling a different, specialized function. Of…
Product TalkEP134 - The Shubert Organization Digital Product Director on Broadway Tech
Broadway may not be the first industry that comes to mind with the word tech. However, with over 14 million attendees a year, product leaders are catching on…
Product TalkEP133 - Products That Count CPO with the 2021 Product Awards Advisory Board
Market dominance used to be about feet on the ground and sales execution, but in an increasingly digital world, it's driven by digital experiences which are…
Product TalkEP132 - The 2020 Product Talk Year in Review
The first year of the new decade barreled through like a freight train, delivering a cosmic ultimatum to all businesses. Some companies staggered, while others…
Product TalkEP131 - Best of Product Talk 2020
This year takes the cake when it comes to twists and turns, but through it all, the hosts of Product Talk continued to drive forward the product conversation…
Product TalkEP130 - Hubspot Product Director on the Nuances of Product Ownership
When working in a team setting, communal recognition of the decision-making hierarchy goes a long way to achieving smooth execution. However, when the roles…
Product TalkEP129 - Canela Media CEO on How to Scale Product Globally
Scaling product for the global market doesn't come easy. False assumptions of cross-market needs and flubbed product adaptations have been the death of many a…
Product TalkEP128 - Airbnb Fmr Chief Ethics Officer on Integrity in Tech
The internet leveled the playing field in many ways. Consumers and employees alike now have a larger voice, leading companies to be impact aware, and to care…
Product TalkEP127 - GoodRX Sr. Product VP on the Role of Head of Product
Getting that senior product title is the dream of every product manager. The expectations of the position, however, can be different than the reality. What…
Product TalkEP126 - nate Product Marketing Lead on the Superpowers of Building Product
The ideas are refined and the design is locked; now comes the time to build. Sounds simple, but product teams know otherwise. In an era of digital innovation…
Product TalkEP125 - Universal Electronics Product Director on the Superpowers of Conception
From ideation to development, when it comes time to conceive a product there's a slew of factors to consider. Product leaders need to be able to translate…