The Product Edge

EP 45 - Shibu Mathew - How to get into Product Management?

Jade Bennett — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 03:45:00 +1100

In this latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett interviewed Shibu Mathew, VP of Product Management at Immutable at the time of recording, a leading web3 company. Shibu is a seasoned product leader with over 20 years of experience in consumer internet, mobile gaming and e-commerce.

Previously at Electronic Arts, Shibu launched and scaled the E-sports platform for some of the most popular gaming franchises, including FIFA, Madden and Apex, to name a few.

Together, they explored the essential tips and insights to help you navigate into Product Management.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

What is the role of Product Management?
Stepping Stones into Product.
How can people break into Product Management?
What core skills should a Product Manager possess?
How to stay competitive in this field?

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EP 44 - Product Manager Interview Tips with Jen Leibhart

Jade Bennett — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +1100

In this latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett interviewed Jen Leibhart, Co-Founder of Product Anonymous – a Melbourne-based community for learning and sharing product management knowledge with others.

Jen is also an organiser for Product Camp Melbourne and believes in bringing people together to create, share and achieve while having fun.

Advocating for research to understand customers' motivation and behaviours has been a long-time passion for Jen.

Together, they explored the key strategies and insights to help you excel in your next product management interview.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

What are 3 to 5 things you should do to prepare for the interview?
The essential things you need to demonstrate during an interview.
The power of language, I vs We.
How to demonstrate soft skills like empathy, adaptability, and collaboration.
What is the best question to ask?

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E43 Teresa Huang: Product Careers - what product folk can do to level up!

Jade Bennett — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:00:00 +1100

In this latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett interviewed Teresa Huang, Product Director at Redbubble, with over a decade’s experience working in diverse industries and organisations of all shapes and sizes, including e-commerce, fintech, aviation, health insurance and financial institutions.

Teresa’s passion is to never stop learning and sharing her experiences and to inspire and motivate the next generation of ambitious Product Managers and Leaders.

Together they delve into Product careers and what product folk can do to level up.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

What background do you need to become a Product Manager.
Taking charge of your career growth.
Where to start the journey.
What soft skills are required.
The importance of a Capability Matrix.
Embracing feedback.

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Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano - Why equity is more important than diversity or inclusion

Jade Bennett — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:45:00 +1100

In this latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett interviewed Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano.

As a Senior Director of People Operations & Strategic Programs at Culture Amp, Aubrey has expertise in everything from designing, implementing and communicating equitable talent programs solutions to sustainability and philanthropy.

Through her work, Aubrey seeks to question and reimagine systems to ensure that all people can access equitable opportunity.

Together Jade and Aubrey delve into equity, diversity, and inclusion (DE&I) and the importance of an equitable approach to DE&I initiatives.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Equity – The foundation for change.
Inclusion - Moving Beyond Superficial Connections.
Diversity - Embracing the Full Spectrum
Addressing Misconceptions
Barriers to achieving true Equity
Strategies for Building Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
How to measure success.

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How to ensure product teams are focused on driving tangible business value with Nicole Brolan

Jade Bennett — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +1100

In the latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett interviewed Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer.

Nicole has lead product teams for businesses such as Redbubble and Xero. Before that, she spent 15 years at cnet.com.au, where she progressed her career from Associate Product Manager to Chief Product Officer. And during this time, as she navigated her career, she found the time to complete a business degree and have a baby boy, Benji.

Nicole believes that product folk should remember the product basics when the landscape is evolving rapidly. Use your core product skills and focus on the problem you are trying to solve, keeping the customer in mind.

Jade and Nicole discussed how to ensure that product teams focus on driving tangible business value.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

What the traditional landscape and market conditions looked like for product folk.
How has this shaped their roles.
The impact of current market conditions on product managers.
What product managers need to do differently.
How can product managers ensure their team’s success.
The impact on the future of product management.

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Episode 40: The importance of great product management in becoming Product-led with Mike Zarif.

Jade Bennett — Mon, 29 May 2023 07:00:00 +1100

In this latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett interviewed Mike Zarif, Product Director for Propel Ventures.

Mike is an experienced product leader with a track record in developing and leading high-performing product teams focusing on user experience. He has spent the last ten years launching and scaling products in early-stage startups to large corporations locally and globally.

Mike believes Product Management can be a little like being on a rocket ship where you need to be open-minded, and you can’t be too robust or stringent in your thinking. According to Mike, you need to stay humble to deliver great product management in a product-led organisation.

Jade and Mike discuss what great product management looks like and how it can support a business to become Product-led.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

The fundamentals of great product management.
The fundamental difference between product management at a corporate versus the start-up scale-up space.
What does it mean to be Product-led.
The benefits of being Product-led.
Possible challenges of being Product-led.

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Cultivating Curiosity: Why product leaders need to drive a culture of continuous curiousness with Amanda Ralph

Jade Bennett — Mon, 15 May 2023 07:00:00 +1100

In this latest episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett sits down with Amanda Ralph, the Principal Product Manager at PaperCut Software, the global leader in print management solutions.

Amanda has worked with some of Australia’s leading companies including

Qantas, NAB, KPMG and AustralianSupera and co-founded Product Women which now has over 6000 members. Amanda has been recognised as one of the leading Women in Product and this year as one of 25 Global Women Product leaders to follow, by ProductBoard.

Amanda believes that cultivating curiosity is essential for product folk to achieve success and shared this Walt Disney quote with us.

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and trying new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

Today, Jade and Amanda discuss what it takes to cultivate curiosity under product folk.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

The importance of cultivating curiosity for product folk.
What does curiosity look like?
How to foster a culture of curiosity.
The tools and guidance rails product leaders can provide their teams to explore.
How to assess curiosity during the hiring process?

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Creating Psychological safety in the workplace and building high performing teams with Julie Starovoitova

Jade Bennett — Mon, 01 May 2023 07:01:00 +1100

In this episode of The Product Edge, Julie Starovoitova shared her insights about how psychological safety can help you build high performance teams with our wonderful podcast host, Jade Bennett.

With a background in Positive Psychology one of Julie's core beliefs is that work can (and should!) be enjoyable and rewarding and that happens when you set your people up for success and create an environment where they can do amazing work.

Julie is on a mission to build human-centric, high-performing, transparent, and positive organisational cultures. Over the span of her career she has been working with senior leaders across different industries including tech, retail and logistics to intentionally craft workplace environments where employees can thrive and the organisations perform at their highest level.

Julie was named among one of Australia's most innovative People & Culture leaders by HRD Australia in 2023.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✓ What psychological safety is

✓ How psychological safe environments contribute to high-performing teams

✓ Practical ways in which you can build psychological safety into your teams

✓ The role personal agency and positive psychology play in individual and team success

✓ How decision-making is facilitated by clear communication and psychological safety

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The secret Product Management sauce to creating raving fans with Tom Dyson from JobAdder

Jade Bennett — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:15:00 +1100

In this episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett sits down with Tom Dyson Head of Product at JobAdder. Tom has over 10 years of experience building and growing B2B, SaaS solutions.

Tom thinks that the best way to make a great product is to find a balance between art, science, and strategic management. He passionately claims that Product Management is the best job in the world!

Today, Jade and Tom discuss what it takes to build products that customers love and ultimately become raving fans.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✓ What great product management looks like

✓ How to manage your career like your products

✓ Transitioning from founder led to customer led

✓ Curiosity, the PM’s superpower

✓ Expert career tips from Tom

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The importance of investing in Product folk with Liz Blink, Co-Founder of Product Anonymous

Jade Bennett — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +1100

In Jade’s first episode of The Product Edge since returning from maternity leave, she sits down with Liz Blink, Co-Founder of Product Anonymous, a community group for product people in Melbourne to discuss the importance of investing in Product folk.

Liz has been a product manager for over 15 years and says she fell in love with it because it offers the opportunity to be constantly challenged. Liz has worked across marketplaces, government transformations, platforms, and product consulting and coaching.

Jade and Liz discuss the importance of product capability frameworks and the role they play in developing product folk. They also explore some of the core competencies product folk should be developing to accelerate their product career.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✓ What is a capability matrix

✓ Key product management competencies

✓ How organisation’s can better develop their product folk

✓ The role you can play in developing your skills

✓ The value of peer-to-peer feedback

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● Product Capability matrix: email hello@theproductedge.com.au for your copy

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The emerging practice of product operations with Evan Ravensdale & Lauren Kish from 99 Designs

Jade Bennett — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:30:00 +1100

Joining Georgia today are two incredible people from 99Designs; Evan Ravensdale, Senior Product Director & Lauren Kish, Product Operations Lead. Today we are exploring the emerging practice of product operations.

Evan is a long-time product leader who is experienced in building different types of products across a variety of markets. He is passionate about building teams that are truly empowered, learn rapidly through experimentation and are connected to customers & users.

Lauren recently relocated back to Melbourne after working in San Francisco where she established a career in product operations after being employee number 1 at a music discovery app at WillCall & then blurring the lines between product & operations at Ticketfly (Eventbrite).

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What is product ops?

✓ What is the value behind product operations?

✓ When is the right time to build a product operations team?

✓ Who can take on a product operations role?

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Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson

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The importance of aligning business & product strategy with Dino Talic

Jade Bennett — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 06:30:00 +1100

Product Management can be defined in many different ways but a common way to describe it is the confluence of User Experience, Tech & Business. The general practice around execution has evolved a lot over the years but one aspect that doesn’t get discussed to the same extent is the business side and overall business strategy.

Joining Georgia today is Dino Talic. Dino has been in Product Management for over 10 years, starting out his career as a Software Engineer before shifting into product management. He is now Co-Founder & CPO of hellomonday, a coaching platform with a vision to help everyone reach their full potential in a job they love. Dino is passionate about the importance of aligning business and product strategy and shares his insights and experience with us.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What makes a good business strategy

✓ What product managers need to do to support the business strategy

✓ Creating more visibility on the business strategy

✓ How can product managers think more strategically?

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Book: Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green

www.hellomonday.co

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The Start-Up to Scale-Up Journey with Cheryl Gledhill & Lauren McCormack from Zip Co

Jade Bennett — Mon, 30 May 2022 06:00:00 +1100

Cheryl Gledhill and Lauren McCormack have joined Georgia today to talk about their journey at Zip Co, and the experiences they have had working in scaling businesses, which is poignant as we watch so many Australian tech businesses scaling at speed. The operations of a start-up, scale-up and established product businesses are very different.

Cheryl is currently Director of Product and has been working in product for over 25 years from the early days of OzEmail, through the dot com boom and bust, after many years in the corporate world, has now found her happy place in start-up land.

Lauren is currently Director of Product, Payments and has been working in product for 15 years. She has led teams to deliver great product experiences for customers and is passionate about the different types of people needed for business success, product roles and how to shape your career with this in mind.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The main challenges Product Manager’s go through in start-ups vs scale-ups

✓ The biggest learning curves working in a company going through major growth

✓ How to prepare your teams for major growth

✓ Whether to join a start-up or scale-up

✓ Start-up culture and how to maintain it

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The importance of Cross-Functional Teams When Scaling a Business with Herry Wiputa

Jade Bennett — Mon, 16 May 2022 06:00:00 +1100

Herry Wiputa joins Georgia on The Product Edge to discuss the foundations you need to scale a business and how that benefits the product, the customer and the business goals. He is an experienced Chief Product and Technology Officer who has scaled products and teams for Campaign Monitor, REA and currently, hipages. He is passionate about creating systems of work to empower people and teams to perform at their best.

Australia has one of the fastest-growing markets in terms of producing tech ‘unicorn’ businesses. We’ve seen companies like Canva, AfterPay and Linktree grow from 50 people to over 500+ people in a matter of a few years. So, how do they handle scaling a business so fast?

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What a good cross-functional team should look like

✓ The different ways of scaling products

✓ The foundations you need to scale quickly

✓ Ways to avoid hierarchy and big company bureaucracy

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Book: Turn the ship around by David Marquet

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Evolving Product Management Best Practices with Kent Weathers

Jade Bennett — Mon, 02 May 2022 07:00:00 +1100

Kent Weathers talks to Georgia today about the most common challenges organisations are facing and what they can do to change that and how it all starts by implementing best practices and global standards.

Product Management has been an evolving industry for 20+ years and in the last 5 years alone, companies are hiring more and more Product Managers. But a lot of them leave their jobs after only 6 months. So why is that?

Kent and The Association of Product Management are on a mission to build global industry best practices in order to power people to do better product work. They represent the people and work tirelessly to advance the profession of product management.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The importance of establishing best practices

✓ Why organisations are facing the same product challenges

✓ How organisations can empower product managers to do good work

✓ The future of product management

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https://productprofessionals.com/

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Reinventing Product Prioritisation with Brad Dunn

Jade Bennett — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +1100

Brad Dunn is a Product Management executive with over 20 years of experience. He caught up with Georgia to talk to her about how he is on a journey to reinvent product prioritisation.

Brad is the former CPO of Whispir and CEO of both OHNO.ai and Nazori. He is now the founder of GrowShow, a new SaaS product designed to help content creators.

As a Product Manager, it’s your job to make sure the business is working on the most important things first. The reality is though, that you can never get everything done all at once. But luckily there are some popular prioritisation frameworks in the market to help evaluate the importance of various initiatives and eliminate waste whilst ensuring we're delivering customer value and this is what Bradd is passionate about.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Brad’s productisation ideology

✓ Where the idea came from

✓ His opinion on roadmaps, popular agile frameworks & blind auditions

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https://jesterhoax.medium.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fS7QJZN6zY&t=1360s

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Developing a successful go-to-market strategy with Ally Akbarzadeh

Jade Bennett — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +1100

Joining Georgia today is Ally Akbarzadeh. Ally has spent over two decades bringing great digital products to life, and has been fortunate enough to develop industry-leading B2C and B2B products. He has extensive experience in marketing products and is going to share his thoughts, opinions, and ideas on the importance of having a strong go-to-market strategy and how that ties into product strategies.

Ally talks about how building and launching brilliant products requires understanding and harmonizing an internal focus (the build) with an external focus (the launch). The go-to-market strategy captures how you will bring a specific new experience or series of new experiences to market.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Aligning the product strategy with the marketing strategy

✓ Financial literacy

✓ If Product Managers need to be across P/L statements

✓ Who is responsible for paying for the problems that arise

✓ Advice for Product Managers entering a new market

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Resources:

Harvard Innovation Lab GTM framework for startups https://vimeo.com/6085892 [2] 29

HubSpot Go To Market guide https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/gtm-strategy

Product Marketing Alliance (https://www.productmarketingalliance.com/go-to-market/)

The Strategyzer collection makes the dark art of business strategy and value proposition design and makes them accessible.

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

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How to hire your first Product Manager with Ben Wirtz

Jade Bennett — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:45:00 +1100

One of the reasons we know people love working for start-ups, is the dynamic nature of the role. It offers an opportunity to get exposure to not just product challenges, but business challenges too. So, as a Founder, how and when do you decide is the right time to hire a Product Manager?

In this episode, Georgia talks to Ben Wirtz, a product leader with over 10 years of experience working with both famous enterprise companies such as Atlassian and Google as well as founding his own start-ups. Over the years, Ben has hired numerous product folk and is here today to share his experiences and how to avoid expensive hiring mistakes.

Ben is passionate about empowering people, promoting positive energy, and helping people to discover their potential. He is proud to have had the opportunity to help people grow from individual contributors to senior leaders.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Figuring out the right time to hire a Product Manager

✓ How to define the Product Manager role

✓ Hiring a Product Manager vs. a Product Leader

✓ The right interviewing techniques and setting your Product Manager up for success

✓ The soft skills to look for in a Product Manager

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Website - Productrise.com/blog

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Accelerating growth with scaled OKRs with Amanda Ralph

Jade Bennett — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +1100

Joining Georgia on The Product Edge is Amanda Ralph, a successful product strategist and leader who has a passion for creating and developing market-leading commercial and customer value through building and designing products and services that customers love.

Amanda has worked with some of Australia’s leading public and private companies including Qantas, NAB, KPMG, and Medibank. She is currently the Principal Product Manager of Retirement Products for Australia’s largest profit-for-member superannuation fund, AustralianSuper.

Not only that, but she is an active member of the Australian and global product community, including six years as a Leading the Product ambassador and co-founding Product Women Australia which now has over 6000 members both nationally and internationally.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The positive power of OKRs

✓ What not to do when setting OKRs

✓ How OKRs shouldn’t be used

✓ OKRs in start-up vs. enterprise organisations

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https://au.linkedin.com/in/ralphamanda

https://twitter.com/thatproductchic?lang=en

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Women-in-Product-Melbourne/

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An Engineering Managers perspective on aligning product and technology with Barry Scott

Jade Bennett — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:30:00 +1100

Barry is a big advocate for calm, sustainable, and distributed teamwork. In this podcast, he shares his knowledge and experience on how to align product and technology teams to make that happen.

With an extensive career working with technology and product teams as a Developer, Consultant, and Leader, Barry provides solutions on how to get teams to communicate and collaborate in a more structured way.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Promoting clarity and better communication

✓ Getting all teams involved in making a product idea a reality

✓ How to overcome challenges when working in a distributed team

✓ How agile has evolved and continues to evolve

✓ How to make agile processes work for you and your team

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Resources:

Turn the Ship Around! By David Marquet

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@bazscott – Twitter

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The importance of Product Storytelling and Product Narrative with Rob Crowder

Jade Bennett — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:30:00 +1100

Rob Crowder, Head of Product at Nutromics joined Georgia in this episode. They spoke about the importance of having a strong product narrative and the effect that has on customers.

Rob’s specialties are Product Development and Management, and he leads a talented team of technology and product people who share the same passion for revolutionising healthcare.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The difference between a product story and a product narrative

✓ The outcomes of having a strong product narrative

✓ How and when to use a product narrative

✓ User journey mapping in product development

✓ Drawing everyone around the product concept

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Resources:

User story mapping – Jeff Patton

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/nutromics

www.nutromics.com.au

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Developing Product Leaders with Jonathan Swift

Jade Bennett — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +1100

Georgia was joined by Jonathan Swift, General Manager at REA Group. Jonathan has over 20 years of experience in the technology sector - his impressive product career spans across the UK, US, Asia, and Australia. He has a wealth of experience within the Product and Development Management field, and he’s on The Product Edge to share his experiences leading the product function across a variety of businesses from start-ups and multinational organisations, to everything in between.

We talk about what it’s like to be a leader in product and what Product Managers need to do in order to grow into excellent leaders.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The challenges that Product Managers face today

✓ What the differences are between product leadership and people leadership

✓ The key skills to learn to prepare for leadership

✓ Some of the important lessons Jonathan has learned along the way

✓ Being a Product Manager in B2B and B2C industries

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Resources:

“Think Again” by Adam Grant

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-swift

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Leading & adapting through crisis with Craig Penfold

Jade Bennett — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:30:00 +1100

Craig Penfold is the VP of Engineering at Culture Amp and at the time of recording, this episode was Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product at Rome2Roi. He has 22 years of experience and is now combining his technical knowledge with Product Management to lead both product and technical functions.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Re-focusing during a crisis

✓ How to challenge assumptions in a time when things are so unpredictable

✓ Adapting your product to changing user needs

✓ How to support your team and continue leading through crisis

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Resources:

● Turn the ship around by David Marquet – this is a great book about intent-based leadership

● Inspired by Marty Cagan – really the go-to book on what great product development teams should look like

● The 5 dysfunctions of a team – a book written as a fable to help you better understand what a functioning team looks like.

● Continuous Discover Habits – Teresa Torres – continuous user discovery is essential to help build better products

Connect with guest:

https://twitter.com/craigles75 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/penfold/

Connect with Georgia Hart:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiahartrec/

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Three types of product roadmaps to master with David Wang

Jade Bennett — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:30:00 +1100

Georgia caught up with David Wang, Founder of the Product Academy, who is passionate about helping the next generation of Product Managers through teaching the art of Product Management.

With over 15 years of experience building products for start-ups, as well as coaching corporate organisations across Australia, we are excited to talk to David about the three different types of product roadmaps to master.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The importance and benefits of having a product roadmap

✓ What Product Managers can do to avoid their roadmap failing

✓ Ensuring clearly defined goals are set

✓ Creating a product roadmap

✓ Should roadmaps be shared publicly?

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Resources:[1]

Kick-Ass Product Roadmaps

https://productcoalition.com/how-to-create-kick-ass-product-roadmaps-spoiler-alert-there-are-3-types-of-roadmaps-a1018d147603

www.productacademy.io

https://www.meetup.com/ProductschoolAPAC/

Community: http://slack.productacademy.io/

Connect with guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/productdave/

Connect with Georgia Hart:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiahartrec/

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How to become a more Data-Led Product Manager with Frank McKenna

Jade Bennett — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:30:00 +1100

In this episode, Georgia welcomes Frank McKenna, Chief Product Officer. Here, he discusses being ‘data driven’ which is still misunderstood by many in the same way that Agile development is/was. Very few decisions a product manager makes aren’t data-driven. In fact, for most product managers, they make data-informed decisions daily.

With an impressive 20 years of experience in Product Management, across a range of industries in the USA, Europe, and Australia, Frank shares his insights on how to navigate through the challenges of understanding Data.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What it means to be data-led

✓ How Product Managers can learn to manage the complexities of data

✓ How to ensure Product Managers are using quality data

✓ Does putting data at the heart of everything, mean better decision making?

Access the resources mentioned in this episode and connect with us...

Resources:

Book: Business Model Generation by Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

Connect with guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-mckenna-2574791/

Connect with Georgia Hart:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiahartrec/

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Technology evolution and the contribution to digital pollution with Radhika Dutt

Jade Bennett — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:50:00 +1100

Radhika Dutt is back to share her experience of taking a vision-driven approach rather than an iterative approach to creating great products. Georgia and Radhika talk about Digital Pollution and how technology evolution is impacting our society. You can find out more in her recent book, Radical Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. You can also download Radhika’s free toolkit and a copy of her book through her website.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The long-term effects of screen-time

✓ How the products we use are shaping our future

✓ Being influenced and influencing through AI algorithms

✓ Personal data and digital pollution

✓ The way product folk can be conscious of their contribution to digital pollution

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Resources:

Get the free toolkit: https://www.radicalproduct.com/

Buy the book here: Radical Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter

Connect with Radhika:

https://twitter.com/radhikadutt?lang=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-dutt

If you're interested in hearing more about our current Product Management career opportunities with Catch, contact Charlotte Adams:

E: charlotte@middletonexec.com.au

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How to conduct meaningful customer interviews with Scott Middleton

Jade Bennett — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:30:00 +1100

In this episode, Georgia caught up with Scott Middleton, Founder of Terem, where they spoke about Design Thinking and User-Centered Design Principles, and how they highlight the importance of understanding the needs, wants, and desires of their customers. It’s still surprising how often product folk don’t really speak to their customers..!

It was an absolute pleasure talking to Scott about how Product Managers can conduct meaningful customer interviews and how he helps product folk understand the “why” behind the “what” of the data.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Why customer interviews are important

✓ How to prepare for and run customer interviews effectively

✓ Different interviewing techniques

✓ Effective interview questions to get the right data

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Resources:

Integrity by Henry Cloud
Profit Principle by Peter Fritz
Four Steps to Epiphany by Steve Blank

https://terem.tech/how-to-run-early-customer-interviews/ <= a step by step guide

https://terem.tech/what-is-the-1-resource-for-product-ideas/ <= the research

https://terem.tech/how-to-conduct-excellent-customer-interviews/ <= a webinar interview/discussion about this

We also have an upcoming webinar on customer research: https://terem.tech/upcoming-webinar-product-research-ops-how-to-involve-customers-in-every-release/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmiddleton/

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The challenges facing Women in Product with Pearly Yee

Jade Bennett — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:30:00 +1100

Middleton Executive is passionate about supporting and helping women in the product and tech community. We were incredibly excited to have Pearly Yee from Brainmates join us on The Product Edge to share her ideas and opinions on how we can help more women in the industry.

Pearly has over 10 years of Product Management experience and is former Head of Product at The Australian Financial Review and former Product Lead at Envato. She has also played a huge role in helping some of Australia's most successful companies from startups to household brands, as well as regulatory bodies, to establish product management processes and capabilities.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What it’s like to be a woman in product

✓ Where women can find support in the product community

✓ Steps to help bridge the gender pay gap

✓ The shortage of female leaders

Connect with guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pearly-yee-31590621

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How to better evaluate a new product idea with Steve Forbes

Jade Bennett — Mon, 31 May 2021 06:45:00 +1100

In this episode, Jade is joined by Steve Forbes, Co-founder of Xienta. Over the last 15 years, Steve has worked with some of Australia’s largest organisations such as NAB, ANZ, Telstra, and Aus Post to bring their ideas to life. Steve is passionate about building innovative products which deliver great user experiences and leverage new and emerging technologies. Today Steve shares his expertise on how product professionals can better evaluate their product ideas.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ what good product development looks like

✓ a simple process for evaluating product ideas

✓ building product-centric teams

✓ core skills modern product managers should be acquiring

Connect with guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenforbes/

Meetup

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Product-Talks-Melbourne/

Website

https://www.xienta.io/

https://www.steveforbes.com.au/about

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Why successful products require a vision-driven approach with Radhika Dutt

Jade Bennett — Mon, 17 May 2021 06:30:00 +1100

In this episode of The Product Edge, Radhika Dutt joins Jade to discuss Radical Product Thinking and why successful products require a vision-driven approach.

Radhika is an entrepreneur and seasoned product leader, she is also the author of the upcoming book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter.

Radhika has participated in four acquisitions as a result of the products she has built , including two acquisitions of companies she founded. She also speaks nine languages and is currently learning her tenth.

In this episode we discuss:

Radical Product Thinking
Vision Driven Product Development
Product Diseases
Digital Pollution
A Hippocratic Oath for Product Management

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Resources:

https://www.radicalproduct.com

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LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-dutt/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RadhikaDutt

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The challenges of scaling Agtech with Emma Weston

Jade Bennett — Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:00 +1100

AgTech is an emerging sector that has the potential to completely reshape global agriculture, dramatically increasing the productivity of the agriculture system while reducing the environmental and social costs of current production practices.

Agtech is set for monumental growth and has been predicted to become Australia's next $100 billion industry by 2030. In this episode, Emma Weston, Co-Founder and CEO of one of Australia’s most awarded Agtech startups, AgriDigital discusses the challenges of scaling Agtech businesses.

In this episode we discuss:

Agtech as an emerging industry
How Product Management differs in Agtech
The challenges of scaling
The impact of Covid and Draughts on the industry

Connect with Emma Weston:

LinkedIn - @emmamweston

Website - www.agridigital.io

@Agri_Digital (Twitter)

agridigital.global (Instagram)

@AgriDigital (LinkedIn)

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Building a Tech Solution to a Global Internet Problem with Alex Zaccaria CEO of Linktree

Jade Bennett — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +1100

In this upbeat episode, Co-Founder and CEO of Linktree, Alex Zaccaria shares with Jade his insights into Linktree’s growth journey, and what he believes is the key to their astronomical product growth.

Alex founded Linktree as a side-hustle in 2016 with his brother, Anthony and friend, Nick Humphreys. Today, Linktree is the social tech platform democratising the discovery of content for over 10 million global users!

Since launching, Linktree has helped brands such as Red Bull & HBO, celebrities including Selena Gomez & Arnold Schwarzenegger, solopreneurs and small business owners across the world, connect their channels, build their brand and amplify their voice through a fragmented internet.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ How to scale a side hustle to over 10 million global users

✓ Linktree’s product philosophy

✓ What user-based product development looks like

✓ The reality and demands on founders and how to avoid burnout

✓ The wellbeing initiatives at the core of Linktree’s culture

Connect with Alex Zaccaria:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexzac/

Website: https://linktr.ee/

Social Media:

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● Twitter

● Facebook

● LinkedIn

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Active Learning - The Number One Skill for Product Management with Phil Laufenberg

Jade Bennett — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +1100

Joining Jade on The Product Edge is Phil Laufenberg. Phil is the CPO at Practera - Australia’s leading experiential learning technology startup. He’s also a Product Management trainer with our good friends at Brainmates.

Phil has a passion for education, innovation and the future of work, and has led the ideation, design and development of multiple award-winning education technology products.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Continuous development and active learning

✓ The impact of Covid on experiential learning

✓ The essential skills Product folk should be developing to stay relevant

✓ Creating your product market fit

✓ The future of work

Connect with Phil Laufenberg:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipplaufenberg/

Practera Website: practera.com

Brainmates website: brainmates.com.au

Persona website: philipplaufenberg.co

Twitter: @phillaufenberg

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Humanising Product Management: How To Build Adaptive Product

Jade Bennett — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:45:00 +1100

Product Management rhetoric typically focuses on technical craftsmanship, and the human elements of Product Management are sometimes overlooked.

Product Managers need to understand human behaviours, and in today’s episode Jade explores the human aspects of Product Management - the adaptive skills product folk need - with our guest Nick Coster, Co-Founder of Brainmates.

Nick has been working in Product Management since the mid-’90s. In 2004, Nick joined Adrienne Tan in founding Brainmates to champion the professional role of Product Management by delivering consulting and training to product folk.

In this episode we explore:

✓ What does an adaptive product team look like

✓ The key skills needed within Adaptive Product teams

✓ The impact of Product across the broader business

✓ The future of Product Management

Brainmates has been championing Product Management in Australia and around the world for over 16 years and run their ‘Essentials of Product Management’ course at least once a month. If you are a Product Manager or lead a team of Product Managers, then this course is a great way to get working more effectively to deliver better customer outcomes that hit business goals.

For further information, visit https://Brainmates.com.au/training

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Connect with Nick Coster via Brainmates:

LinkedIn: Facebook.com/Brainmates

Twitter: Twitter.com/Brainmates

Website: Brainmates.com.au

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Design Thinking for Product Managers with Lital Sherman

Jade Bennett — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +1100

In this engaging episode, Jade speaks with Lital Sherman, Head of Experience Design at PageUp to discuss Design Thinking for Product Managers.

Lital is a design leader, strategist, and storyteller. She is passionate about utilising Design Thinking to drive positive cultural change in our lives and believes that by understanding human behaviour, motivations and biases, we will be in a position to design a better journey for ourselves, and the people around us.

Over the last couple of years, many tech companies have started to adopt Design Thinking in different parts of the organisation; such as HR, Legal, Support, and of course, Product Management and Engineering. Lital shares with us her journey at PageUp and how the entire business now adopts Design Thinking principles.

In this episode we explore:

✓ What Design Thinking is

✓ The 5 steps of Design Thinking

✓ How this framework of thinking can change businesses, education and governments

✓ Practical tips to help anyone adopt these principles

Connect with Lital Sherman on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lital-sherman-175a7446/

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Do’s and don’ts of interviewing for a Product Management role with Laura Paton

Jade Bennett — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 06:30:00 +1100

In this relaxed and candid chat, Jade and Laura explore the do’s and don’ts of interviewing for Product Management roles.

Over the last 10 years, Laura has worked with local start-ups, fortune 100 companies and everything in between. Laura holds a degree in Human Resources and enjoys partnering with business leaders across the broad spectrum that is HR.

Laura now channels her passion for great people experiences into developing and executing talent and employer branding strategies to support values-led businesses – with a special interest in growing tech companies.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ The biggest challenges tech companies face when hiring product folk

✓ Common skills gaps across Product Management

✓ Advice on how to prepare for any Product Management interview

✓ The common mistakes to avoid during your Product Management interview

Connect with Laura:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-paton-au/

Twitter - @papercutdev

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How to kill products…. on purpose with Katherine Barrett

Jade Bennett — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:30:00 +1100

In this engaging episode Jade and Katherine discuss how to kill products on purpose!

Katherine is a product manager at Drawboard where she is helping to create the paperless office. As a ‘self-proclaimed” minimum viable adult, Katherine has come to value the simplicity of things and overtime has developed a passion for talking about the last moments of a product or feature.

In this candid conversation, Katherine shares her own personal journey that led her to becoming a minimalist and egnited the passion that now drives her to sunset products and features more than most.

You may even say, she’s the Marie Kondo of product management as she shaped her career de-cluttering products.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Applying Marie Kondo principles to product management

✓ What does de-cluttering your product mean

✓ The benefits of de-cluttering in product management

✓ When to sunset your product

✓ Practical tools and tips to help de-clutter your product

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Resources:

Lisa Long and her approach to zombies:

https://www.mindtheproduct.com/killing-zombies-lisa-long-on-the-product-experience/

Sheena Iyengar and why choice is important and stressful:

https://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_how_to_make_choosing_easier?language=en

Connect with guest:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrettkatherine/

Website - @misscommunikat

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Should Product Management Have its Own Code of Ethics? with Anthony Murphy

Jade Bennett — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +1100

We all have our own Code of Ethics; how we as individuals conduct ourselves. In the workplace there are laws that govern how businesses and their staff can operate. Doctors, Lawyers and Accountants are examples of professions that all have a Code of Ethics, and in this episode we ask: Should there be a Code of Ethics for Product Managers?

Joining Jade Bennett on this episode of The Product Edge is Anthony Murphy, a Senior Product Coach and Consultant who trains and mentors Product Managers all over the world. Jade and Anthony endeavour to answer the question on whether the Product Management profession should have its own Code of Ethics, including unintended consequences and product misuse.

Having spent the early part of his career in The Royal Military College, the topic of ethics and codes of conduct is something Anthony is deeply passionate about. With experience spanning across several industries, from start-ups to large corporates across the entire product life-cycle, he often partners with CPOs to help build product-led organisations and teams, working with leaders to embed this thinking and responsibility into their DNA.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Should tech companies care about ethics?

✓ Are biases an ethical concern?

✓ Should Product Managers have a higher duty of care than a company’s profits?

✓ Tools to help you consider ethical factors in your daily practices

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Resources:

Radhika Dutt’s article calling for an Hippocratic oath: https://productcraft.com/perspectives/the-hippocratic-oath-of-product-leadership/

Humane Tech: https://www.humanetech.com

Their canvas: https://www.humanetech.com/designguide

Ethical Product canvas: https://www.threebility.com/post/the-digital-product-ethics-canvas

Anthony’s blogs about 'the ethical economy' and why Product Managers and companies should care: https://medium.com/swlh/the-rise-of-the-ethical-economy-a4a7dc15939f?source=friends_link&sk=782d0b406fc86ad4c64d2ad9c30deb1f

Why companies are choosing purpose over profits: https://medium.com/swlh/why-companies-are-choosing-purpose-over-profits-7bedbbb37b6c

Connect with Anthony Murphy here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ant-murphy/

Website: http://medium.com/@antmurphy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ant_murphy

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How To Lead Through Influence with Ken Sandy

Jade Bennett — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:30:00 +1100

In this episode, Jade and Ken explore how Product Managers can navigate the challenging aspect of a Product Manager’s role; leading through influence.

Ken Sandy is a Senior Product Leader and author of the book, The Influential Product Manager. He is also an industry fellow and Lecturer at UC Berkeley, where he teaches the engineering school’s first course in product management.

This episode is an absolute must for all Product folk as Ken shares his framework on how to ensure you are establishing yourself and your position in the company as influential.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What is influence and why it’s so important for Product Management professionals;

✓ What is the Product Manager’s role;

✓ Ken’s 10-step framework to lead through influence;

✓ The importance of relationships across your organisation;

✓ The most important aspect of a Product Manager’s role and why it should never be outsourced;

✓ The number one metric you need to be measuring.

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Resources:

Website: www.influentialpm.com

Paperback: https://amzn.to/39kie8i

eBook: bit.ly/influential40

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An Unconventional Path Into Product Leadership featuring Shannon Scott

Jade Bennett — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:30:00 +1100

In this episode, Jade and Shannon explore the importance of reflecting on ‘why’ you build a product and the consideration Product Managers need to give to the impact and consequences this may have on society and communities.

Having had a very interesting career to date, Shannon Scott’s journey has not been typical of a traditional Product Management professional. He has worked at the intersection of business and technology, without ever formally holding the ‘Product Manager’ title. Currently in the role as Head of Product at global fintech company, Airwallex, Shannon was also the first employee for enterprise analytics company Palantir, and has also held numerous roles including Software Engineer, Business Development and General Manager.

In this episode we discuss:

✓ Shannon’s unconventional path into Product Leadership

✓ What makes a great Product Manager

✓ The responsibilities Product Managers shouldn’t ignore

✓ AI and Data and its impact on society

✓ The importance of reflecting on what you’re building and considering the impact your products will have on society

Connect with Shannon:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsj/

Socials - https://linktr.ee/sscott

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How to nail the Product Management interview with Simon Farrugia

Jade Bennett — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 06:30:00 +1100

This week on The Product Edge, Jade Bennett speaks with the Director of Product Management at Campaign Monitor, Simon Farrugia. Simon has been instrumental in a series of Product innovations and has a diverse career across Product, including consumer, enterprise, software and hardware.

Passionate about building high performing product teams, Simon shares what he looks for when recruiting Product folk and offers up some tips that will help you nail your next Product interview. He helps to define what unique products you might be suited to managing.

Drawing on his own experience navigating his career from Senior Product Manager to Product Director, Simon also offers the advice he wishes he had when transitioning into leading Product teams.

Together they explore all things Product Management and the state of Product hiring in Australia including:

✓ What companies look for when hiring Product Managers

✓ How do you know if you’re suited to a career in Product Management

✓ How to nail the Product Management interview

✓ What you should absolutely not do in your Product interview

✓ Tips to navigate career progression from Senior Product Manager to Product Leader

If you’re looking at taking this next step in your career, you’ll want to listen to this episode!

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Product Storytelling: The Essential Product Management Skill with Josh Centner

Jade Bennett — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 06:30:00 +1100

In this episode Jade and Josh explore the essential yet often overlooked skill all Product Managers must master - Storytelling.

Josh Centner is currently Head of Product & Delivery at PageUp. He has over 10 years of Product Management experience within the startup, scaleup and enterprise ecosystem. Josh is an avid believer in the art of storytelling and pushed through his own nerves and fears to master this skill. He swears that he would not be where he is today, leading product teams, if he had not mastered this essential skill.

In this candid conversation, Josh shares his own startup and enterprise experiences and how effective storytelling telling landed him a job with NAB, despite taking a quick nap during the interview!

In this episode we discuss:

✓ What is storytelling in Product Management

✓ Why storytelling is so important in Product Management

✓ How to tell a good Product story

✓ What happens to the audience when you tell a good Product story

✓ The link between Storytelling and Sales Enablement

✓ Why Storytelling differentiates ‘great’ Product Managers from ‘good’

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The Future of Product Management with Adrienne Tan

Jade Bennett — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:30:00 +1100

Adrienne is a highly experienced senior product and business leader with over 20 years of experience across multiple industries. She has extensive expertise across various business disciplines, including product strategy and product planning, business stakeholder management and product design and development. Her passion for managing, coaching and nurturing product teams, senior product managers and tech leads has lifted the bar for the Product Management profession in Australia.

In this episode Jade and Adrienne discuss the impact Covid-19 has had on the Product Management profession in Australia and explore the future of Product, post Covid-19.

In this casual conversation, Adrienne shares her experiences building Brainmates from the ground up and her predictions for the future of Product Management post Covid-19.

In this episode, we explore:

✓ The current state of Product Management in Australia

✓ How Covid-19 has impacted Product Management

✓ What Product Managers should be focusing on

✓ What Product leaders need to be focusing on

✓ Why the future is bright for Product folks

✓ Career planning for product folk - it’s not sexy, but it’s essential!

✓ The #1 Product Conference is Australia: Leading the Product

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Resources:

Purchase tickets to Leading the Product here: https://www.leadingtheproduct.com/

Connect with Adrienne Tan:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brainmates

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/brainmates/

Website: www.brainmates.com.au

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How To Land Your First Job in Product Management with Paul Napper

Jade Bennett — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +1100

‘THE PRODUCT EDGE’

Date: 10 August 2020

Name of show: The Product Edge

Episode # 1: How to land your first job in Product Management

Episode summary:

In this first episode of The Product Edge, Jade Bennett speaks with Paul Napper, a seasoned Product Leader and founder of Paul Napper Web Design. Paul has worked across Product Management for over a decade in some of Australia’s most iconic organisations such as Fairfax Media, BigCommerce and SafetyCulture, just to name a few.

Jade and Paul discuss the steps you can take to land your first job in Product and some of the skills you should be developing to get there. Paul shares his personal experiences working in Product Management highlighting what has worked successfully, and also what some of the challenges you’ll likely face as you navigate this ambiguous career in Product.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✓ What makes a great Product Manager;

✓ How to land your first job in Product Management;

✓ The hard and soft skills you’ll need for a successful career in Product Management;

✓ What to expect in your first Product Management role;

✓ Finding value and purpose in your Product career.

Access the resources mentioned in this episode and connect with us...

Resources:

● Product Capability matrix: email hello@theproductedge.com.au for your copy

● OKR software: visit https://www.inorbit.io/

● Watch ‘The New Hustle’: https://youtu.be/SN0NlchcUS8

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Australia's #1 Podcast For Product Management Professionals

Jade Bennett — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:11:00 +1100

Are you a Product Manager looking for a Product tribe that forces you to level up? You've come to the right place.

Welcome to The Product Edge: A podcast for inquisitive product management professionals.

The Product Edge takes you on a journey into the minds of exceptional product leaders, entrepreneurs, creators and hustlers. My mission is to provide Product people with the skills, insights and tools you need gain your Product ‘edge’.

Hosted by me, Jade Bennett, Australia’s leading Product Management recruitment expert and founder of Middleton Executive.

In each episode, I’ll introduce you to experts in their field and my hope is that we’ll provide you with the skills, insights and tools that you need to excel in your career as we discuss ‘all things Product’ with APAC’s leading Product minds.

I’ll be facilitating, challenging and exploring Product-related ideas with thought leaders who have amazing stories to share.

By joining the conversation, you will part of an engaged and collaborative Product community that helps to define best practice for product management across APAC.

Our mission is to help every product professional level up and reach their full potential.

Head to the product edge.com.au to subscribe to Australia's #1 podcast for all things Product Management