In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Maya Brooks discusses the balance between creating revenue-focused and socially impactful products. She explains how flexibility in product design supports entrepreneurs through both good times and challenges. If you’re interested in social impact product management, this episode offers key insights on […]
John Kresse, Senior Director of Product Management at SoulCycle—and a former college basketball player at Emory 🏀—shares a simple but powerful way to combat overconfidence and make better product decisions. 3 Key Questions to Challenge Assumptions & De-Risk Your Roadmap: 🗣️ 1. How confident are you in the projected impact? Assign a confidence percentage to […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Drew Falkman dives into the growing field of product operations (product ops). Drew explains how product ops focuses on operationalizing product management processes and data to remove inefficiencies and improve collaboration across teams. From eliminating silos to optimizing handoffs between product […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” David Clements highlights the difficulties of managing communication between onshore and offshore teams using collaborative tools like Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Google Suite. David discusses how the lack of integration between these tools can lead to confusion, outdated information, and miscommunication, […]
Charles Roels, Head of Product at a newly founded “Stealth Startup”—and a dedicated scuba diver 🤿—shares a simple but powerful way to ensure alignment across teams: ask one key question. 🗣️ “Can you describe, in your own words, what you think we’re working toward?” https://www.instagram.com/rochdude/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesroels/ “How I PM” is a series where product managers, […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Jenna Gaudio shares her journey from being a detail-oriented perfectionist to learning the importance of prioritization in product management. She discusses the challenges of managing an ever-growing backlog and the value of focusing on current priorities rather than trying to complete […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Jenna Gaudio shares her journey from being a detail-oriented perfectionist to learning the importance of prioritization in product management. She discusses the challenges of managing an ever-growing backlog and the value of focusing on current priorities rather than trying to complete […]
How Do You Stay True to Your Product Vision While Adapting to Market Realities? At The Product Group’s latest TPG Live, we tackled one of the biggest challenges in product management: 🔥 Balancing long-term vision with shifting market demands 🧠 Understanding why users adopt (or abandon) products 🎯 Managing stakeholder expectations while staying focused on […]
Aniket Malvankar, Head of Product – IoT at Vantiva and juggling enthusiast, shares his top strategy for empowering your organization: make everyone think like a product manager. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniketmalvankar/ “How I PM” is a series where product managers, of all levels and experiences, share tips and tricks on their approach to product management. Stay tuned for […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders,” we sit down with David Clements, the product lead for Wireless, home to major UK radio stations like talkSPORT and Virgin Media. David has a rich history in both media and finance, having also led product for The Sun newspaper and worked on mobile banking […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Harpal Singh explains his approach to managing product processes by emphasizing principles over rigid methods. He discusses how prioritizing customer insights, collaboration, and data helps unlock better results for teams. Harpal shares examples of how companies can break free from overly […]
In the latest TPG Live session, Driving Impact Through Influence and Experimentation, we dived into strategies product managers can use to expand their influence, foster innovation, and navigate the evolving landscape of product management. Featuring an engaging discussion with Inis Hormann (Marketing Director Germany, Cepheid) and Steve Kury (Leadership Development Consultant, SHK Leadership Consulting), the […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Jenna Gaudio discusses her struggles with finding a product management tool that balances both high-level strategy and detailed task management. She explains how most tools are either too simple or too complex and fail to communicate the full story of a […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Harpal Singh shares his unique career path, starting as a UX designer and evolving into an interim Chief Product Officer. Harpal discusses how founding his own startup and building an e-commerce recommendation engine helped him transition into product management. If you’re […]
Renata McCurley, Senior Director of Product Management at Cognizant and opera singer in London, shares her top approach to keeping retrospectives fresh and impactful. https://www.linkedin.com/in/renata-mccurley/https://www.instagram.com/renatathepm “How I PM” is a series where product managers, of all levels and experiences, share tips and tricks on their approach to product management. Stay tuned for more episodes and […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Garrett Lang explains why daily communication with developers is crucial for product managers. He shares his own routine of meeting with his offshore developers every day to ensure clarity and overcome any ambiguity in product specifications. Garrett stresses that while other […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Jenna Gaudio explains how product managers can harness tension as a tool to get to the root of issues and keep teams focused on the right goals. She discusses the importance of maintaining balance—applying pressure when necessary and resolving tension when […]
Patrick Hoffman, Product Management Leader at Meta, and avid rock climber, shares his #1 tip on choosing the right framework for your product’s stage. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pth/ https://www.instagram.com/ARCKTip “How I PM” is a series where product managers, of all levels and experiences, share tips and tricks on their approach to product management. Stay tuned for more episodes […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Garrett Lang shares his entrepreneurial story, from working at GE to founding PlateRate. Garrett discusses how PlateRate offers a loyalty system that incentivizes repeat visits to restaurants by rewarding customers for trying the highest-rated menu items. Learn how this innovative approach […]
In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Drew Falkman shares the toughest lesson he’s learned in product management: the importance of failing fast. Drew explains how, early in his career, he spent too much time making assumptions and building features before validating them with users. He reflects on […]