Vision Setting Course
Complete the course and final quiz to earn a “Radical Product Thinking: Vision Setting” badge for your professional profile.
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Lessons from my first year as a Prod Ops Manager
An account of challenges, learnings, and career insights in product ops, and its strategic importance within large organisations.
What are product features? Definition, examples, and 5 types
According to Tim Cook, Apple CEO, “A great product isn’t just a collection of features. It’s how it all works together.” Features make a product, and product managers know they need to implement the right features that will boost adoption rates while also having a favorable ROI. It’s a balance between customer satisfaction and product
Perplexity lawsuit sends warning to product managers
Doubtless you’ve seen the headlines that News Corp is suing Jeff Bezos-backed AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, accusing Perplexity of scraping content without permission, copying on a “massive scale”, and repurposing New Corp content without authorisation. As the lawsuit says: “This suit is brought by news publishers who seek redress for Perplexity’s brazen scheme
Deep dive: Crafting your product vision and mission
As Product Managers and Product Leaders, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day grind of feature releases, bug fixes, and user feedback. But amidst this whirlwind of activity, how do successful product teams stay focused on what truly matters? The answer lies in two powerful concepts: Product Vision and Product Mission. Imagine standing
Connecting fans to creators at Spotify (Dariusz Dziuk, Product Lead, Spotify)
In this episode, Dariusz Dziuk, product lead for music expression at Spotify, discusses his journey in product management, the balance between art and science in the field, and the innovative process behind creating dynamic cover art for artists. He shares insights on how the team at Spotify connects creators with fans, the importance of validating
The product-led growth toolkit
Explore the essential toolkit for product managers to drive growth and enhance user experiences in a PLG environment.
Join us at #mtpcon London in 2025 – mark your calendars
Extra, extra, London is calling! We’re delighted to announce that tickets are on sale for #mtpcon London in 2025. Circle 11 March on your calendars and set your sights on the Barbican Centre, where it all began. And be sure to register before 15 January to save on your pass! Here’s what you can expect:
Sunday Rewind: How to make product decisions with transparency and trust by Ellen Gottesdiener
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a ProductTank London talk from coach Ellen Gottesdiener that highlights some of the dysfunctions of decision making and offers ways to overcome them. Ellen starts by looking at some of the process traps and pitfalls for product managers when they make decisions about strategy, tactics, discovery and delivery, namely: making
Building your own user experience and software stack: This week’s product news
Our content series gives you the lowdown on what’s been happening in the tech world this week and what it could mean for product professionals. Double click this. Target released an update to its app to curb a shopper behavior workers call the “double tap.” Workers said drive-up customers were causing chaos by waiting until
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Building for change: When transformation and product management meet
Explore how product managers can ease organisational change by prioritising people, enhancing communication, and building internal support.
What are product features? Definition, examples, and 5 types
According to Tim Cook, Apple CEO, “A great product isn’t just a collection of features. It’s how it all works together.” Features make a product, and product managers know they need to implement the right features that will boost adoption rates while also having a favorable ROI. It’s a balance between customer satisfaction and product
How to prioritise your work for impact- Nacho Bassino (Product Leadership Coach)
In this conversation on The Product Experience podcast, Nacho Bassino shares his extensive experience in product management and coaching, discussing the evolution of the field, the importance of understanding business impact, and practical tools like KPI trees. He highlights the need for product managers to connect user behaviour with business outcomes and to facilitate decision-making
Perplexity lawsuit sends warning to product managers
Doubtless you’ve seen the headlines that News Corp is suing Jeff Bezos-backed AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, accusing Perplexity of scraping content without permission, copying on a “massive scale”, and repurposing New Corp content without authorisation. As the lawsuit says: “This suit is brought by news publishers who seek redress for Perplexity’s brazen scheme
The irony of product-led growth
It is a common sight in product organizations that product roadmaps are packed with new additions, as if every user is desperately waiting for all of them. Contrary to this assumption, a considerable proportion of the user base is primarily interested in the core value of the product, while the rest of the features are
Sunday Rewind: The Role of the First Product Manager by Andrew Moll
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2022 ProductTank Barcelona talk from Andrew Moll, then Head of Product at Abacum, on what it means to be the first product manager in a startup. In his talk Andrew discusses what product management in a startup is really about – discovery, early-stage research, product judgement, and being directionally
Navigating time zones and cultures: Tips for effectively managing distributed teams
Discover strategies for managing effectively global remote teams across diverse time zones and backgrounds.
Speak at our events in 2025
Speaking at one of our Mind the Product or Pendo events is a unique opportunity to share fresh, relevant perspectives with the global product community. We’re looking for talks that bring new ideas and speakers who open minds, challenge conventional thinking, and provide actionable insights. If you’re ready to share your latest frameworks, case studies,
5 ways to invent and simplify as an AI/ML product manager
Explore 5 strategies for leveraging ‘Invent and Simplify’ principle to drive innovation and efficiency in AI product development.
Highlights from October’s ProductTank meetups
Read the highlights from October ProductTanks, we hosted 60 meetups around the world, and in this article we will highlight a few.
How Google makes AI work at Enterprise scale – Miku Jha (Director, AI/ML and Generative AI, Google Cloud)
In this week’s conversation, we speak with Miku Jia, the Director for AI and ML at Google Cloud, about the practical applications of AI in enterprises live from Pendomonium 2024. They discuss Miku’s journey into AI, the importance of addressing real business problems with AI solutions, and the key success factors for using AI effectively.
What your workflow needs is bespoke AI: This week’s product news
Our content series gives you the lowdown on what’s been happening in the tech world this week and what it could mean for product professionals. This week, we’re looking towards 2025, seeing what Anthropic has been up to, and spotlighting automated tests for mobile apps. Enter the Notion ecosystem Notion has continued to deliver good
Growing a unicorn: Inside DeepL (Justyna Walkowska, Product Director)
Since its launch in 2017, DeepL, a global communications platform powered by Language AI, has experienced exponential growth, making the Cloud 100 list for two years in a row. Most recently, the company raised $300m at a $2 bn valuation. The machine learning platform sells translation technology to businesses and other organisations and notes it
Sunday Rewind: Understanding product ops with Taylor Belchak
This week’s Sunday Rewind takes us back to a 2022 #mtpcon London digital breakout session in which Taylor Belchak, then Product Operations Lead at Deliveroo, discusses product operations and why they are essential to business success. She says that product operations develop with business growth – as an organisation scales, simple tasks become full-scale critical
Top product management reads in October
From surveys on product tools to burnout and building AI products that aren’t terrible, here’s a roundup of the most-read posts on Mind the Product this month. Poll results: What tools are product managers using most? Our most widely read article this month laid out the findings from some polls we conducted to find out
A deep dive into internal product management
An often overlooked role in product management is the internal product manager. As organisations become more dependent on internal teams, this role is becoming more and more important as companies look to rely more on operations and productivity within engineering teams.In most organisations, this role usually involves maintaining and improving tools for employees, of tools
It’s the Strategy, stupid – Andrew Martinez-Fonts (VP Product, Honeysales)
This week on the podcast, we speak with Andrew Martinez-Fonts, VP of Product at Honeysales, to discuss product strategy and how that should always come before any technological advances. Andrew stresses the need to truly understand customer needs and align strategies with business goals. Featured links: Follow Andrew on LinkedIn | Honeysales | ‘Five things we learned at the #mtpcon +
Why teams often struggle with OKRs: A conversation with Jeff Gothelf
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are one of the most popular frameworks that many companies use to define success; however, many product teams struggle to use them effectively. We sat down with Jeff Gothelf, Author and Leadership expert, to discuss his latest book, “Who Does What by How Much?” and explore how product teams can better
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