Todays episode of byProduct Live is with Armin Krahl, VP of Digital Product at thermondo, Germany's oldest climatetech business. 

Armin is an expert in scaling digital products having worked at Wayfair, Delivery Hero and foodpanda.

In this episode Armin discusses operating systems in product management.

Today we will be unpicking operating systems in product management.  How to manage those systems, why its fun, but also understanding there will be some mistakes on the way.

01:31 - Defining Operating Systems in Product Management
04:27 - Managing Operating Systems and the Key Elements Involved
05:47 - The Importance of Understanding Processes and Scalability
07:35 - Collaborating with Stakeholders and Managing Change
08:48 - Continual Review and Improvement
10:00 - Dealing with Imperfect Operations and Learning from Mistakes
12:39 - Key Takeaways

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Scott gives a great overview of Emotionless Prioritization along with a nice practical tip using quadrant diagrams to help make decisions.

Prioritization without the emotion, but all the passion needed to build great products!

Scott Heyhoe is an experienced CPO who has worked across different domains in B2B and B2C and is currently building a new compliance checking platform, Compli, at Talent Clouds

01:34 - Importance of Prioritization
03:55 - Disseminating Priorities
05:02 - Removing Emotion from Decision Making
07:56 - Using Data for Decision-Making
09:28 - Re-prioritization & Quadrant Diagrams
10:56 - Managing Priorities Effectively
13:11 - Saying No
13:51 - Key Takeaways

byProduct is the community group for leaders in SaaS and Product.

"A likeminded community sharing knowledge and understanding, product by product"

If you're a CPO, CTO, CPTO, VP or Head of Product or Engineering then connect with Andrew at [email protected] or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaeer/ to hear more and join.

In this episode I talk with Lilly Dobreva about a topic that doesn’t seem to be discussed nearly enough – ethics in product and product management.

Ethics should be the top of the agenda when it comes to building SaaS products, but the conflict with making profit / revenue becomes a real challenge. Just look at some of the biggest tech companies in the world and their approach!

This is a topic that definitely needs as much discussion as possible.

01:36 – Current State of Ethics in Product Development
02:26 – Lack of Ownership and Attention to Ethics
04:21 - Ethics in the Age of AI
06:06 - Balancing Profit/ARR and Ethics
07:19 - Baking Ethical Behaviours into Product Management
09:00 - Navigating Conflict
09:51 - Product Leaders and Ethics

byProduct is the community group for leaders in SaaS and Product.

"A likeminded community sharing knowledge and understanding, product by product"

If you're a CPO, CTO, CPTO, VP or Head of Product or Engineering then connect with Andrew at [email protected] or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaeer/ to hear more and join.

Geert Timmermans is CPTO at Storyteq, part of Inspired Thinking Group. 

Geert talks us through the CPTO role from his own experience, and why it could be the right role for a lot of tech organisations.

Among leaders in product / tech the CPTO role is much discussed and in some cases quite controversial as it takes away the traditional structure of the CTO being the key tech leader.

I really enjoyed this discussion and hope you do too! Please leave any comments / feedback 😀 

01:07 - Introduction to the CPTO Role
02:20 - The Evolution of the CPTO Role
05:33 - When Does the CPTO Role Work?
08:29 - Benefits and Drawbacks of the CPTO Role
11:46 - The Role of the CPTO in Mature Organizations
13:59 - The Rise of the CPTO and the Recognition of Product Teams
15:49 - The Importance of Value Creation and Organization Dynamics
18:26 - Key Takeaways

byProduct is the community group for leaders in SaaS and Product.

"A likeminded community sharing knowledge and understanding, product by product"

If you're a CPO, CTO, CPTO, VP or Head of Product or Engineering then connect with Andrew at [email protected] or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaeer/ to hear more and join.

Welcome to ByProduct Live, where we unbox everything SaaS and product.  

We discuss their approach to leadership, and ways of working, to share their knowledge and understanding.

Today I am delighted to welcome Bastian Eichler to discuss the importance of impact in the work you do.

Bastian is an experienced product leader currently working at WorkMotion.  

Bastian is a firm believer in taking on roles where you can see real world impact and make a difference, not where it's just about revenue and profit.

01:06 - Defining Impact and Making a Difference
03:56 - The Role of OKRs in Guiding Teams
04:32 - Balancing Profit and Impact
05:59 - Communicating Impact to the Team
06:57 - The Power of Customer Testimonials
08:35 - Including The Engineering Team in Problem Solving
09:04 - New Employees and Their Passion for Making a Difference
10:24 - Positive Stress and Personal Wellbeing
11:31 - Conclusion/Takeaways

byProduct is the community group for leaders in SaaS and Product.

"A likeminded community sharing knowledge and understanding, product by product"

If you're a CPO, CTO, CPTO, VP or Head of Product or Engineering then connect with Andrew at [email protected] or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaeer/ to hear more and join.

Welcome to ByProduct Live, where we unbox everything SaaS and product.

We talk with experts and leaders in SaaS to understand real world challenges product businesses face and the approach these leaders take.  


This week I’m delighted to welcome Roman Smigiel.  


With approaching 30 years experience working, Roman really is an expert in building SaaS products.  Originally from the US, Roman  has lived and worked for the last 14 years in Berlin.  He worked at Paypal, and then in a number of startups. 


He’s a coffee afficianado and in his most recent role was able to blend his two passions together – coffee and tech – building a platform to democritize access to speciality coffee as co-founder.

byProduct is the community group for leaders in SaaS and Product.

"A likeminded community sharing knowledge and understanding, product by product"

If you're a CPO, CTO, CPTO, VP or Head of Product or Engineering then connect with Andrew at [email protected] or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaeer/ to hear more and join.

Welcome to ByProduct Live, where we unbox everything SaaS and product.

We talk with experts and leaders in SaaS to understand real world challenges product businesses face and the approach these leaders take.  

This week we are covering a topic that does sometimes get overlooked.  The importance of the commercial side of the SaaS business and the alignment to product and engineering.

I am delighted to be joined by Matt Cosway.  Matt is a consultant COO and Vice President.

Matt has spent the last 15 years working in VC and PE backed businesses, including the hypergrowth start-up Financialforce, now Certinia, WeWork and more recently smaller SaaS businesses looking for exec leadership

Matt is also an extremely accomplished DJ and music producer in his time away from the day job.


01:12 - Importance of Alignment
 03:01 - Creating a Clear North Star
 04:01 - Business Alignment
 06:14 - Examples of Successful North Stars
 09:09 - Importance of Framework and Environment
 11:46 - Embracing Mistakes and Learning
 14:47 - Impact on Customers
 15:43 - Conclusion 

byProduct is the community group for leaders in SaaS and Product.

"A likeminded community sharing knowledge and understanding, product by product"

If you're a CPO, CTO, CPTO, VP or Head of Product or Engineering then connect with Andrew at [email protected] or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaeer/ to hear more and join.