Make Things That Matter

ARM is a simple mental model to help you intentionally craft more fulfilling work.

Update: I’ve now released a follow-up episode answering four questions about the model that have come up since this episode was released. Check it out here.

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Barry Brown helps leaders be more of who they are and be more effective in making their unique contribution to the world.

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• Barry Brown - LinkedIn
  • Barry's company: Human Ethos
• Books
  • Andrew's must-read book list
  • The Wisdom of No Escape - Pema Chodron
  • Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
  • The Craftsman - Richard Sennett
  • So Good They Can't Ignore You
• Other resources mentioned
  • Singularity University
  • Woodstock, Vermont
  • Larry Brilliant
  • Peter Diamandis
  • David Roberts
  • Transformative Technology Conference

Eric Steege is an energetic product leader intent on spreading great product cultures and practices. This conversation explores how to use product thinking to build your culture.

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• Eric Steege - Twitter
• Related episodes
  • #18 Josh Seiden: How to create clarity with outcomes thinking
  • #35 Dianne Frommelt: Building products to help people become their best selves
  • #14 Derik Mills: Cultivating a faculty of wonder in business and life
• Books
  • The Infinite Game
  • Finite and Infinite Games
  • Outcomes Over Output
  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things
  • The Lean Startup
  • Who Moved My Cheese?
• Other resources mentioned
  • NUMMI (2015) - This American Life
  • Gall's Law
  • Amazon bar raiser program
  • Amazon leadership principles
  • ADKAR Change Management Model Overview
  • HEART metrics
  • Pirate metrics
  • Early adopters
  • 15Five culture
  • Asana culture
  • Glo & The Glo Podcast
  • Magic Mind matcha green tea

Melissa Perri is on a mission to grow great product leaders. This conversation will help you to become more strategic and multiply your impact. 

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• Melissa Perri: Twitter, website
  • Melissa's new podcast, Product Thinking
  • Melissa's book: Escaping the Build Trap
• Related episodes
  • Marty Cagan: Empowering product teams to do the best work of their lives (#31)
  • Hope Gurion: What nobody told you about being a product leader (#27)
• Books
  • Melissa's book: Escaping the Build Trap
  • The Art of Action
• Other resources mentioned
  • "The Product of You": A Talk from Melissa Perri on Product Leadership
  • How to know if you're interviewing at a product-led company
  • What is Good Product Strategy? — Melissa Perri
  • Cost of delay
  • Gib Biddle strategy framework

Sarah Avenir is a full-hearted leader who models vulnerable strength in her experiments to create sustainable businesses that are good for people.

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• Sarah Avenir: Twitter, website
• Sarah's books:
  • Gather the People
  • People-First Growth
• &yet
  • Find Your Weirdos
• Related episodes:
  • Nilofer Merchant — Unleashing Onlyness to benefit from the ideas and potential in every person (#20)
• Books
  • Nature and the Human Soul
  • Emergent Strategy
  • The Power of Onlyness
  • The Infinite Game
  • The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America
  • Falling Upward
  • Dune
• Other resources mentioned:
  • The Nine Enneagram Types
  • Why Software is Eating the World
  • Dune - Litany Against Fear
  • Waking Up app
    • David Whyte series
  • The Invitational Identity - David Whyte
  • Babette's Feast (movie)

C Todd Lombardo brings a blend of humanity, rigor, and innate curiosity to the questions that shape what we do. Learn to ask better questions and unlock clarity in your work.

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• C Todd Lombardo: Twitter, LinkedIn
• C Todd's books:
  • Product Research Rules
  • Product Roadmaps Relaunched
• Related episodes:
  • #31 Marty Cagan: Empowering product teams to do the best work of their lives
• Machine Metrics
• Question formulation technique (QFT)
• Books
  • Switch
  • Turn the Ship Around

Michael O'Bryan is on a quest to make truly humane systems by transforming how organizations understand and support human development, interaction, and performance. 

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Dianne Frommelt is the Chief Product Officer for 15Five, a company I am a longtime fan of. They're on a mission to create high performing, highly engaged teams, and to create a product that helps everyone who uses it to be and become their best selves.

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• Dianne Frommelt: LinkedIn, Twitter
• 15Five
  • Podcast: Best-Self Management
• Resources mentioned
  • Yvonne Chouinard’s practice that inspired 15Five
  • How To Have Clearing Conversations At Work
  • Conscious Leadership Group
• People
  • Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • Laura Garnett – see episode 24: “Find your zone of genius and never fear a job search again”
  • Marty Cagan – see episode 31: “Empowering product teams to do the best work of their lives”
  • Rich Mironov – see episode 5: “Building a thriving product organization”
  • Josh Bersin
    • The Future of Work: It’s Already Here… And Not As Scary As You Think
    • The Future of Work: Lessons In Job Architecture and Career Management
  • Anese Cavanaugh (intentional energetic presence)
• Books
  • First, Break All The Rules – by Marcus Buckingham
  • 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
  • Product Roadmaps Relaunched
  • The Genius Habit

Will Toms is the cofounder of REC Philly, an incubator, community, and resource center aimed at helping independent creatives make a sustainable living. In short, he's out to challenge the narrative of the starving artist and create an international community of creatives who control their own destinies. 

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For the last episode of 2020, Andrew reflects on 8 big lessons learned from guests this year, and shares a few reflection questions to ask yourself. Wishing you all a peaceful end to this turbulent year. Here's to making things that matter in 2021!

Links & resources mentioned