In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Scott Sehlhorst who is a Product Management and Strategy Consultant about harnessing curiosity to understanding customer needs.

Who is Scott Sehlhorst?

Scott Sehlhorst is passionate about helping companies create great products – from large companies navigating internal complexity and overcoming institutional momentum to startups trying to be market-driven without becoming bogged down in bureaucracy.

As a product management and strategy consultant, he mainly focuses on closing the gap between executive vision and team execution.

What will you learn?

* Reason why Scott is successful?

* Harnessing curiosity

* How Scott manages to stay productive?

* Time management

* Balancing the creative and productive sides of being a Product Manager

* Listen to Scott’s in-depth view on creativity and how he balances it with being productive

* What are the 3 things that Scott believes is important in developing a Product Mindset?

* Outside-in view, Company strategy alignment and Emotional Intelligence

* Anti-Patterns Scott sees in product companies and startups

* Solving the right problem, founders vision, customer-driven

* Roadmap vs Release Plan

* How does Scott see the future of products and product management?

* Change in economies, Decentralization

* Scott’s advise to product managers

* Impact Mapping exercise

Useful Links

* Scott’s Blog – Tynerblain.com/blog

* Scott Sehlhorst on Twitter – @sehlhorst

In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Vivek Bedi, Head of Products at LearnVest, a fintech startup. Vivek talks about the importance of building relationships with people as the key to success in Product Management. Who is Vivek Bedi? Vivek Bedi is a passionate, driven, and high-energy executive […]

In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Vivek Bedi, Head of Products at LearnVest, a fintech startup. Vivek talks about the importance of building relationships with people as the key to success in Product Management.

Who is Vivek Bedi?

Vivek Bedi is a passionate, driven, and high-energy executive with over 15 years of experience developing ingenious sets of products, driving sales/marketing targets, and optimizing operational functions across various industries.

* Ownership of client experience functions for Northwestern Mutual as well as a leading fin-tech LearnVest including digital and mobile financial planning products that reshaped the financial lives of 4.3M+ clients.

* Revolutionized communication platforms, products and services for 30k+ global employees and clients of Goldman Sachs, Inc.

* Established a first for screening industry set of digital, mobile, and global products as well as enhanced operations functions that doubled company sales revenue and lead to acquisition investment of $1.3B.

* Founded a mobile application suite targeted at changing the way consumers swap items with each other generating over 1k users.

What will you learn?

* Reason why Vivek is successful?

* Don’t get married to your product

* How Vivek manages to stay productive?

* Coffee, building relationships and more!

* Balancing the creative and productive sides of being a Product Manager

* Time management and more

* What are the 3 things that Vivek believes is important in developing a Product Mindset?

* Storytelling, technology and keep the train moving

* Vivek’s view of Failure

* Acceptance and the circle of trust

* How does Vivek see the future of products and product management?

* Virtual engagement and soft skills

* Vivek’s advise to product managers

Useful Links

* Vivek Bedi on Twitter – @blaqindo

* Vivek’s LinkedIn Profile

* Vivek’s Blog – bediweb.com

In this Friday Fifteen episode, Matt Anderson, your guest teacher, walks you through 13 questions you should be asking about your software product pricing in order to innovate better. Who is Matt Anderson? As a product manager for a suite of mobile apps, Matt Anderson has released multiple new iOS/Android mobile products and 1 new […]

In this Friday Fifteen episode, Matt Anderson, your guest teacher, walks you through 13 questions you should be asking about your software product pricing in order to innovate better.

Who is Matt Anderson?

As a product manager for a suite of mobile apps, Matt Anderson has released multiple new iOS/Android mobile products and 1 new browser-based product in the last 18 months. Matt works on B2B/B2G products that deal with US/Canadian workforce regulations, leading engineering teams in New York, New Jersey, and Utah. Matt regularly attends and presents at ProductCamp Austin.

What will you learn?

* 13 Questions you should be asking yourself about your software product pricing

* What each question helps you learn about your product and how it helps you innovate

Useful Links

* Matt Anderson on Twitter – @MattAndersonUT

* Matt on LinkedIn

* Matt’s Blog – mattanderson.org/blog/

In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Evan Shellshear who is a best selling author and a commercialization and innovation expert, about Innovation in the Digital Age, Product Lifespan and the Lean Windup Challenge. Who is Evan Shellshear? Evan Shellshear is the best selling author of Innovation Tools […]

In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Evan Shellshear who is a best selling author and a commercialization and innovation expert, about Innovation in the Digital Age, Product Lifespan and the Lean Windup Challenge.

Who is Evan Shellshear?

Evan Shellshear is the best selling author of Innovation Tools and is a commercialization and innovation expert. He has worked with and delivered cutting edge software solutions to both Forbes 500 companies and SMEs. Evan has founded or been a part of commercializing more than half a dozen technologies and ideas. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with experience covering all aspects of startups and product development.

Evan is also the developer of the highly successful children’s game Bug Rope on Google Play, creator of a printable keyboard and much more.

What will you learn?

* Why is Evan successful as a innovator and maker?

* How Evan manages staying productive?

* Evan’s secrets in managing the balance between being productive and being creative

* What Evan believes are the top 3 things Product Managers and teams should be good at

* How Evan sees Products changing in the next 5 years

* How the role of a Product Manager and Designer evolve in the years to come?

Useful Links

* Evan Shellshear on Twitter – @eshellshear

* Evan’s LinkedIn profile

* Innovation Tools

* Facebook Page

* Book – Buy on Amazon

In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Lulu Cheng who is a Product Manager at Pinterest about the magic of writing, developing a point of view and storytelling. Who is Lulu Cheng? Lulu Cheng is a Product Manager on the Discovery team at Pinterest, where she focuses on surfacing […]

In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Lulu Cheng who is a Product Manager at Pinterest about the magic of writing, developing a point of view and storytelling.

Who is Lulu Cheng?

Lulu Cheng is a Product Manager on the Discovery team at Pinterest, where she focuses on surfacing relevant, high quality recommendations. Before Pinterest she was a product marketer at Dropbox and spent a lot of time thinking about growth and new user activation.

What will you learn?

* Why is Lulu successful as a product manager?

* How Lulu manages staying productive?

* Lulu’s secrets in managing the balance between being productive and being creative

* What Lulu believes are the top 3 things a Product Manager should be good at

* Lulu’s view of how the discipline of Product Management would change in the next 5 years

* Lulu’s view on how the role of a Product Manager evolve in the years to come?

Useful Links

* Lulu Cheng on Twitter – @lulu_cheng

* Lulu’s Newsletter

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I will introduce you to Interactive Product Roadmaps and tell you why you should consider making your product roadmaps interactive. In this particular episode, you will learn Why do we need Product Roadmaps to be Interactive? How can you make Product Roadmaps Interactive? Show Notes Download my eBook, The 30-Day Product Mission […]