The Experience Lab

It's the season finale! In the final episode of season one, Jay leads us through a discussion about product team retrospectives. We review simple strategies for planning and executing retrospectives; we wrap up the season with our own retro of the podcast!

In the penultimate episode of our first season, Rob and Jay dig deep into the realm of team dynamics -- confronting niceness disease & groupthink, creating psychological safety and the pursuit of unit cohesion.

Rob and Jay get into the technical weeds with our good friend and senior developer, Jake Hendley. Jake gives us a tour of our favorite mobile app framework, React Native, sharing wisdom about where it fits best and how to choose the right framework for your next project.

Rob and Jay have a few things to say about the practice of staff augmentation, especially with how it can impact the culture and delivery value of high-performance product teams.

In part two of our exciting discussion about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), hosts Rob Hall and Jay Cosgrove with veteran product manager Nick Alexander get down to brass tacks about the practical usage of OKRs within teams both large and small.

Rob and Jay are joined by Lead Product Manager Nick Alexander for an in-depth survey of OKRs (that's Objectives and Key Results); what they are, what they aren't, and how to use implement them in your practice of product management.

Rob and Jay are back to kick off the second half of our first season with a short chat about the virtues of creating MVPs, or Minimum Viable Products in your organization. With some important lessons from their years of experience rapidly building and releasing MVPs to the market, this is a great episode for anyone needing a pick-me-up or help getting their ideas to market faster.

Rob and Jay are joined by Principal Developer and resident Machine Learning guru, Jerry Deng, for a detailed primer on the ins-and-outs of Machine Learning. Our wide-ranging episode includes a review of the relationship between ML and Artificial Intelligence, practical applications of ML, ways to get started, potential obstacles and a glimpse into where we think Machine Learning is headed.

Rob and Jay are back in the [socially-distant] studio to talk about the big names in product management methodologies and how we apply their principles to our practice of product design.

On today's episode, Rob is joined by Solution Architect and veteran developer Josh Brown for a fascinating conversation about life as a developer, modern approaches to software solution architecture, and some twists and turns through the cosmos. Josh peppers the conversation with important wisdom from nearly two decades of experience building software and leading other developers. Note: this episode was originally recorded in April, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 shutdown.