The Product Thoughts Podcast - Proven Product Management Strategies & Tactics

By Tim Herbig

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What's The Product Thoughts Podcast - Proven Product Management Strategies & Tactics about?

How can Product Teams start to make decisions based on evidence and data, instead of opinions? And which tools help product teams to understand problems worth solving, before jumping into feature ideas and UI details?
The Product Thoughts Podcast delivers bite-sized, actionable advice for challenges like these and many more. Hosted by Tim Herbig, a veteran Product Leader with 10+ years of experience, this podcast provides insights product managers can start using immediately to become the best version of themselves.

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Adapting Leading Indicators...

03.16.2021

In this episode, I will talk about how you can use the concept of leading indicators to improve the quality of your Outcome OKRs. This is the fourth and last episode of a four-part series in which I dive into ...

The Product Thoughts Podcast - Proven Product Management Strategies & Tactics episodes:

03.16.2021 Adapting Leading Indicators to Outcome OKRs In this episode, I will talk about how you can use the concept of leading indicators to improve the quality of your Outcome OKRs. This is the fourth and last episode of a four-part series in which I dive into ...
03.09.2021 Identifying the Right Leading Indicators for Your Product In this episode, I will talk about a step-by-step process for how YOU can arrive at the best leading indicators for your product. This is the third episode of a four-part series in which I dive into the most common ...
03.02.2021 Leading and Lagging Indicators in Product Management Practice In this episode, I will talk about what it takes to make the concept of leading and lagging indicators work in the everyday life of a product team. This is the second episode of a four-part series in which I ...
02.23.2021 The Problem with Build Measure Learn In this episode, I will talk about an often overlooked aspect when trying to apply a build-measure-learn style of working. This is the first episode of a four-part series in which I dive into the most common problems around defining ...
02.16.2021 What I‘m up to in 2021 In this episode, I will talk about the overarching principles and ideas that will inform my mindset, priorities, and activities in 2021.
02.16.2021 What Iâ€˜m up to in 2021 In this episode, I will talk about the overarching principles and ideas that will inform my mindset, priorities, and activities in 2021.
02.02.2021 My 2021 Roadmap is already stacked. How should I find the time to work on OKRs? In this episode, I will talk about how to balance pre-planned and stacked product roadmaps, with the idea of outcome-focused goal-setting through OKRs.
12.29.2020 PM 2020 and Beyond: Part 3 The End of Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager In this episode, I will talk about why I believe in the importance of adopting a different perspective on describing the responsibilities of a product manager and measuring the success of the role. This episode is the last in a ...
12.29.2020 Product Management in 2020 and Beyond: Part 3 The End of Good PM/Bad PM In this episode, I will talk about why I believe in the importance of adopting a different perspective on describing the responsibilities of a product manager and measuring the success of the role. This episode is the last in a ...
12.22.2020 PM 2020 and Beyond Part 2: Product Strategy Skills need to be present within a Product Team In this episode, I will talk about why strategic skills not just matter on a company-level but are even more important for a product team. This episode is the second in a three-part series in which I reflect on what ...
12.22.2020 Product Management in 2020 and Beyond Part 2: Strategy Skills for Product Teams In this episode, I will talk about why strategic skills not just matter on a company-level but are even more important for a product team. This episode is the second in a three-part series in which I reflect on what ...
12.15.2020 PM 2020 and Beyond Part 1: Product Discovery starts to grow up In this episode, I will talk about a recent shift I've seen in how companies across industries have changed their perspective on Product Discovery - Especially from an organizational perspective. This episode is the first in a three-part series in ...
12.15.2020 Product Management in 2020 and Beyond Part 1: Product Discovery grows up In this episode, I will talk about a recent shift I've seen in how companies across industries have changed their perspective on Product Discovery - Especially from an organizational perspective. This episode is the first in a three-part series in ...
12.08.2020 The 4 Disciplines of...using OKRs In this episode, I will talk about the four most critical habits to adopt, when using OKRs for your day-to-day work.
12.02.2020 Why do Companies use OKRs if it doesn't work for them? In this episode, I will talk about the main challenges product teams face, when they try to adopt Objectives and Key Results.
12.01.2020 Why do Companies use OKRs if it doesn't work for them? In this episode, I will talk about the main challenges product teams face, when they try to adopt Objectives and Key Results.
11.24.2020 Leading & Lagging Indicators Explained In this episode, I share practical tips on how you can differentiate leading indicators and lagging indicators, to establish an effective way to measure progress towards your goals.
11.17.2020 An Outcome-oriented approach to User Research In this episode, I will talk about how you can frame user insights, to support outcome-oriented discussions and next steps.
11.10.2020 Why ICE Scoring Doesn’t Work As I said in a previous episode, I have seen many misuses of prioritization approaches relying too much on scoring. And today, I specifically want to talk about ICE scoring and its downsides.
11.10.2020 Why ICE Scoring Doesnâ€™t Work As I said in a previous episode, I have seen many misuses of prioritization approaches relying too much on scoring. And today, I specifically want to talk about ICE scoring and its downsides.
11.03.2020 How are Product Goals different from Product Strategy? In this episode, I will talk about the different roles Product Goals and Product Strategy have and what these mean for using both of these elements of product management.
10.27.2020 Leading & Lagging Indicators Explained In this episode, I will talk about the difference between leading and lagging indicators, as well as their use cases.
10.20.2020 The Problem with Working Backward In this episode, I will talk about starting with an end solution in mind and trying to reverse-engineer a problem from that.
10.13.2020 Why you can‘t skip Day 2 In this episode, I will talk about the most difficult phase of building products and what product teams need to do to push through it.
10.13.2020 Why you canâ€˜t skip Day 2 In this episode, I will talk about the most difficult phase of building products and what product teams need to do to push through it.
10.06.2020 The Importance of Lead Time in Product Discovery Prioritizing actions to put a Product Strategy into practice is similar to structuring research efforts during Product Discovery: Being aware of the lead time it takes to reduce uncertainty around specific aspects. Now, what do I mean by lead time ...
09.29.2020 What if multiple User Segments have the same problem? When product teams start to dig deeper into the problem space through quantitative and qualitative research, they quickly encounter differences among the user segments they talk to. During Product Discovery, the main question then quickly becomes: Whose problems are we ...
09.15.2020 Planning and Structuring Product Discovery Meetings In this episode, I will talk about how you can structure your Product Discovery meetings in a time-efficient, yet still an outcome-focused way.
09.08.2020 Using Impact Mapping when your Product hasn’t launched yet In this episode, I share how you can ensure strategic clarity for which problem spaces to focus on next using Impact Mapping, even if your product hasn’t launched yet.
09.01.2020 How to turn identified User Problems into measurable Product Goals You know that feeling once you get to the bottom of a user’s problem? It feels amazing...until you realize that this itself doesn’t help you measure the success of your product. But in this episode, I will share exactly how ...
08.25.2020 How to deal with new Feature Ideas during Product Discovery In this episode, I share with you practical tips that help you to deal with upcoming feature ideas during product discovery so you don’t talk about the solution space too early.
08.05.2020 How fix the biggest problem of Product Discovery In this episode, I share how to not let Confirmation Bias destroy your Product Discovery efforts.
07.29.2020 How to engage your engineers in Product Discovery In this episode, I will talk about why you should engage the engineers on your team in Product Discovery - And how you can do it.
07.21.2020 How Product Discovery and Design Sprints work together One of the core messages I constantly repeat when talking about Adaptable Product Discovery is the amount of time product teams should spend on understanding the problem space compared to thinking about solutions during it. One framework that is often ...
07.14.2020 Why there's more to validation than just testing Usability When we talk about building and validating products, we talk about a broad range of aspects to consider. Can we build it? Can people use it? Do people want it? The problem here is that testing a prototype in the ...
07.07.2020 4 Things that hurt your Product Discovery Treating Product Discovery as a continuous practice instead of a one-off effort is important to establish the habit of acting customer-centric as a Product Team. However, the act of continuously digging through data for „new“ insights, trying to get in ...
06.30.2020 The Problem with MVPs A Minimum Viable Product (or MVP) is probably one of the most over-used (and misused) terms in product management. So, today, I want to talk about the main misconceptions of MVPs and what you can do to prevent them.
06.23.2020 Product Discovery doesn't start with this... In this episode, I will discuss the biggest red flag, for recognizing whether you’re doing actual Product Discovery, or just polishing pre-determines feature ideas
06.16.2020 Demystifying Impact, Outcome, and Output Just like me, you're probably guilty of using Impact, Outcome, and Output interchangeably at least one point of your career. But what if there's more meaning to these teams and how can they change the way product teams make decisions? ...
06.09.2020 Kill your Idea Backlog This episode is all about the problems maintaining an Idea Backlog brings with it for Product Teams. And what you should do instead, to avoid talking about solutions too early and too often.
06.08.2020 Here's exactly what to expect from this Podcast (Trailer) Welcome to the Product Thoughts Podcast. In this episode, your host Tim Herbig addresses the specific challenges this show will help you to overcome as a Product Manager.