Hello and welcome in to another episode of Lessons in Product Management, I’m your host, John Fontenot, and on today’s episode I have Paul Turaew on to talk about his journey into product management and we riff on a number of topics in research. Paul’s a long-time PM, having held a variety of Sr. IC and Director of Product Management roles in Healthcare. Some of the topics we cover on today’s episode include the tension between research and shipping products, what’s the “MVP” of research, changing the culture and perception of research inside of organizations, and so much more. This episode is longer than normal and entirely worth it, so listen to the end, hit that subscribe or follow button, and enjoy the episode!

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Outline:

0:00-2:00 - Episode Intro

2:01-5:40 - Paul’s Intro and Journey into Product Management

5:41-13:40 - A big myth about product managers and being technical

13:40-23:35 - The tension between research and shipping products

23:35-27:10 - What should anchor research objectives and activities

27:11-32:20 - The “MVP of Research”

32:21-36:00 - Successfully presenting research findings and insights

36:01-39:00 - Changing the culture and perception of research

39:00-39:29 - Outro