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Product Momentum Podcast: continuous learning from the best minds in product leadership

Special Edition / Taking an AI-first Approach to Product Development, with Yochai Konig

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Yochai Konig
Ada

Yochai Konig, Vice President, Machine Learning & AI at Ada, has worked in product and specialized in AI-enabled capabilities for more than 2 decades. All of a sudden, it seems, the rest of the world is catching on. Yet despite the recent buzz, many remain confused about how AI truly works. There was a lot …

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Yochai Konig
Ada

Special Edition / Entering the Age of Intelligence, with Todd Olson & Trisha Price

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Todd Olson & Trisha Price
Pendo

If you believe all you read about AI, it’s easy to come away feeling that it’s the cure for all ills. But in many ways, it’s a solution in search of a problem. In this episode with Pendo CEO Todd Olson and CPO Trisha Price, we move past the hype to remind ourselves, as Todd …

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Todd Olson & Trisha Price
Pendo

122 / The Human Connection: The Tie that Binds Product Teams + Users, with Christine Itwaru

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Christine Itwaru
Pendo

In this episode, Christine Itwaru, Principal Strategist at Pendo, describes her journey from a product management role to product ops to strategy, tackling big-picture issues and leaves kernels of wisdom for us to use in our own product roles. Among them, how to strengthen the human connection between product teams and their users. Key takeaways …

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Christine Itwaru
Pendo

121 / A Gigantic Vision: Infusing Joy into Workplace Culture, with Michael Sacca & Chloe Oddleifson

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Michael Sacca & Chloe Oddleifson
Gigantic

Working in a startup brings the concept “CEO of the product” to a whole new level. Suddenly, as Gigantic CEO Michael Sacca and COO Chloe Oddleifson know well, you’re responsible for every aspect of your product’s development, launch, promotion, sales – and everything in between. Fun fact: there’s plenty to take away from the startup …

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Michael Sacca & Chloe Oddleifson
Gigantic

120 / Understanding Communication Structure To Effect Positive Change, with Marsha Acker

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Marsha Acker
TeamCatapult

When we’re afraid to have difficult conversations, we hold ourselves back and create more frustration and work in the long run, says Marsha Acker, founder and CEO of Team Catapult. “We spend a lot of time trying to avoid conflict and the things that make us feel uncomfortable. And yet in our attempts to avoid …

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Marsha Acker
TeamCatapult

119 / Building Resilient Organizations and Safe Cultures, with Alla Weinberg

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Alla Weinberg
SPOKE & WHEEL

Alla Weinberg, CEO of SPOKE & WHEEL, says that the key to designing relationships that resolve (even avoid) workplace tensions is to have different conversations than the ones we’re currently having. Our relentless focus on the work, she explains, distracts us from focusing on the people and making sure that we have created an organization …

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Alla Weinberg
SPOKE & WHEEL

118 / Empathy, Transparency, and Intentionality in Product Management, with Devan Goldstein

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Devan Goldstein
Trello

Success as a product manager requires finding the right balance between solving user problems and meeting rigid business demands. For Devan Goldstein, a Group Product Manager at Trello (an Atlassian product), “product management’s fundamental accountability is to ensure that the business gets what it needs out of the teams it has put in place to …

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Devan Goldstein
Trello

117 / Re-Imagining the Future of Product, with Erica Orange

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Erica Orange
The Future Hunters

Vision and Strategy are terms often used interchangeably. It’s easy to do, especially when the future is racing toward us. But when we conflate the notion of vision and strategy — as Eastman Kodak learned the hard way years ago — we confuse our objective with the path to achieving it. We can we adjust …

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Erica Orange
The Future Hunters

116 / Innovate with Empathy: Unpacking Trauma-Informed Design, with Matt Bernius

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Matt Bernius
Code for America

It can be overwhelming to think about all of the impacts – both positive and negative – that our products might have on those who use them. In this episode of Product Momentum, Paul is joined by Matt Bernius, friend of ITX and Principal User Researcher at Code for America. Matt discusses trauma-informed design in …

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Matt Bernius
Code for America

115 / How Emotional Intelligence Drives Product Success, with Kate Leto

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Kate Leto
Product Coach, Consultant

For years product management’s “hard skills” have gotten much of the spotlight, maybe because they’re easier to get our arms around. But as product management coach and consultant Kate Leto explains, the conversation seems to be shifting toward product leadership’s more elusive collection of “soft skills,” which she refers to as emotional intelligence. In this …

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Kate Leto
Product Coach, Consultant

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