Season 1

April 23, 2024

S1E8: And Then I Went Ice Skating

In the Season 1 Finale of “Productly Speaking”, we talk about what happened when Karl went ice skating for the first (and last) time and how this became lived experience that led to truly understanding the importance of acces...

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April 16, 2024

S1E7: The Triad of Design, Engineering, and Product with Johannes Mar…

In this episode of “Productly Speaking”, we discuss the relationships between product management, engineering, and design. Joined by Johannes Marbach, an engineer, and Callum Upfield, a designer, we delve into several key asp...

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April 9, 2024

S1E6: The 2 Hour Design Sprint

In this episode of “Productly Speaking”, Teresa Cain shares her insights on her creation of the 2 Hour design sprint. We explore how design thinking benefits product managers and how Teresa's condensed two-hour design sprints...

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April 2, 2024

S1E5: Navigating the Beautiful Mess with John Cutler

In this episode of “Productly Speaking”, we discuss John Cutler's journey into product management, his contributions to the product management community through The Beautiful Mess, and his thoughts on self-gaslighting and the...

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March 26, 2024

S1E4: Driving Success in Your Startup

In this episode, we explore the journey of becoming a successful product manager through Adam’s career transition from technical support to product management. Key insights include the necessity of embracing ambiguity, unders...

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March 19, 2024

Customer Success Helps Focus Product Direction

In this episode of “Productly Speaking”, we discuss how customer success teams can help a company understand customer needs and how these match the reality of a company’s products. We also discuss working to determine what th...

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March 12, 2024

Navigating the Challenge of Product Market Fit

In this episode, Karl and Danielle explore the challenge of product market fit with Bob Handlin. They talk about the difficulties that you can have breaking into an existing market and how you really have to understand the en...

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March 5, 2024

The Art of Revealing Customer Needs

In our inaugural episode of the season, Karl and Danielle talk to Jennifer Scalf about how to cut through noise to get to the signal. You often get feedback from customers on what they’d like to see done differently in …

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