Diversity and Inclusion
If we want to build products people love and to run successful businesses, being diverse and inclusive is vital — not to mention it’s simply the right thing to do.
As product managers, we spend most of our time involved in developing products that we ourselves don’t use. That’s why multiple viewpoints and experience are so important — they lead to innovative decision making and development. What’s more, diverse teams ultimately build more relevant products — products that impact the bottom line.
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The role of translation for overcoming language barriers in product
Translation can play a key role when it comes to product management and its stages, especially when it comes to overcoming language barriers. We discuss the role of translation to overcome language barriers in product management. Read more »
SUNDAY REWIND: Bias in interviews and why hiring in product broken
In this Sunday Rewind episode, we look at why hiring in product is broken, and how hypothetical product interview questions you get asked in interviews are just the tip of the iceberg. Read more »
From pandemic to pingdemic – Building through uncertainty
In this #mtpcon London+EMEA keynote, Randeep Sidhu, former Director of Product at Babylon Health and the NHS Covid App, describes the challenges of building the UK’s NHS Covid app. Read more »
Product innovation is on the edge by Dave Dame
In this #mtpcon Digital Americas keynote, Dave Dame, Director of Accessibility at Microsoft, discusses the benefits of prioritising product inclusivity, encouraging cognitive diversity, and redefining the status quo in order to create futureproof products that are usable by all. Watch the talk in full or read on for the overview. Mind the Product members can also Read more »
Diversity in product: Are we nearly there?
We all know that diverse teams build better products: if your products are to resonate and find traction with the general population, then that population needs to be represented within your team. But although we’ve explored the reasons why it makes sense to hire with diversity in mind for some time — for example Martin Read more »
Building Accessible Products - Jonathan Hassell on The Product Experience
Accessibility is one of those things that we all know we should do, but are rarely confident that we’ve done it well. To get over that hump, we talked with Prof Jonathan Hassell about how and when to embed and test for accessibility (or a11y!), when you can skip it, and how to convince stakeholders Read more »
Is Inclusive Design Enough? by Julian Thompson
In this November 2020 #mtpcon Digital session, Julian Thompson the Founder of Rooted by Design, explores a critical question – is inclusive design enough? Julian studied law, focusing on human rights and public policy, before training in design and has spent the last eight-plus years exploring how to put an inclusive design lens over his design Read more »
Not your typical product people - Marton Gaspar and Saielle DaSilva on The Product Experience
A quick update to this episode: Since we recorded this episode, one of our guests has made a change. Eli Montgomery is now known as Saielle DaSilva and goes by the pronouns she/her. We’ve worked with her to update the links below, but we wanted to make sure that there wasn’t any confusion about the Read more »
A product manager's approach to growing teams
Transferwise takes a data-driven, tactical approach to growing its product teams. Read about what they’ve learned, and why diversity is so important. Read more »
Thinking Outside the Product Box by Jimena Almendares
In this #mtpcon Digital 2020 keynote, Jimena Almendares, Product Executive at Facebook, uses data to dismantle the idea of a “normal” user, showing the benefits of building products beyond biases and binaries. Watch the video to see her talk in full. Or read on for an overview of her key points: There’s no such thing Read more »