Building Product Teams
Great products come from great product teams. But how do you build a product team that’s set for success? Here you’ll find insights and advice from practicing product people on how to do it right.
LATEST POSTS
SUNDAY REWIND: AMA with Christina Wodtke: Encouraging autonomy and writing awesome OKRs
An AMA session with OKR expert and coach Christina Wodtke, looking at implementing OKRs and encouraging autonomous teams Read more »
The fusion phenomenon: product strategy vs UX strategy
Making the case for the unification of product strategy and UX strategy, its advantages and potential pitfalls Read more »
Creating courageous product teams with Yi-Wei Ang
Yi-Wei Ang, Chief Product Officer at Talabat, tells us why it’s so important to develop a culture of courage across a product team, and he shows us some ways to achieve it Read more »
Deep dive: How to deal with cognitive bias in product – Part 2
In part two of this deep dive, Mind the Product’s and Pendo’s Principal Strategist Christine Itwaru discusses common biases in product management careers, like authority, recency, availability, survivorship, and bandwagon effect. Read more »
Top product management reads in July
In case you missed any of it, here’s a round-up of the most-read posts on the Mind the Product blog in July. Read more »
Mastering perspective - zoom in, zoom out as a product leader by Navya Rehani Gupta
Peek’s CPO Navya Rehani Gupta looks at the art of zooming in and zooming out and at finding the right focus for every perspective and every situation. Read more »
Going from 0 to 1 in Product discovery by Merci Grace
In this #mtpcon San Francisco talk, Merci Grace, Angel investor, and former Head of Growth at Slack, and offers an iterative framework to plan and execute the product discovery phase that provides value to your customer. Watch the video to see the talk in full, or read on for the key points. Read more »
Airbnb's product management shift: the view from product leaders
I’m sure you noticed the remarks of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky a couple of weeks ago and have seen the attendant furore they caused: it was reported that he told the audience at Figma’s annual conference that Airbnb had got rid of its product management function. Chesky later clarified what he’d said in a tweet: in Read more »
Building healthy and high performing teams with West Monroe
In this Spotlight Session at #mtpcon San Francisco 2023, sponsored by West Monroe, Suzanna Smith, Director of Product Experience and Engineering Lab at West Monroe, and Max Pohl, Senior Principal Product Manager at Carbon Five, discuss building healthy and high-performing product teams. Read more »
The importance of psychological safety for remote teams by Diana Stepner
In this #mtpcon SF keynote, Diana Stepner, Head of Product, Education at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, shared insights on the importance of psychological safety for remote teams. Watch the video in full, or read on for a recap of her key takeaways. Read more »