Product: All The Responsibility

Two new ways of thinking about tools – and product management tools in particular. The post Product Management Tools and Missed Opportunities appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

I love tools, but I am not thrilled with the choice of tools for product managers. There are some bright spots, but you can listen to this episode to learn why I think a lot of the tools on the market miss the mark. I also have a blog post on this topic, and a Read More The post Selection Criteria for Product Management Tools appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

If someone asks “what do you think of my idea?" have them answer these 5 questions. If they can't, then the idea is a solution in search of a problem. The post The 5 Questions To Ask About A New Product Idea appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

The “Minimum Effective Dose” of presentation excellence. This podcast episode is about the 20% of effort you need to get 80% of the value when preparing and delivering a business presentation. If you present to your colleagues on a regular basis, but you feel you’re not getting the best results, this episode is for you. Read More The post Make Your Presentation 10x Better In An Hour – No Design Skills Needed appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

In this podcast episode I talk about an alternative – or extension? – to the useful idea of “Don’t Make Me Think” that Steve Krug made famous. For some situations, though, the challenge is “Help me think better!” If your customers are doing knowledge work with your product, it’s especially important. A few useful and Read More The post Help Me Think Better appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

As you know, I’ve been doing a weekly video series on YouTube about various product management topics. I’ve found they make good podcasts as well. (Despite the fact that you can’t see the visuals in the podcast – a link to the original video is below!) The topic for this episode is some practical guidance Read More The post How To “Get Out Of The Building” appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

Risk Versus Price Versus Value This is the second of two episodes centered around what I call the Value Inequality. It’s a way of thinking about your customer’s perception of risk versus cost and value of your product. This one’s a bit wider ranging than the last episode. I start out talking about some of Read More The post The Value Inequality Part 2: Managing Risk and Change appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

This episode is about a new way of thinking about pricing, value, and the customer’s perception of risk. I call it the Value Inequality. Of course, the first rule of pricing is: Your product must cost less than the problem costs the customer. No customer will pay more to solve a problem than the problem Read More The post Introduction To The Value Inequality appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

This episode and the previous episode came about after some recent executive presentations. I guess I seemed very persuasive because a few colleagues asked me for tips on how to improve their persuasion skills. So I wrote a series of blog posts. Then, on a roll, I did two live videos on Facebook (part 1 Read More The post Persuasion Tips: Part 2 appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

After some recent executive presentations in which I guess I seemed very persuasive, a few colleagues asked me for tips on how to improve their persuasion skills. So I wrote a series of blog posts about this. Then, on a roll, I did two live videos on Facebook (part 1 and part 2) about persuasion. Read More The post Persuasion Tips: Part 1 appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

Bad news is product management stock in trade In this episode I talk about the best tactics for delivering bad news. Have you ever had to tell a customer you weren’t going to deliver their favorite feature? Or inform your executive team that your new product version will be later than you had promised? We Read More The post How To Deliver Bad News (Without Getting Fired) appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

This podcast is the first of a series discussing some of the key tech concepts you need to be an effective software product manager, even if you aren’t technical. I briefly cover all the different types of skills and characteristics product managers need to have (technical skills is just one of these, an equal among Read More The post Not Technical? No Problem! Tech Secrets You Need To Know, Part 1 appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

We are experts in our product, and often in our domain. How do we overcome our expertise – the Curse of Knowledge – to discover new things about our market? In this podcast, taken from my weekly live Facebook video, I talk about a few simple questioning techniques you can use. The video/podcast was inspired Read More The post Overcoming The Curse of Knowledge In Market Discovery appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

“You should never get attached to your idea because it will change.” In this episode of All The Responsibility, Nils and Rob interview Ryan Troll, co-founder of the PM Genome project. Ryan started focusing on startups and the startup space after reading a Harvard Business Review about the life of CEOs. In 2016 he and Read More The post Ryan Troll of The PM Genome Project appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

Market discovery and how to do it In this episode Rob and I continue our conversation on the things you can do as a product manager even before you have expertise in the product or space. In the last episode, our topic was common problems that product managers can start addressing on day 1 of Read More The post How To Get Out Of The Building and Talk To Your Market appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

“Always Problems” The genesis of episode’s topic came up in many conversations I’ve had with experienced product managers. Most product management job listings want you to have direct experience with the product you’ll be managing, or at least experience in the space. On the other hand, most experienced product managers think domain experience is the Read More The post There’s Always Something, Isn’t There? appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

Innovation Options are superior to ROI for justifying investment in innovation At the end of 2016, Nils heard and met David Binetti at a Product Tank meetup. He was blown away by David’s take on the ROI of Innovation and Innovation Options. So we asked David to come in for a more in-depth interview. This Read More The post Interview with David Binetti on the concept of Innovation Options, Part 2 appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

At the end of 2016, Nils watched a Q&A with David at a Product Tank meetup. He was blown away by David’s take on the ROI of Innovation and Innovation Options. So we asked David to come in for a more in-depth interview. This is the first of two parts of what turned into a Read More The post Interview with David Binetti on the concept of Innovation Options appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

A few months ago, San Francisco played host to the Mind the Product conference, a meetup meant to inspire collaboration and bring together the ever growing community of product managers. The conference, now in its 5th year, was started by some of today’s leaders in product management including the founders of the ProdPad product management Read More The post Interview with Andrea Saez of ProdPad appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.

The power of retrospectives Teams that do structured retrospectives or debriefs are typically 25% more effective. And that improvement can translate into very big business results, like multiplying your profits by a factor of 10.  What does this mean for you? A retrospective, or debrief, or “after-action reviews” is a way to learn from experience. Read More The post Retrospectives – What Went Well, What We’d Like To Improve appeared first on All The Responsibility Podcast.