Are you a product leader seeking to improve the discovery practices of your teams?  Do you want to create a culture and leadership team that values discovery-based, customer-centric product roadmaps over executive-only ideas?  In this episode of Fearless Product Leadership, Teresa Torres of ProductTalk and I discuss how product leaders can nurture product discovery in their organizations.
Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input.  She has taught over 7,000 product people discovery skills through the ProductTalk Academy. She’s the author of the book Continuous Discovery Habits.
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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How Do You Nurture Product Discovery as a Leader? Interview with Teresa Torres

When it comes to problems leaders face, they tend to fall into two main categories: people and process. In this episode, Part 2 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from four deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on an epiphany that dramatically improved the way they approach the people part of their role.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero
 Polly Howden, Chief Product Officer, Roleshare
  Marc Abraham, Head of Product – Engagement at ASOS
  Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer at SnapComms


and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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What Was Your Defining Moment as a Product Leader? Part 2: People

As a product leader, what was a defining moment of your career? There are likely a handful of experiences that radically transformed the way you think about your work. In this episode, Part 1 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on a learning that dramatically improved the way they approach the process part of their role.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Sean Murphy, Vice President, Digital Pharmacy, Optum
 Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  Anthony Marter, Product and Delivery Coach, Harmoney
  Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero
  Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla


and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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What Was Your Defining Moment as a Product Leader? Part 1: Process

“Nail it, then scale it” is a common—and catchy—refrain within the product world. But what exactly does it mean to “nail” your product? What happens if you move too fast or too slow when rolling out a new product or feature? In this episode, we learn from six deeply experienced product leaders who understand the delicate nature of timing product releases.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
 Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare
 Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
 Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms
  Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products at The Weather Channel, an IBM Company
  Ben Newell, VP of Product and Engineering at CBRE


and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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Do You Nail Before You Scale Your Products?

Are you a product leader hiring new product managers for your team?  Hiring the wrong person to your team can negatively impact you, the rest of your team and even the rest of the company.  Fortunately, there are hiring techniques that will ensure you get the right person, with the right experience, approach and mindset to accelerate the success of your product teams. In this episode, we hear from Kate Leto, author of the book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills, who shares how to level-up your approach to the job description, the interview, the "culture fit" assessment using the Role Canvas to get the right people on your product team.
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Transcript available on fearless-product.com

How Do You Hire the Right Product Managers?

Are you a product leader whose team struggles to make decisions efficiently? There are a number of underlying reasons why teams move slowly when they need to make product decisions. In this episode, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders who have developed effective questions and frameworks to accelerate decision-making on their teams.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
 Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare
  Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  Anthony Marter, Value Management Lead, Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Product & Delivery Coach, Harmoney
  Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms


and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Accelerate Product Decision Velocity?

Are you a product leader who isn't sure how you should be evaluated? Are you trying to define corporate and professional goals for you vs your team or the company?  In this episode, we learn from deeply experienced product leaders who’ve held the product leader role at multiple companies how they measure their success as a product leader.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Troy Anderson, Chief Product and Information Officer, Aperture
 Rachel Obstler, VP of Product, Pagerduty
  Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products, The Weather Company
  Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer, Pluralsight, author of "Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams"
  Nicole Brolan, Executive GM – Global Services at Xero, previously Chief Product Officer at SEEK

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Measure Your Success as a Product Leader?

HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE RADICAL ALIGNMENT? (3 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.
In the third and final episode Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower, authors of the book “Radical Alignment: How to have Game-Changing Conversations That Will Transform Your Business and Your Life.”  react to the practices our product leaders use and share their best advice on how to achieve that much needed state of alignment.
Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:

 Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
 How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?

HOW DO YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (2 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.
In this second episode,

 Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
 Nicole Brolan, GM at Xero, former Chief Product Officer at SEEK 
  Lucinda Newcomb, Chief Product Officer at WeightWatchers, former VP of Product at Sephora
  Seth Roe, VP Consumer Products, The Weather Channel
  Prasad Gune, SVP Product Udemy, former SVP of Product at Signifyed, OpenTable
  Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

share the specific tactics they use as product leaders to align on key decisions.
Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:

  Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
  How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?

WHY MUST YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (1 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.
In this first episode

 Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight
 Sean Murphy, VP of Digital Pharmacy at Optum, former VP of Product at Target
  Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Aperture Credentialing

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
share why alignment is a key responsibility of a product leader.
Be sure to stay tuned for the next two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:

  How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?
  How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?

Are you a product leader struggling to effectively collaborate with other customer-facing teams in product discovery?  In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they work with sales, support and other customer-facing teams to learn from customers and manage expectations to create success for customers and their companies.
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
 Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled
  Audrey Cheng, VP of Product at Pushpay
  Ben Newell, VP Product, CBRE, former VP of Product at RewardStyle
  Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
  Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Work With Customer-Facing Teams in Product Discovery?

Are you seeking a new product leader role?  Or are you a CEO trying to hire a product leader?  In this episode, you’ll learn how 6 experienced product leaders interview candidates for product leader roles, what they're looking to learn, and what great answers sound like.
Episode transcripts with more resources can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
 Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  Anthony Marter, Head of Product, Plexure
  Swapna Malekar, Product Lead, RBC Royal Bank of Canada
  Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk
  Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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What Is Your Best Interview Question for Product Leaders?

HOW DO YOU SURFACE ASSUMPTIONS DURING PRODUCT DISCOVERY?
In the previous episode, we heard the horror stories of product leaders and teams haunted by the risky assumptions that surfaced too late.  Is this destined to be your fate as well? Not if I can help it!  In this episode of Fearless Product Leadership, we learn how to mitigate those risky assumptions from seasoned product leaders who answer the question “How do you surface assumptions during product discovery?”
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled
 Audrey Cheng, VP of Product, Pushpay
 Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Episode transcripts with more resources can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.
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How Do You Surface Assumptions in Product Discovery?

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN BURNED BY RISKY ASSUMPTIONS?
Are you a new product leader who doesn't yet surface assumptions as part of your product development practice? In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share stories of product development gone wrong when they were burned by risky assumptions that surfaced too late.  This episode will be followed by a companion episode in which we hear about the techniques product leaders use with their teams to surface assumptions as part of their product development practice.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled
 Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
 Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer at SEEK 
 Preston Smalley, VP Product Management at Comcast
  Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product at Procore, former VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice  

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Have You Been Burned by Risky Assumptions?

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR PRODUCT ORG IS TRULY GREAT?
Are you a product leader or CEO wondering if your product organization is truly great?  Do you wonder what the irrefutable evidence would actually help you determine whether they're great at what they do and how they do it?  In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share the characteristics and behaviors that help them know whether their product org is irrefutably great at what they do.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer at SEEK 
 Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight
 Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk
 Seth Roe, VP Consumer Product, The Weather Channel
 Amanda Richardson, CEO, CoderPad, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snagajob
 Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Know If Your Product Org Is Truly Great?

HOW DO YOU BALANCE INVESTMENT IN TECH DEBT VS CUSTOMER VALUE?
Are you a new product leader?  Are you having difficulty finding an approach to keep tech debt at bay and the teams velocity of delivery of value on pace with the demanding expectations of customers and stakeholders?  In this episode, you’ll learn from 5 experienced product leaders:

 WHEN tech debt is justified to accumulate
 WHO should be accountable for paying down the debt
 HOW to educate your leadership team on the impact of tech debt on the company, its goals and teams
 HOW to align with engineering on the allocation and priorities when paying down technical debt

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos.

  Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target, and former VP of Product and Engineering at CustomInk
  Laura Marino, SVP of Product at Lever
  Troy Anderson, SVP of Product & Technology at SPINS
  Albert Lee, co-founder and former head of product at MyFitnessPal
  Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at PluralSight

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) 
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Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.

How do you balance investment in tech debt vs customer value?

SHOULD THE SALES TEAM SELL FEATURES BEFORE THEY EXIST?
Are you a B2B product leader wondering how you can help the sales team achieve their targets while not backing your product team into corner?  In the first episode of season 2, 5 experienced B2B product leaders share their best strategies and techniques to enable their sales teams to meet customer needs and achieve quotas while protecting a discovery-led, agile product development process.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Ben Newell, VP Product, CBRE | Host, former VP of Product, rewardStyle and Sabre Corp
 Margaret Jastrebski, Chief Growth Officer at table eleven, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner
 Stefan Radullian, VP of Product & Engineering at Brainloop, a Diligent company
 Laura Marino, SVP Product, Lever  
  Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS 

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.

Should Your Sales Team Sell Features Before They Exist?

HOW DO YOU CRAFT AND COMMUNICATE PRODUCT VISION?
Are you a product leader struggling to create and communicate a product vision that will compel your company into action in the best interest of your customers?   In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best practices that have helped them create a product vision to align their teams, leadership and stakeholders with how to improve the lives of customers for the growth of the company.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Albert Lee, Co-Founder and former Head of Product, MyFitnessPal
 Ben Newell, former VP of Product, rewardStyle and Sabre Corp
  Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice  
  Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS 
  Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd  

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Resources mentioned:
Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become? by Michael Schrage
Is Your Product Vision Moving People in the Right Direction? by Hope Gurion on Product Coalition (contains example Product Vision videos)
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How Do You Craft and Communicate Product Vision? | Fearless Product Leadership

HOW DOES YOUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE IMPACT YOU AS A PRODUCT LEADER?
Given the emerging discipline of product management, it’s more common than not to have inexperienced product teams. As a product leader, how do you practically deal with that experience gap challenge? When the team isn’t right, it falls back on the leader to coach, course-correct or fill in gaps, and there are already a lot of demands on the PL’s time. That’s why we’re tackling the question HOW DOES YOUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE IMPACT YOU AS A PRODUCT LEADER? in this episode of Fearless Product Leadership.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

 Albert Lee, Co-Founder and former Head of Product, MyFitnessPal
 Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast
 Amanda Richardson, Entrepreneur in Residence, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snag
 Laura Marino, SVP Product, Lever  
 Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS 

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Does Your Team's Experience Level Impact You As a Product Leader? | Fearless Product Leadership

HOW DO YOU CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PRODUCT TEAMS?
Are you a product leader seeking a reliable, respectful method of holding teams accountable to meet their goals? In this episode, you’ll learn how 5 experienced product leaders:

 Set goals and achieve accountability while still enabling teams to take risks 
 Rely on rituals to provide the necessary transparency of results vs goals 
  Take action when goals are missed 
  Help their teams be accountable to their goals and commitments 

A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos.
Rosie Ruley Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase
Troy Anderson, SVP of Product & Technology at SPINS 
Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast 
Al Ming, VP of Product & Design, CNBC 
Ezinne  Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice
and  yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) 
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