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What I learned from building products in Africa

B2B product management

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)

Building Product Teams

Business Strategy

Data Driven Product Management

Digital Transformation

Diversity and Inclusion

Minimum Viable Product

OKRs

Prioritisation

Product Design

Product Research

Product Development Process

Product Ethics

Product Discovery

Product Leadership

Product Management Career

Product Strategy

Stakeholder Management

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Join our podcast hosts Lily Smith and Randy Silver for in-depth conversations with some of the best product people around the world! Every week they chat with people in the know, covering the topics that matter to you - solving real problems, developing awesome products, building successful teams and developing careers. Find out more, subscribe, and access all episodes on <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-product-experience/">The Product Experience homepage</a>.

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The Product Experience

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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-16139 alignright" src="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RyanJacobyFounderofMACHINE-264x300.jpg" alt="Ryan Jacoby" width="264" height="300" srcset="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RyanJacobyFounderofMACHINE-264x300.jpg 264w, https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RyanJacobyFounderofMACHINE-768x874.jpg 768w, https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RyanJacobyFounderofMACHINE-900x1024.jpg 900w, https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RyanJacobyFounderofMACHINE.jpg 985w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px" />Ryan Jacoby is an expert on innovation, but not, perhaps, on optimising book titles for SEO &#8211; his book, <a href="https://www.senseandrespondpress.com/making-progress" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Making Progress</em></a>, is a guide on how to ensure that your team is open to and successful at innovation. Ryan has been working in the field since his undergraduate days, when he became the first person to complete Stanford&#8217;s Design School program.  He joined us to chat about progress vs process, creating an innovation agenda, and how cleaning a room can inspire a team&#8217;s progress.</p>
<h3>Quote of the Episode</h3>
<blockquote><p>You have to be interested in being wrong on purpose, as cheaply as possible, so you can eventually be right.</p></blockquote>
<h3>Listen if you&#8217;d like to learn more about</h3>
<ul>
<li>Where does innovation come from in an organisation?</li>
<li>The difference between innovation and transformation</li>
<li>How to be wary of solutions posing as problems</li>
<li>Is it getting easier or harder to innovate?</li>
</ul>
<h3>Links mentioned in this episode</h3>
<ul>
<li>Follow Ryan <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobyryan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on Twitter</a>, check out his work with <a href="https://machine.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Machine</a></li>
<li>Read Ryan&#8217;s book, <em><a href="https://www.senseandrespondpress.com/making-progress" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Making Progress</a> &#8211;</em>  <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Making-Progress-Responsibilities-Innovation-Leader/dp/0999476920/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US</a> / <a href="https://amzn.to/2Wd445a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UK</a> / <a href="https://smile.amazon.de/Making-Progress-Responsibilities-Innovation-Leader/dp/0999476920/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DE</a></li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@hwabtnoname/understanding-doblin-s-10-types-of-innovations-with-examples-2da595cea601" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Understanding Doblin’s 10 types of innovations with examples</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-different-ways-for-companies-to-innovate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 12 Different Ways for Companies to Innovate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://claytonchristensen.com/key-concepts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clayton Christensen&#8217;s Disruptive Innovation</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Hosts</h3>
<p>The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.</p>
<p><strong>Lily</strong> enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She has worked on a diverse range of products &#8211; leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank in Bristol, the Product Managers&#8217; meetup with regular events and talks on Product now with 800+ members and growing. This year Lily will be launching ProductCamp in Bristol and she joins the MTP team as co-host of The Product Experience podcast.</p>
<p>A recovering music journalist and editor, <strong>Randy</strong> has been working as an interactive producer and product manager across the US and UK for nearly 20 years. After launching Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, Randy has worked with museums and arts groups, online education, media &amp; entertainment, retail and financial services. He’s held Head of Product roles at HSBC and Sainsbury’s, where he also directed their 100+-person product community. He&#8217;s spoken at Mind the Product Engage (Hamburg and Manchester), at a number of ProductTanks (London, Zurich, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Oxford, and Brighton&#8230; so far!) and at conferences across the US and Europe.</p>
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<h3>Music</h3>
<p>Our theme music is from Hamburg-based Pau, featuring ProductTank Hamburg’s own Arne Kittler on bass. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Paupulism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listen to more on their Facebook page</a></p>
<h3>Suggest a guest</h3>
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<h3>Talk to us</h3>
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How to build the right product culture during transformation – Joca Torres (Product Consultant)

Tools and techniques to scale product teams – Charlotte King (Lead Product Manager, eBay)

Everything you need to know about impact-first product teams – Matt LeMay (Product coach and Author)

How and when to sunset features – Roni Ben Aharon (CPO, Craft.io, Booking.com, Wix)

How to lead product transformation at scale – Jo Wickremasinghe (CPTO, BPP)

Tried and tested AI tools for product managers – Dave Killeen (VP Product, Pendo)

How to Innovate – Ryan Jacoby on The Product Experience

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