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Lenny's PodcastPodcastSell Before You Tell: Wes Kao's Tactics for Communication That Actually LandsHost Lenny RachitskyExecutive-communication teacher Wes Kao breaks down the frameworks — sales before logistics, signposting, MOO, CEDAF — that turn clear thinking into buy-in.
1:28:38ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBuild for Feelings, Not Graphs: Inside The Browser Company's Product PhilosophyGuest Josh Miller · Host Lenny RachitskyJosh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company, explains how Arc is built around emotions, values, a tiny-but-unusual team and a bet on the internet as the next computer.
1:01:12ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Failure Dividend: What Leaders from Airbnb, Google, Pets.com, Quibi, Duolingo, and Toast Learned from Their Worst MomentsHost Lenny RachitskyA compilation of product leaders' most searing failures—and the operating lessons they extracted from them.
1:19:32ENLenny's PodcastPodcastProduct Ops Is the Operating System Your Product Team Is MissingHost Lenny RachitskyMelissa Perri and Denise Tilles explain how product operations frees product managers from busywork, improves decision speed, and scales product organizations without adding unnecessary overhead.
1:25:15ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersProduct Management Theater and the Road Out: Marty Cagan on TRANSFORMEDGuest Marty Cagan · Host Lenny RachitskyThe SVPG founder explains why many PM roles are really project management, how AI raises the stakes, and how companies can move from feature teams to empowered product teams.
1:36:53ENLenny's PodcastPodcastIdeology, Restraint and the Core: Peter Sellis on Building Product Teams That WinHost Lenny RachitskySnapchat's first PM and former Discord head of product speaks candidly about team design, why the median PM is weak, and where consumer growth really comes from.
1:47:58ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 3 speakersBridging the Divide: How Community Notes Built a Trusted Fact-Checking System on DisagreementGuest Keith Coleman, Jay Baxter · Host Lenny RachitskyKeith Coleman and Jay Baxter, the team behind Community Notes, explain how the algorithm works, how a tiny team built it, and why it survived four leaders at Twitter and X.
1:55:28ENLenny's PodcastPodcastPlan Your Chess Moves: Peter Deng on Building Products Used by BillionsHost Lenny RachitskyThe former product leader at OpenAI, Instagram, Uber and Facebook explains how he scales products, assembles teams and hires people who eventually don't need him.
1:04:59ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersWhat Makes a Top 1% Product Manager, and What Working Backwards Really MeansGuest Ian McAllister · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Amazon product leader Ian McAllister revisits his famous PM post and explains why most teams misuse Amazon's working backwards process.
55:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcastHow Product Leaders Sell Ideas, Simplify Products, and Build Growth LoopsHost Lenny RachitskyEventbrite’s chief product officer explains how to communicate upward, protect product-market fit, and turn early growth hacks into scalable loops.
1:23:59ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFascinating, Tell Me More: Faire CPO Ami Vora on Disagreeing Well and Leading ImperfectlyGuest Ami Vora · Host Lenny RachitskyFaire's chief product officer explains how she handles disagreement, runs product reviews, uses metaphors to align teams and accepts that senior leadership means choosing between imperfect options.
1:18:09ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Reactive to Creative: Ken Norton on the Inner Work of Product LeadershipGuest Ken Norton · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Google product leader and executive coach Ken Norton explains why mindset, not more frameworks, unlocks the next level of leadership.
1:12:17ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCoaching Product Managers: Five Ingredients, Honest Storytelling, and the Case for CommunityGuest Petra Wille · Host Lenny RachitskyProduct leadership coach Petra Wille explains how to develop PMs, why storytelling is a career skill, and how communities of practice scale learning.
53:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersManage Up, Get Specific, Say No by Trading Off: Wes Kao's Playbook for Clearer WorkGuest Wes Kao · Host Lenny RachitskyMaven co-founder Wes Kao walks Lenny Rachitsky through five ideas on writing, teaching, managing your boss and declining requests, after a tour of her path from the Gap to Seth Godin's altMBA.
1:13:28ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe CEO Is the Chief Product Officer: Brian Chesky's Airbnb Operating SystemHost Lenny RachitskyAirbnb's CEO explains how he rebuilt product management, planning, and launches around functional teams, one roadmap, and leaders who stay in the details.
59:20ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Trello to The Knot: Roles, Velocity and the Question "What Are You Optimizing For?"Guest Nikita Miller · Host Lenny RachitskyNikita Miller, head of product at The Knot Worldwide, on aligning cross-functional roles, shipping with urgency, working remotely and balancing life and work.
1:22:34ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSimplify, Follow Up, Carry the Water: What Separates Great Product ManagersGuest Maggie Crowley · Host Lenny RachitskyToast VP of Product and former Olympic speed skater Maggie Crowley on the three habits of the best PMs, how she writes strategy, and why "data-driven" can be a red flag.
1:02:56ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThink Rigorously, Decide Fast: Lessons from Stripe's Culture and Retool's Innovation MachineGuest Eeke de Milliano · Host Lenny RachitskyRetool's head of product and early Stripe PM Eeke de Milliano on first-principles thinking, protecting innovation, right-sizing process and building a balanced product team.
1:12:29ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersLazy, Vain, Selfish Users and the Rule of Three: An Indian Product Leader's PlaybookGuest Anuj Rathi · Host Lenny RachitskyAnuj Rathi of Jupiter Money walks through how product management took shape in India, and the frameworks he uses for onboarding, working backwards, strategy and marketplaces.
1:07:36ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersMake a Podcast to Build for Podcasters: Maya Prohovnik on Dogfooding, Gut Calls and Anchor's Unscalable HacksGuest Maya Prohovnik · Host Lenny RachitskySpotify's head of podcast product and Anchor's employee number one explains how she dogfoods, balances intuition with data, and keeps a startup mindset inside a giant company.
30:20ENLenny's PodcastPodcastDraw the Circle: Julie Zhuo’s Five-Step Playbook for Influencing Hard Product DecisionsHost Lenny RachitskyA practical process for turning prioritization fights into shared learning, evidence gathering, and clear decision ownership.
1:10:02ENLenny's PodcastPodcastLocal CEOs and Wow Products: Inside Revolut's Forge for Product LeadersHost Lenny RachitskyRevolut's global head of product, Dmitry Zlokazov, explains how ownership, depth, polish and raw intellect shape the product owners who ship across 50 countries.
1:17:24ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Audience Is the Hero: Nancy Duarte's Playbook for Stories That Move PeopleHost Lenny RachitskyA practical guide to empathy-led presentations, contrast structures, visual alignment, and calming presentation nerves.
1:10:25ENLenny's PodcastPodcastSoftware Is Not a Moat: Evan Spiegel on Distribution, Ecosystems and a Design Team That Never Stops MakingHost Lenny RachitskySnap's CEO explains why distribution is the hard part of consumer tech, how a 9-to-12-person design team keeps innovating, and why 2026 is Snap's crucible year.