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Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersAsk for What You Want: Kenneth Berger on Integrity, Hearing No, and Getting Fired from Slack Three TimesGuest Kenneth Berger · Host Lenny RachitskyThe first PM at Slack turned executive coach lays out a three-step practice for naming your desires, asking for them, and accepting whatever answer comes back.
1:38:00ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersRun Toward the Pain: Ben Horowitz on Hesitation, Confidence and Leading a Company Through the AbyssGuest Ben Horowitz · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Andreessen Horowitz co-founder talks about the psychology of being a CEO, what product managers get wrong about leadership, whether AI is a bubble, and why the US must stay in the AI race.
1:42:57ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFive Seconds, Real Stakes: Matthew Dicks on How to Tell Stories People RememberGuest Matthew Dicks · Host Lenny RachitskyThe 59-time Moth Story Slam winner and author of Storyworthy explains the single-moment structure of good stories, how to use them at work, and how to calm stage nerves.
1:12:19ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe Three W's: A Practical Framework for Growing as a Product ManagerGuest Vikrama Dhiman · Host Lenny RachitskyGojek's head of product Vikrama Dhiman explains what separates fast-rising PMs from stalled ones, and how to move into product from another discipline.
1:27:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersOptimism, Laziness and "What If": Lessons from the Man Behind Google DocsGuest Sam Schillace · Host Lenny RachitskySam Schillace, who created Writely (later Google Docs) and now helps lead AI work at Microsoft, on disruptive ideas, user laziness, failing on purpose, and where software is headed.
2:14:39ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBrains at Work: A Neuroscience Playbook for Meetings, Influence and Team CultureGuest Evan LaPointe · Host Lenny RachitskyCORE Sciences founder Evan LaPointe turns the brain's safety, reward and purpose systems into practical advice for meetings, relationships, culture and focus.
1:08:37ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBeing Strategic Is a Simple Why Plus a Big Change: Anneka Gupta on Product LeadershipGuest Anneka Gupta · Host Lenny RachitskyRubrik's chief product officer shares how she defines strategy, makes decisions, works with founders, gives feedback and keeps a positive mindset.
1:08:32ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSmall Teams, Hard Problems First: How Rippling's Jeremy Henrickson Keeps Velocity at ScaleGuest Jeremy Henrickson · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Rippling product chief and former Coinbase CPO on small teams, designing for the hardest case, fast decisions, and going all the way to the ground.
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.
1:25:15ENLenny'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.
1:04:59ENLenny'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.
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.
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.