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Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersA Roadmap Is a Prototype of Your Strategy: Janna Bastow on Now, Next, LaterGuest Janna Bastow · Host Lenny RachitskyThe inventor of the Now/Next/Later roadmap explains why timelines mislead, how to launch without fixed dates, and what she learned from building Mind the Product and ProdPad.
1:42:05ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSlow Down to Grow Faster: Bangaly Kaba on Understand Work, Adjacent Users and Career ChoicesGuest Bangaly Kaba · Host Lenny RachitskyThe former Instagram head of growth and current YouTube product director explains how to choose where to work, why teams should invest in understanding before executing, and how he found growth levers at Facebook, Instagram and Instacart.
1:37:56ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersMove Fast, Own the Details: What Binance, Agoda and N26 Taught Mayur Kamat About ProductGuest Mayur Kamat · Host Lenny RachitskyN26's Chief Product Officer on running products through daily meetings, choosing jobs by strengths and compounding, and why experiments beat strategy decks.
1:16:16ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSharp Problems, Real Virality: Oji Udezue's Playbook for Product-Led GrowthGuest Oji Udezue · Host Lenny RachitskyTypeform's chief product officer draws on Microsoft, Atlassian, Calendly and Twitter to explain how to pick a problem, find your ICP, onboard users and earn word of mouth.
1:33:14ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersEarn the Right to Decide: Reference Customers, Coaching and the Craft of Product ManagementGuest Christian Idiodi · Host Lenny RachitskySVPG partner Christian Idiodi explains why product managers get disliked, how to build products with 25 reference customers, and how leaders can coach and promote people well.
1:24:30ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Curation to Recommendation to Generation: Spotify's Gustav Söderström on Rethinking ProductGuest Gustav Soderstrom · Host Lenny RachitskySpotify's co-president and CPO/CTO explains the AI DJ, a bruising homepage redesign, why squads gave way to VP-level autonomy, and what generative music might mean.
1:17:44ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersStart at Chapter One: Casey Winters on Executive Communication, Unsexy Work and Growth LoopsGuest Casey Winters · Host Lenny RachitskyEventbrite CPO Casey Winters shares what he has learned about product leadership, simplicity at scale, strategy as the great career filter, and the current state of growth.
1:03:21ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBring the Insight: How a Young Product Leader Earns Trust at AsanaGuest Paige Costello · Host Lenny RachitskyAsana's Paige Costello on planning, the Double Diamond process, coaching PMs, and what holds new product managers back.
1:18:28ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCuriosity Loops: Ada Chen Rekhi's Method for Better Decisions and a Career You Won't RegretGuest Ada Chen Rekhi · Host Lenny RachitskyAn executive coach and Notejoy co-founder on structured advice-gathering, values exercises, explore-and-exploit careers, coaching and co-founding with a spouse.
1:21:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe Opposite of Play Is Fear: How Jira's Head of Product Builds Safe, Fast-Moving TeamsGuest Megan Cook · Host Lenny RachitskyMegan Cook of Atlassian on psychological safety, remote work habits, winning buy-in, and how a 12,000-person company keeps launching new products.
1:35:27ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSacred Cows Are Your Roadmap: Kayvon Beykpour on Reviving Twitter's Product CultureGuest Kayvon Beykpour · Host Lenny RachitskyThe former head of product at Twitter on meeting Elon Musk, being fired during paternity leave, shipping through a risk-averse culture, and the lessons of Periscope.
1:14:35ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe User Research Reckoning: Why Most Research Is the Wrong KindGuest Judd Antin · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Airbnb head of research Judd Antin explains why the UX research field is shrinking, what kind of research actually moves the business, and how PMs and researchers can fix the system together.
1:13:36ENLenny'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.Load moreShowing 24 of 80