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Get the full story on what makes a great music technology product, with 1-1 conversations from leading voices and founders. Hosted by Adam Wakeling, Product Manager.
Listen on Apple PodcastsWelcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with John Snyder, Founder of Electronic Audio Experiments (EAE), about his journey, approach to product development at the company, tips for aspiring pedal builders, as well as his new reverb pedal with a pre-amp in the works. To learn more about the company, visit: https://www.electronicaudioexperiments.com Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:10 Intro 02:10 EAE founder story 05:35 Dude Incredible V1 06:32 Sending V1 07:00 EAE's unique value proposition 07:40 Longsword pedal 08:53 Prismatic Wall pedal 09:45 Where ideas come from 10:45 Book recommendations for pedal design 13:15 Tips for beginner pedal builders 16:07 How to find out why a pedal sounds good 18:55 Art versus engineering 20:10 Chase Bliss sponsor feat. Big Time 21:10 How the Halberd was developed 24:47 Through hole versus surface mount 25:30 Noisy pedals 29:31 Sunn O))) in concert experience 30:32 New tube amp in development 36:30 New Hypersleep successor Reverb pedal 40:40 Big Time Chase Bliss collab story 46:15 Thoughts on trends and digital modelers 51:03 Favorite EAE pedal 54:20 Most underrated EAE pedal 55:26 John's top 3 pedals of all time 58:50 New reverb pedal visual reveal 59:20 Plans on bringing back the Dude Incredible 01:01:54 Other pedal company shout-outs 01:07:02 Favorite Pile song 01:08:40 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Steve Bragg, founder of Empress Effects, about his founder story, approach to product development, the secrets behind the pristine sounds of Empress pedals, thoughts about the state of the market and much more. Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:21 Intro 02:25 Pedal pricing 02:20 Steve's founder story 05:45 Art versus science in design 07:45 Why surface-mount tech is best 11:25 Why Empress pedals sound 'pristine' 15:37 Chase Bliss Big Time sponsor 16:41 How the business is run (Lean) 19:18 How ideas come 20:55 Key product milestones 24:51 How features are chosen 26:18 Beta testing 27:32 What's surprising behind the scenes 31:50 What concerns Steve 34:00 Thoughts on AI 36:03 Challenge of starting a business now 38:04 Favorite Empress pedal 38:23 New pedal soon? 39:53 Most underrated Empress pedal 40:28 Steve's top 3 pedals of all time 42:45 Thoughts on future collaborations 44:04 Philosophy question 45:40 Surprising thing that impacts tone 46:40 An Empress pedal Steve would redesign 48:13 What makes an idea reach production 49:49 Smaller Reverb and Echosystems? 51:30 What makes the Para EQ pedal so good 52:37 Swapping Reverb & Echosystem firmware 55:18 Advice to aspiring founders 57:00 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Martin Kidd, Chief Designer and Co-Founder of Victory Amplification. We discuss his founder journey, perspective on Cornford Amps ceasing trading, the birth of Victory Amps and his approach to product development. We also have some quick-fire questions and community questions. Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:13 Intro 02:20 Martin's musical beginnings 03:30 Modding Marshalls 05:10 How Martin learned amp design 09:06 Building the first amp 12:00 The Cornford story 13:45 Cornford ceases trading 18:00 Chase Bliss Big Time Event 19:15 Martin as Chief Designer, not CEO 22:15 Approach to product development 28:10 Product development early process 29:15 Martin's unique designs 31:58 Standing out in the amp market 34:52 Victory MKX and originality 38:25 Market concerns 42:06 Hybrid analog and digital 45:36 Victory PowerValve and digital products 47:55 Quick-fire questions 52:13 Advice to aspiring founders 55:10 Most difficult amp to design 56:13 Addressing the Lee Anderton 'drama' 58:54 The braille amps story 01:02:40 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Brady Smith, co-founder of Old Blood Noise Endeavors (OBNE), about his career and founder journey, the approach to product development at Old Blood, as well as how he is reshaping business processes and operations to survive the challenges of running a small business in a niche industry. To learn more about the company, visit: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:14 Intro 02:20 Brady's founder story 07:16 Keeley Electronics job 09:00 Birth of Walrus Audio 11:30 Quitting Walrus, founding OBNE 14:40 The OBNE way of product development 18:07 Chase Bliss sponsor section 18:57 Product development process 23:07 Brady's role at OBNE 24:26 EOS business model 26:30 Split with Seth McCarroll 29:40 Thoughts on the future effects market 31:35 Empress Bass compressor love 36:25 Future pedal opportunities 42:45 Friendship with Joel Korte 46:20 Quick-fire questions 49:55 Community questions 56:40: Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Francisco Cresp, co-founder and CPO at Neural DSP, about his founder journey, how the company approaches product development and inside stories from one of the leading names in digital modeling for guitar and other instruments. Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:15 Intro 02:36 Francisco's founder story 09:00 Working with Doug Castro 11:00 Neural DSP's product development 16:03 Chase Bliss sponsor section 16:47 User feedback mechanisms 19:05 John Mayer X development 23:02 Plugin compatibility challenges 26:10 How Neural DSP prioritises 27:42 Why a vocal plugin? 31:30 Quad Cortex for vocals 33:10 Analog versus digital debate 34:48 Tom Morello JCM800 differences 37:40 Love of analog synths 38:52 Synth in the Quad Cortex 39:08 Neural DSP as a target 40:36 Latest research projects 41:21 Gen AI in the Quad Cortex? 42:50 Challenges of capturing fuzz 46:06 Noise floors in capture tech 47:33 Quick-fire questions 51:30 FX captures? 53:52 When PCOM for Petrucci? 55:22 Interface gain at 0? 58:24 Software for Nano Cortex? 59:04 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
In this episode, host Adam Wakeling speaks with Analog Mike Piera, founder of Analog.man, about his approach to product development, the infamous waitlist for the King of Tone, the state of the guitar and pedal market and what the future looks like for the company. To learn more, visit: https://www.analogman.com/ Many thanks to this episode's sponsor Chase Bliss. Check out Chase Bliss effects pedals here: https://www.chasebliss.com?utm_source=productsofmusic Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:02 Intro 02:00 Mike's founder story 03:57 Approach to product dev 10:50 Analog Man marketing 12:53 Sponsor section 13:38 Art versus science in design 15:01 Testing rigs 17:10 FX loop challenges 18:50 Pedal gain versus amp gain 20:49 Analog Man Rat pedal? 21:24 King of Tone wait list 24:25 Analog Man without Mike? 25:31 Teaching knowledge 27:06 Thoughts on digital modelers 31:04 What not to add on pedals 34:47 Chase Bliss Brothers AM 36:42 Mike's current concerns 40:32 Challenge of limited supply 42:39 What keeps Mike motivated 44:57 How the customer has changed 50:07 Mike's advice to founders 52:52 Quick-fire questions 56:38 Community questions 01:00:30 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
In this episode, host Adam Wakeling speaks with Tosin Abasi (CEO and Founder of Abasi Concepts), as well as Ivan Chopik (Founder of Guitar Messenger and COO of Abasi Concepts) about their journeys; the state of the guitar and pedal market; and their approach to product development and innovation. To learn more about Abasi Concepts, visit: https://abasiconcepts.com/ Many thanks to this episode's sponsor Chase Bliss. Check out Chase Bliss effects pedals here: https://www.chasebliss.com?utm_source=productsofmusic Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:35 Intro 02:41 Abasi Concepts Origin Story 10:16 The First 7/8 Strings 17:00 Chase Bliss Sponsor Section 18:15 Compromises in Guitar Design 20:32 Abasi Concepts Product Development 25:16 Ideation to Production 31:30 Why Tosin Loves Analog Gear 34:40 Digital and the Young Generation 35:26 Where Abasi is Looking Next 38:32 Gibson Neck Heel Issues 39:37 Abasi Concepts Bass Guitars 40:00 Abasi Nylon String Guitars 42:05 Solving Problems for Guitarists 45:30 Leveraging Industry Collaborations 47:36 Guitar Market Concerns 50:00 Abasi Guitar Quality Issues 54:39 Entrepreneurial and Musician Advice 58:54 Quick Fire Questions 01:01:54 Reddit Community Questions 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, where you will hear inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: In this episode host Adam Wakeling speaks with Jamie Stillman, Founder of EarthQuaker Devices about the impact of tariffs on small US businesses; why Jamie is not concerned about the current generation of digital modelers like the Quad Cortex and Helix, as well as how EarthQuaker Devices approaches product development at the company. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_O3xHoxGFw To learn more about EarthQuaker Devices, visit: https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/ Many thanks to this episode's sponsor Chase Bliss. To learn more about Chase Bliss, visit: https://www.chasebliss.com?utm_source=productsofmusic Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:15 Intro 02:17 EarthQuaker origin story 05:00 Catalyst for scaling 05:53 Julie's impact 06:58 Product development approach 09:24 Data-driven development 10:48 Trends in the market 14:31 Chase Bliss Sponsor 15:34 Analog versus digital 18:36 Guiding product principles 22:50 Every pedal has a song in it 24:03 Inspiration for pedal ideas 27:39 Ideas thought process 29:25 More complex EarthQuaker pedals 32:50 Hedgehog concept in business 35:19 What EarthQuaker is best at 41:45 Getting pedals to be ready 47:12 Jamie's concerns for the future 49:28 Quick-fire questions 52:55 How fans can support 55:30 Customisation capabilities 56:51 Pedals close to being scrapped 59:08 Bright pedal LEDs 01:00:03 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, where you will hear inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Joel Korte, founder of Chase Bliss, about his founder journey, the 'chase bliss way' of product development, as well as his successes, failures and market insights. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTKX8kSsQsw To learn more about Chase Bliss, visit: https://www.chasebliss.com 00:00 Preview 01:50 Intro 03:05 Joel's founder journey 09:00 Meaning of 'Follow Your Bliss' 12:25 EOS business tools 15:00 Chase Bliss way of product dev 18:30 Definition of 'best' 20:42 Biggest success story 25:36 Pedal release timing 28:36 Why Joel discontinues pedals 33:25 What makes a pedal last? 37:45 Analog versus Digital 42:52 Future innovation 45:37 Chase Bliss midi controller? 47:24 Enamel pins 48:30 Habit design 50:09 New form factor? 50:44 State of the market 57:35 Chase Bliss budget pedals 58:30 Most painful pedal implementation 01:00:01 'Quick fire' questions 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode, host Adam Wakeling speaks with Dave Friedman, founder of Friedman Amplification, about his approach to product development at the company; the analog versus digital debate; and what the future of boutique amps looks like. View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSmHFXvpvXw To learn more about Friedman Amplification, visit: https://friedmanamplification.com/ 00:00 Preview 01:24 Intro 02:25 Dave's founder journey 06:15 Developing amp building skills 08:20 The key to creating a company 13:10 Option paralysis in digital modeling 15:13 The lack of unique guitar tones today 20:23 How Dave finds new product ideas 23:16 Unsuccessful product releases 24:25 Biggest Friedman product success 29:10 The difficulty with US tariffs 33:35 Early lessons learned 38:10 Digital detoxing/experience of analog 41:45 How buyer expectations have changed 44:10 When to expand the product range 45:50 Some insights for entrepreneurs 48:40 A few quick-fire questions 51:15 Why the amp naming convention? 54:14 Friedman takes on other amps? 55:05 New Vox-style Friedman amp 56:00 How Dave adds his unique touch to vintage amps 56:55 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode host Adam Wakeling speaks with Brian Wampler, Founder of Wampler Pedals. From the humble beginnings of modding pedals in his garage to producing some of the most sought-after boutique pedals in the industry, Brian Wampler’s journey is one of passion, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of the perfect guitar tone. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C4sYXrSJY8Y To learn more about Wampler Pedals, visit: https://www.wamplerpedals.com/ Guitar Pedal Courses: https://www.guitarpedalcourse.com/ Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:03 Intro 02:07 Brian’s founder journey 05:44 Importance of networking 08:40 The Wampler product development process 12:39 Getting feedback and external data 15:40 Brian’s approach to hiring 20:10 When to release new products 24:14 The expectation of digital products 28:50 Wampler’s audience and expectations 30:38 The different USPs in guitar pedals 37:13 Diversification of revenue streams 40:27 Threat of digital modeling 48:00 Asking Reddit’s most upvoted questions 56:30 Quick-fire questions 01:03:30 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Rodrigo J. Ibieta, Director of Product Management, Hardware Products, at Universal Audio. What to expect: 🟠 Product strategy insights for developing music hardware 🟠 Inside stories from Fender and Universal Audio 🟠 Tips on progressing in Product Management Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:00 Intro and background 06:47 Fender Acoustasonic stories 12:00 How Fender segments its customers 15:22 Product Strategy at Universal Audio 19:59 Importance of speaking with customers 20:50 Creating a product ecosystem 24:10 Ensuring product alignment 28:39 Talking Customer Lifetime Value 31:30 Defining a few terms 34:02 Process for New Business Cases 37:32 Competitor landscapes 39:30 Product feasibility process 43:03 Lessons from product disappointments 46:20 Advice to Product Managers 49:46 A few quick-fire questions 53:57 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack: https://www.productsofmusic.com 🎥 Subscribe to Adam Wakeling's personal YouTube channel: @adamwakeling 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/products-of-music/id1683097403 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07d7lJpIRYIZ0rr31xUa5X 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode host Adam Wakeling speaks with Rob Chapman, Founder of Chapman Guitars. Rob is an English musician, YouTube content creator, and the founder and co-owner of Chapman Guitars. He is is known for his popular instructional YouTube channel with over 725,000 subscribers and as demonstrator of guitar equipment for Andertons Music Co. He is a lead singer and a guitarist, previously playing for the blues/Americana band Clockwork Wolf & Co, and rock band Dorje. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnC9tEEDjNQ To learn more about Chapman Guitars, visit: https://www.chapmanguitars.com/ Rob's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RobChappers Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:07 Intro 02:40 The birth of Chapman Guitars 05:05 The power of customer collaboration 09:49 How to make a great guitar? 10:41 Rob's skillset that helped boost the brand 13:04 Rob's values and company values 15:12 Steering the ship in difficult times 19:57 The uniqueness of the guitar product market 23:28 Finding 'vibe' in developing products 25:12 The rise of relicing guitars 26:54 Finally talking about the café 28:36 Separating business and creative sides 33:10 The issue with YouTube product demos 36:17 Agile approach to manufacturing location 42:53 Decision to release a boutique guitar amplifier 6:10 Rob's final thoughts 48:00 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode: Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Daniel Steinhardt, Founder of GigRig, about his 20-year journey founding the company and building it to be one of the market leaders in the guitar pedal accessory market. GigRig: https://shop.thegigrig.com/ That Pedal Show: https://www.youtube.com/thatpedalshow Chapters: 00:00 Preview 01:24 Intro 01:50 The idea for GigRig 06:00 Tone struggles and in the studio 08:00 The challenge of complex effects 11:00 Moving to the UK 12:50 Dan shows very first product 16:15 Common founder story? 20:50 The slow burn of Youtube for promotion 22:20 The niche of the niche of the niche 25:40 Dan's music and product passion 28:00 The beauty of being agile 31:25 Deciding to launch a new product 34:25 Dan's advice for new founders 40:30 What keeps Dan's drive 42:50 The 'magic' of musical connections 45:00 Outro and final thoughts 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology. In this episode host Adam Wakeling speaks with Tommy Stalknecht, co-founder and CEO of Single, the direct-to-fan platform for Shopify. Since its inception in 2018, Single has transformed the way artists engage with their audiences by empowering them to sell music, merch, video and memberships directly to fans. Under Tommy's leadership, Single has facilitated the sale of over 5 million digital albums, reported 16 million albums to Billboard, and hosted livestream events for millions of viewers worldwide. To learn more about Single, visit: https://www.single.xyz Chapters: 00:00 Preview 00:45 Intro 01:07 Tommy's LinkedIn post 02:14 Single's origin story 10:52 The MVP of Single 13:00 Validating the MVP 14:53 Analytics feature development 16:38 Live-streaming integration 20:00 Single's org structure 21:08 Being a hands-on founder 22:26 NFT feature introduction 26:42 Are NFTs dead? 28:42 Patreon competitor 31:40 Tommy's product vision 33:30 Single's approach to product development 35:46 How Tommy prioritises 37:58 Tommy's lessons for new founders 42:30 Getting close to customers 43:40 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Aakash Gupta writes the Product Growth newsletter for over 140,000 subscribers and hosts the Product Growth podcast, where he helps product managers, product leaders and aspiring product managers. In today's episode: Aakash's journey to newsletter success The 7 steps to follow to become an AI Product Manager Aakash's tips on growing your network and audience — Aakash's contact info: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagupta • Product Growth Newsletter on Substack • Product Growth Podcast on YouTube — Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Preview (00:49) Intro (02:01) The growth of Product Growth (07:32) Step 1: Shape your content diet (12:55) Step 2: Take relevant courses (20:25) Step 3: Gain hands-on experience (23:46) Step 4: Structure your portfolio (26:25) Step 5: Network (36:38) Step 6: Snag interviews (41:14 ) Step 7: Ace the homework and interview (50:52) Final thoughts Useful links from the episode: AI for Everyone by Andrew Ng Jeff Su's YouTube channel Dwarkesh Patel's Podcast SVPino on YouTube 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Phil Hornby is a passionate product leadership coach. Helping product leaders to think clearly, make strong decisions, and take powerful action that drives high-impact outcomes. In today's episode: The 'how' and 'who' of product decision making Key principles in product decision making — Phils's contact info: • LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/philhornby • Talking Roadmaps Podcast on YouTube • It Depends book: https://www.forproductpeople.com/content/books/it-depends — Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Preview (00:55) Intro (01:55) Why the book? (04:13) Where to start with product decision making? (07:05) How to decide and who decides? (11:51) Product leadership decision foundations (16:44) Getting to, making and implementing (18:33) Resolving dysfunctional teams (24:54) The importance of conflict (28:42) Decision conviction (33:09) Prioritisation frameworks (37:13) A few extra decision principles (41:00) The number seven (42:40) Final thoughts 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Amy Mitchell is Principal Product Manager at Dell Technologies and author of Product Management IRL newsletter on substack. In today's episode: The seven superpowers of great product managers (that they don't say on job descriptions) Tactics to grow these superpowers — Amy's contact info: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycmitchell • Substack: https://amycmitchell.substack.com/ — Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/ In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Preview (00:49) Intro (02:20) Overview of the seven superpowers (04:00) Empathy (11:20) Communication skills (19:36) Resilience (24:29) Discernment (30:49) Prioritisation by value (40:35) Patience (48:00) Blending skills (50:56) Future of product management (56:40) Final thoughts 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Christoph Steinlehner is a Product Management coach who helps product managers and leaders that are feeling stuck in their work caught and struggling to facilitate between different perspectives in a business. In today's episode: The challenges of effective business-product communication How visual mapping can help improve communication The MAPPER method walkthough — Christoph's contact info: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csteinlehner • Website: https://csteinlehner.com/ • Substack contributor: https://mapperclub.substack.com/ — Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/ In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Preview (00:54) Intro (02:01) Main challenges in effective communication (03:40) X-department perspectives in communication (05:20) The bigger picture (08:28) What is visual mapping? (11:48) Differences in types of visual maps (16:18) Walkthough of MAPPER method (25:20) Reflection part of MAPPER (26:03) Similarity to Event Storming (27:53) Challenges in implementing MAPPER (33:21) Resistance to new frameworks (34:50) Leveraging AI with the MAPPER method (39:04) Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X
Mo Hallaba is CEO of datawisp.io , an AI-based analytics tool to help non-technical teams understand their product and users better. He was previously working in financial services and the e-sports industry. In today's episode: The challenges of data-informed decision making How AI can help solve some of these challenges The limitations of AI — Mo and Datawisp's contact info: • Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/electronicmo • Website: https://www.datawisp.io — Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheProductDevelopmentPodcast In this episode, we cover: 00:00 Preview 01:23 Intro 02:25 Mo's background 04:04 How e-sports teams use data 05:55 Challenges with using product data 08:31 AI removing technical barriers 09:49 Culture of caring about data 11:58 Scooter app example in datawisp 13:35 Exploration of data 14:30 Correlation vs causation 15:47 Limitations of AI in creativity 19:42 Getting buy-in for change 22:19 AI data solutions 26:01 Gen AI blended with product data 29:54 Difference perspectives on UX 32:55 The more data the better 36:50 Transparency of data and insight logic 37:51 Usefulness of having technical knowledge 39:30 Final thoughts 41:12 Outro 🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn 🌐 Follow the host on X