Randy Silver: The conversations that create impactful products

Randy Silver is a product leadership advisor, podcast host, and global product community weaver. We explore the conversations needed to drive impact and perception of value. You can also read this episode here. — Topics discussed: (04:00) Moving from a journalistic editor to product editor (07:34) Parallels between product management film production (09:53) Missed opportunities & the need for collaboration (15:21) Alignment with stakeholders (18:24) Sales misalignment and restructures (21:10) Diagnosing teamwork challenges with partners (25:02) Diagnosing your new org via informational interviews (28:05) Creating a manager README (30:11) Roles and responsibilities convo for better understanding (35:19) Guiding conversations and change (44:22) Did reorganization at Airbnb address strategy misalignment? (46:18) Defensive reaction within product community to Airbnb (52:14) Coordinating while scaling — Links & resources mentioned Find the full transcript at: https://podcast.makethingsthatmatter.com/randy-silver-conversations-create-impact#transcript Send episode feedback on Twitter @askotzko , or via email Randy Silver: website, LinkedIn, Twitter • MTP talk: “Getting aligned with your exec team by Randy Silver” • Podcast: The Product Experience • Book: “What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager’s Guide to Strategy in the Time of Crisis” • The product environment canvas • Stakeholder Informational interview template — Related episodes: • Andrew on Randy’s podcast, The Product Experience • #72 Pam Fox Rollin: Growing groups into teams • #44 Teresa Torres: Habits for clear thinking and better product bets • #18 Josh Seiden: Create clarity with outcomes thinking • #5 Rich Mironov: Building a thriving product organization • #3 Christina Wodtke: Unleashing potential with extraordinary teams — People & orgs: • Georgie Smallwood • Matt LeMay • Alan Albert - value based pricing • Itamar Gilad — Books: • Growing Groups Into Teams • Evidence Guided • The Team That Managed Itself • Continuous Discovery Habits • Outcomes Over Output • Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management — Other resources: • Product, it’s time to grow up • The 11 Laws of Showrunning • Rich Mironov: The slippery slope of sales-led development • The Journey to Empowered Teams - Twitter, Airbnb & Tumblr • Product Strategy Acid Test • OODA loop • Manager README: The Indispensable Document for the Modern Manager • Roman Pichler - the decision making chart • Relentless equanimity This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com