A common behavior that leads to agile team dysfunction is seeking credit. This takes away from the emphasis of teamwork and we should instead encourage people to focus on doing the right thing and telling the story of their work. Feedback: Tw

[157] - Thinking out loud

Jun 7th, 2023 13m 58s

Thinking out loud can help to improve collaboration, transparency, and co-creation in teams. By making one's work and thoughts more visible, it can lead to interesting discussions, corrections, and ultimately better ideas that help customers wi

[156] - Q&A#?

May 24th, 2023 12m 51s

A quick grab bag of Q’s and A’s as I worked on some ideas for future shows. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support -

[155] - The Problem

May 10th, 2023 13m 44s

For product folks, how do you identify the core problem? How do you know when you've fixed enough small problems to start tackling the bigger picture? And do people who make things really love problems or is problem-solving just a necessary (an

so that

Apr 26th, 2023 10m 47s

Understanding the reasons behind the needs of a story, a problem, or a question, helps you learn more about your customers and product. How can you find the deeper issues that exist, you can ask “So that”. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support:

[153] - Change your mind

Apr 12th, 2023 15m 32s

Exploring the idea of what it takes to change your mind. How I changed my mind recently, how you can, and help others change theirs. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

Design Four

Mar 29th, 2023 16m 12s

This episode talks about an idea that Product folks have some higher-level design goals when we are thinking about things. What are the 4 lenses or areas we are usually designing something for? Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coa

Order of Operations

Mar 15th, 2023 10m 23s

Back with a quick hit on why understanding your customers’ Order of Operations for their work is magical Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

Back to Basics Part 3

Sep 28th, 2022 28m 7s

Taking this episode to stop and reflect on the current state of product owners, agility, and lots of other basic information. If you are just starting out, this is a great first episode. If not, it’s a good idea to review the basics and make su

[149] - Sharpen your Saw

Sep 14th, 2022 51m 43s

Often times the lesson you need to learn is stuck in your head and only crystalizes when you’re ready. Such is the case for the notion of sharpening the saw that Bob Galen continually talks about. Now that I get it, I wanted to explore the idea

Ever Finished?

Sep 1st, 2022 8m 50s

After hearing the word “finished” more and more over the last few weeks, I started to notice that it was bothering me. I wanted to explore why that was after looking over some notes and asking a better question. In product thinking terms, are w

Uncomfortable

Aug 17th, 2022 25m 27s

What could you do to make yourself, a little more uncomfortable? In your work, practices, and thoughts even. In this episode, we will explore some ideas about why you should be uncomfortable, how to challenge yourself, and what benefits might b

Optionality

Aug 3rd, 2022 22m 10s

How do you know that something will work ahead of time? What problems will come up when a customer uses your product? When can you double down on something that works? A simple way to handle those questions is to keep your options open. Then wh

[145] - Best Principles

Jul 20th, 2022 25m 23s

How many discussions, debates, or other conversations do we get stuck in over practices and tools? What would happen if instead, we focused on the principles that those things are supposed to enable for us? In this episode, a review of some pri

[144] - Rule of 3

Jul 7th, 2022 18m 17s

There seems to be something magical about the number 3. It appears to show up in many different places and in lots of useful ways. This episode examines a "Rule of 3" for the things we do in product, agile, and personal things. There are severa

Boardroom Metrics with Stephanie Tanzar

Jun 22nd, 2022 47m 31s

More Metrics! Which ones are the most important ones for people that are at the top levels of your company? What areas do they care about to decide if investing more is worth it? In this episode, Stephanie Tanzar talks about the 3 that are lead

Incentives

Jun 8th, 2022 22m 33s

Exploring an idea around the 3rd root cause of failures I've seen in working in a more agile way, incentives. Many times, if the behavior and reasons don't make sense to you, take a look at how the person is being rewarded, or the lack of rewar

Degrees of No

May 25th, 2022 55m 39s

A reminder that *the* most important word for a Product Owner, is "No." There are so many different ways, places, and people that need to be told no that can really be difficult. What about if someone tells you no as well? Revisiting the idea o

Storynomics

May 11th, 2022 22m 24s

How often do Product Owners find themselves telling stories? Stories about our customers, teams, and problems faced by both. In this episode, I wanted to share some things I've been reading that help to understand how to listen, gather, and tel

Budget-wise

Apr 27th, 2022 21m 37s

Sometimes you find a way to hack a problem so well, that it affects most other things you do as well. In this episode, I share a hack I tried out recently and changed my mindset about a lot of things, work-related and beyond. If you are struggl

Product Habits

Apr 13th, 2022 50m 17s

What are some of the habits that product people have? After reading two books on habits recently, that thought kept coming up. This episode goes into the idea of Product Habits, those things that we do with our teams, customers, company, produc

Before the Training

Mar 30th, 2022 50m 2s

There are lots of questions about certification and training for Product Owners. In this episode, we talk to scrum trainers Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley to understand what PO's should know before they attend any training. If you are looking to t

Hybrid

Mar 16th, 2022 24m 39s

More and more places seem to want to run some form of "Hybrid" model of agile and waterfall together. What does that look like in practice and how can a Product Owner survive? Is it possible to make this work, or should you abandon all hope if

Learning from Coaches with Bob Galen

Oct 27th, 2021 56m 25s

Product Owners frequently encounter Agile Coaches in our day-to-day work and some of their tools and techniques can be valuable to us. In this episode, Bob Galen joins the show to chat about what ideas PO's can adapt, borrow, or use that coache

Theory of Everything

Oct 13th, 2021 54m 8s

No matter what method, framework, or practice you are using as a Product Nerd to break down your work, it all comes back to "what" and "how". At least that is what Alyssa Knoll's "Theory of Everything" says and for this episode, she joins the s