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The DesignOps Aligned - Podcast Show is a podcast dedicated to empowering design teams to work smarter, not harder. Focusing on the intersection of design and business, we bring you proven processes to grow any design team and deliver real value—both creatively and strategically. Whether you’re a design leader or part of an expanding creative team, our episodes offer practical insights into optimizing workflows, boosting ROI, and staying ahead of industry trends. Join us as we dive deep into ...
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The Crazy One

Stephen Gates

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The Crazy One helps you find new insights and breakthroughs in your career, creativity, and leadership. In every episode, Stephen Gates gives you honest and actionable insights taken from his experience leading global in-house and agency creative teams, building multiple Fortune 100 brands, and working as InVision’s Chief Design Evangelist coaching and working with companies ranging from small start-ups to some of the world's biggest and innovative companies. Recognized with 2020 Webby Award ...
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The official UX Institute Podcast is hosted by UX Institute CEO and Founder Mark Swaine, (www.uxinstitute.com). The UXI podcast will be sharing insights and thought leadership on key areas of User Experience, Customer Experience, Building Product and the Users. Learn how to jump into UX, advance your career and develop UX / Product leadership skills.
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Writers in Tech

Yuval Keshtcher

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A podcast where content strategist, UX writers, and content designers share their well-kept industry secrets. This show is brought you by the UX Writing Hub. Take our FREE UX Writing course: http://bit.ly/2PBDMWy
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All technical writers have one thing in common: their peers outside of the industry believe technical writing is a boring career. They think we lack creativity; they think we only eat tuna salad for lunch; and they think our work is reserved to instructional manuals that they don't even use. This podcast gives you the tools to prove them wrong! In each episode we talk to the humans behind the docs, sharing stories, experience and expertise to inspire, entertain, and give you knowledge and sk ...
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The UX Coach

Andy Parker

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The UX Coach podcast gives people space to share their experiences of working in Digital Design and Technology. Each episode tells the story of someone's career. We focus on career progression, and challenges encountered at every step, at every level of seniority. Your host is Andy Parker, a career coach and founder of UX Coaching.
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The Product Porch

Ryan Cantwell, Todd Blaquiere, Joe Ghali

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On The Product Porch, every topic is a product topic. Dive into casual conversations on product management and career growth, woven with pop culture and real-life insights. Each episode offers actionable takeaways as the hosts tackle pressing questions and challenges in the product field. Settle in with Joe Ghali, Ryan Cantwell, and Todd Blaquiere!
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The Career Kickstart Show | Design Your Dream Career | Ready for Career Freedom?

Sami Gardner - Career Coach | Digital Nomad | Entrepreneur

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Your job doesn’t have to be soul-sucking! Be inspired each and every week to dive into your new career with our stories, tips, and tricks. We’ll help you go from just surviving to thriving on the job market. Your host, career coach & digital nomad, Sami Gardner, interviews unique guests, from career experts to people just like you who are designing a career and life on their own terms. Ready for career freedom? Kickstart YOUR authentic career at CareerKickstartAcademy.com.
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Design Life

Charli Prangley, Femke Van Schoonhoven

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Design Life is a podcast about design and side projects for motivated creators. It was born after your hosts, two serial side project addicts, saw a gap in the podcast market for a conversational show about design and the issues young creatives face, that was hosted by two females. This show aims to tackle the big issues designers face like getting paid, overcoming a creative block or managing time, to name a few. We want to open up discussion about things we wish we heard people talk about ...
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Explore the world of software engineering with the Joshua Matos Show, where we dive into Spring Boot, React, Java, and TypeScript. We'll talk about how to be successful as a Software Engineer, and all the things that you should know.
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Stories from the Hackery

Nashville Software School

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Find out what it takes to start a career in software development, data analytics, data science, or UI/UX design from those who made the leap. Hear from musicians, veterans, single-moms, teachers, bartenders, postdocs, warehouse workers, and more - all graduates of Nashville Software School (NSS) - as they discuss their transition to tech and their capstone projects presented at Demo Day. Founded in 2012, NSS is a flourishing community of over one thousand alumni, active students, and a team ...
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AI is changing how we build software—for the better, for the worse, and in ways to be determined. In this podcast, two surprisingly entertaining software veterans go piece by piece, exploring how change is coming: for industries, for individuals, and always with a focus on how to put things into perspective, then put them into action to move your career along. Say goodbye to the endless requirements phase, say hello to building software as-needed—it’s time to get REQLESS.
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The Product Manager

Hannah Clark - The Product Manager

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Successful products don’t happen in a vacuum. Hosted by Hannah Clark, Editor of The Product Manager, this show takes a 360º view of product through the perspectives of those in the inner circle, outer perimeter, and fringes of the product management process. If you manage, design, develop, or market products, expect candid and actionable insights that can guide you through every stage of the product life cycle.
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Interviews with UX pioneers, hosted by Marek Pawlowski, the founder of MEX. Each episode features a guest talking to Marek about their career story, design interests and their hopes for how technology will shape the future. Part of the MEX initiative for enhancing digital user experience.
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Welcome to Tangents by Out of Architecture, hosted by Silvia Lee. We’re highlighting some of our favorite stories from the amazing people we’ve met along our journey. We will hear how they created a unique career path for themselves from the variety of skills and talents they developed in and out of architecture. Out of Architecture is a career consulting firm started by two Harvard-educated professionals interested in exploring the value of their skills both in and out of the architectural ...
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Hello and welcome to making UX work; I’m Joe Natoli. Our focus here is on folks like you doing the tough, often unglamorous UX work in the real world. My guests will share their struggles, their successes, and their journey to and through the trenches of product design, development, and of course, user experience. Before we get into it, I’d like to give a shout out to our sponsor, Stache Studio — a streetwear clothing brand focusing on quality products with a positive message, inspired by th ...
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This Anthro Life

Anthrocurious, LLC

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This Anthro Life is the premiere go-to Anthropology Podcast that fuses human insights with cultural storytelling. We equip you with a deep understanding of the human experience to revolutionize your decision-making strategies and social impact. Head over to https://www.thisanthrolife.org to learn more. Spearheaded by acclaimed Anthropologist Dr. Adam Gamwell, This Anthro Life equips leaders, individuals, and organizations to shape a more compassionate future. We aim to broaden perspectives a ...
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Welcome to Game Logic where gaming industry expert Myke Parrott interviews top-class Gaming professionals from some of the world’s most respected Games Studios. These conversations unveil the business side of the gaming industry and reveal insights from some of the people who make the world’s best video games possible. This show discusses everything from launching new titles, game development, streaming, UX and UI through to eSports, Free To Play Mobile Gaming and even Web3 Crypto innovation ...
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PM vs PMM

Arjun Kalburgi + Aditi Patel

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Join us in demystifying modern product roles and dynamics. On PM vs. PMM, we share our experiences in the roles - exploring their differences, teamwork, and conflicts. Discover how your product team can create great products, and never forget to be user first! We also look into current events in the tech world and share our opinions! Keeping it real, light and fun.
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"From Curiosity to Clarity: Nikki’s Growth in User Research” - Act 01 - Scene 25 – Nikki Anderson In this engaging conversation, Nikki shares her journey as a user researcher, emphasizing the field's evolution over the past five years. She discusses the importance of demonstrating user research ROI, KPIs' necessity, and the shift from big reveals t…
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In this episode, I’m talking with Janine Chan, a technical writer and Write the Docs community moderator. We talk about how feeling “not technical enough” is as much about attitude and approach as it is about knowledge and ways you can bridge the gap to a more technical future. Janine and I discuss the fact that there’s no defined/established set o…
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The times are changing, and AI is driving a major shift in how we approach product and leadership. It’s exciting, unpredictable, and inevitable—but how do we navigate this change? Hannah Clark sits down with Greg Petroff, a design thought leader and seasoned executive, to discuss the tools, organizational shifts, and strategies that leaders need to…
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How is generative AI transforming the university? On this week’s Reqless, Paul and Rich sit down with someone on the front lines of AI in higher ed: Clay Shirky, a longtime educator and technologist who’s currently the Vice Provost of Educational Technologies at New York University. Clay outlines how the university’s approach to AI has shifted from…
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Are soft skills the secret weapon of great product managers? In this episode of The Product Porch, hosts Todd Blaquiere and Joe Ghali welcome special guest Claudia Saleh, Lead Product Manager at The Walt Disney Company, to break down the essential soft skills every PM needs—and why they matter. We explore real-world insights—including how soft skil…
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“Measuring the impact of Content Design” - Act 01 - Scene 24 – Jeremy Dodd In this episode of the Design Ops Align podcast, Jeremy Dodd, a content writer at Atlassian, discusses the critical role of content design in the UX process. Topics include measuring the ROI of content writing, integrating content writers early in the design process, and met…
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Government by Grok? On this week’s Reqless, Paul opens with a poetry reading (stay with us) and then he and Rich discuss the poem’s relationship to Elon Musk’s DOGE effort, currently ransacking the U.S. Treasury. The DOGE strategy seems to be “destroy without oversight, replace with AI,” which leads to two questions: Could this work? (No.) And if y…
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Not to get all "check your privileges" on you, but if your organization has an in-house research team, or works with a research firm, or even has just one UXR on staff, you gotta count yourself lucky. According to the 2024 State of Research Report by User Interviews, for every one dedicated researcher, there are five PWDRs—that stands for 'people w…
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" Navigating the Future of UX Testing” - Act 01 - Scene 23 – Alejandro Rivas-Micoud Summary In this episode of DesignOps Aligned, host Naresh Shan welcomes Alejandro Rivas-Micoud, CEO of Userlytics, for a deep dive into the evolving landscape of UX research, AI, and accessibility testing. Alejandro shares his insights on how Userlytics, a global le…
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" Craft will only take you so far in this industry” - Act 01 - Scene 22 – Jeremy Miller In this podcast episode, Jeremy Miller, a well-known UX industry figure, discusses common UX design themes. He discusses the importance of soft skills, communication, and technical skills. He also explores how UX design has evolved from a function of engineering…
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"The Value of Design System Knowledge” - Act 01 - Scene 21 – Davy Fung In this episode, Davy Fung explores the evolution of design systems, the importance of collaboration between designers and developers, and the biggest challenges teams face when implementing them. He breaks down how to effectively communicate the value of design systems to stake…
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Is research still a great investment? Our guest today is Alice Lee, Strategy Director at Work & Co. You’ll learn about their shippable user research process, how to ask the right questions about things you don’t know, how they helped GoFundMe with their charity action page, and more. Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R …
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My current in-flight projects include updating nearly all of our documentation to reflect major changes to our user interface, which includes changes to screenshots, navigation options, and section/subsection labels. I’m also working on my long slog to convert all our screenshots from .png to .webp format. As I make all of those updates, I’m bringi…
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How is AI transforming the social sector? Flying solo in the Reqless hosting chair, Paul sits down with Perry Hewitt, Chief Marketing and Product Officer for Data.org, to talk about how AI tools are enhancing the projects they support. Topics discussed include what data collection can entail in the world of global nonprofits, the impact of constrai…
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Whether you prefer the term data-driven, or data-informed, or data-dazzled, it doesn't matter—today's tech cannot survive without high quality data sets AND the tools to use them effectively. But we also can't afford to think about data as the responsibility of just one or two departments in the organization—instead, we need to be going into 2025 w…
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Should Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers be separate roles or one? In this episode of The Product Porch, we break down their key differences, where they overlap, and how organizations define their responsibilities. We share real-world examples—including how Airbnb structures these roles—and tackle big questions like: Who owns the buyi…
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"Mastering Agile: Design & Communication in Sync” - Act 01 - Scene 20 – Freya Finnerty summary In this episode of the DesignOps Aligned podcast, Agile Specialist Freya Finnerty discusses the challenges and benefits of implementing Agile methodologies in organizations. The conversation covers effective communication, the role of metrics, and the sig…
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In this episode of the Design Ops Aligned podcast, Naresh Shan speaks with Georgina Hughes, an agile coach, about the intricacies of Agile methodology and its intersection with UX design. They discuss the common misconceptions surrounding Agile, the importance of collaboration, and the challenges organizations face in implementing Agile practices e…
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In this episode of The Crazy One, Stephen Gates shares his most valuable piece of advice for creative leaders: “You don’t need all the answers, you just need a plan.” Drawing from years of experience, Stephen discusses the common struggles people face when embarking on new challenges or career transitions and how to push through the uncertainty. He…
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As Chinese LLM company DeepSeek makes headlines for wreaking havoc on the stock prices of the American tech sector, Paul and Rich sit down and answer the important questions: What is DeepSeek? Why does Paul feel like it’s Christmas? What does this mean for both AI and the broader industry? What does Rich think Microsoft should do with Three Mile Is…
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In the age of remote work, product teams can take a lot of forms, and are no longer limited to the talent pool of a specific geographic area. That means many of us are working closely every day with colleagues in completely different time zones, while also building products for customers around the world. And while the ability to connect, collabora…
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Are you a parent navigating the overwhelming world of modern motherhood and parenting myths? In this episode of This Anthro Life, host Adam Gamwell speaks with Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, to explore the cultural narratives shaping our ideas about motherhood, parenting, and family life. Nancy dives into the history and science behin…
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"The Strength of Consciousness in Adversity” - Act 01 - Scene 18 – James Xander In this enlightening conversation, Naresh Shan and James explore the profound themes of consciousness, manifestation, and personal transformation. James shares his insights on how to navigate difficult times, the importance of accepting one's current situation, and the …
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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to Michael Margolis, UX Research Partner at Google Ventures. You'll learn about their bullseye customer sprint, the difference between an ideal customer profile and the bullseye customer, how to apply prototypes, and more. Please head over to the episode page for the de…
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In The Crazy One Episode 135, Stephen Gates dives deep into a pressing topic in the creative industry today: “experience-ism.” As companies face economic downturns and shifting priorities, experience that once stood as an asset now feels like a liability. In this episode, Stephen reflects on the frustrations of senior creatives navigating the job m…
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In this episode, I’m talking with Lorna Mitchell, a technology leader, published author, tech blogger, and developer experience expert who is passionate about APIs and developer tools. We talk about why developers writing docs is good for both your devs and your docs, the best ways to build successful collaboration with developers, and more! Lorna …
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In this engaging conversation, Naresh Shan and Hannah Knowles explore the intricacies of UX research from the perspective of a freelance researcher, discussing both the challenges and strategies involved. They highlight the importance of research in the design process, the necessity of adapting methods to fast-paced product teams, and the need for …
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In this episode, the Team chats with Haley Moore, VP of Design, about her career path from designer to manager and how she came to terms with embracing her natural ability to lead projects and being comfortable managing a team of very skilled designers. She discusses taking leaps in her career in order to not lean away from her natural skillsets, e…
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AI tools are often positioned as agents, assistants, or butlers—but their potential is so much greater than that. On this week’s Reqless, Rich explains to Paul why the “agent” model gets AI all wrong. Plus: A discussion about CTOs, and the spectrum from those who are resisting the change that’s coming to those who are embracing it.…
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Accessibility often sits uncomfortably on the fringes of roadmap discussions. Many organizations prioritize features with the biggest impact, sidelining those that benefit a smaller percentage of users. Yet, the dialogue on accessibility is not just about inclusion but also intersects with business ethics and market expansion. In this episode, Hann…
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Are you struggling to navigate the overlap between Product Management and User Experience roles? In this episode of The Product Porch, we dig into the common friction between PMs and UX Teams, starting with a question from a listener about role clarity. We explore where the two roles typically overlap—like discovery—and discuss how both contribute …
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In this episode of Stories from the Hackery, we talk to Ryan Bishop, a Nashville Software School (NSS) graduate, about his journey into software development and his experiences with generative AI. Ryan shares how prompt engineering has become a critical part of his work, discussing its applications in both coding and management. He provides insight…
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Burning out isn't a matter of 'if' as much as a matter of 'when'. According to Mind the Product, over 80 percent of product managers report experiencing burnout during their careers — and I reckon that number is pretty conservative. As high achievers, we're prone to pushing our limits beyond the breaking point when it comes to our careers. But even…
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Can you actually build an app with AI right now? Fresh off a holiday break where he attempted to do just that (rather than talking to his family), Paul tells Rich what worked and what didn’t work in his experimentation: Where AI failed, where Paul got impatient, and how that mapped onto human programmers’ strengths and weaknesses. Building an entir…
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This episode is sponsored by Playbook, which is a collaborative platform for creatives to store, organize, and share their work. It features AI-powered search and integrates seamlessly with design tools, making it a great space to manage all your files and projects. Join the "30 Days of 30 Projects" Challenge with Playbook to elevate your creative …
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Can creativity become your competitive advantage? Our guest today is John Roescher, founder of Raw Materials. You’ll learn about their framework for client projects, how they helped Volta scale and get acquired, why differentiating yourself is a difficult journey, and more. Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your fa…
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Meet our new host Kate Mueller and get the inside scoop on how The Not-Boring Tech Writer (TNBTW) will work moving forward. Kate Mueller is the Documentation Goddess of KnowledgeOwl, a seasoned technical writer and owner of knowledgewithsass, a knowledge management coaching service. She’s written and maintained documentation for companies in broadc…
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In this episode of Stories From The Hackery, we chat with Spencer Sharpe and Jack Parsons, two NSS graduates and lead software developers. We catch up on their journeys of transitioning from music to tech and explore the impact and utilization of generative AI tools in their current roles. They also share their insights on the evolving landscape of…
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"The reality of the field of UX Research” - Act 01 - Scene 16 – Dale Husband In this episode of the DesignOps Aligned podcast, Naresh Shan and Dale Husband discuss the current challenges in the UX research job market, the impact of AI on design and research roles, and the importance of communication and advocacy for UX researchers. They explore the…
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Does the world actually need more software? In the first Reqless of 2025, Paul and Rich skip the “AI predictions for the coming year” and instead look at the tech landscape for smaller organizations. Do they really have the tools they need to get their work done? Featuring extensive corporate roleplay—including Paul’s very believable turn as a big-…
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Are you worried about how AI might impact your career in product management? Don’t let uncertainty hold you back. Join us for this special episode of The Product Porch, where we welcome special guest Dean Peters and dive into the AI trends every product manager needs to know. We’ll explore how AI is transforming the role of product managers, from d…
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As we wrap up an extraordinary year, join us in reflecting on the highlights of The Product Manager Podcast in 2024. This milestone year included engaging conversations, insightful guests, and a growing audience that recently hit 100,000 downloads. In this special year-end edition, host Hannah Clark and producer Becca Banyard share behind-the-scene…
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This episode is sponsored by Playbook, which is a collaborative platform for creatives to store, organize, and share their work. It features AI-powered search and integrates seamlessly with design tools, making it a great space to manage all your files and projects. Join the "30 Days of 30 Projects" Challenge with Playbook to elevate your creative …
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Is your experience with annual performance reviews anxiety-inducing? Stop sweating, and join us for this episode of The Product Porch, where we discuss strategies product managers need to ace their annual performance reviews. From framing your accomplishments to overcoming common review pitfalls, we’ll show you how to turn your review into an oppor…
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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk to David Pasztor, founder of UX studio and Ranking Raccoon. You'll learn why they built a platform for link collaboration, how to target transactional keywords, how they’re doing SEO for their own product, and more. Please head over to the episode page for the detailed …
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In this engaging episode of "Tangents by Out of Architecture," our guest Xinran Ma shares his inspiring journey from a traditional architecture career to the innovative field of product design at Redfin. Our conversation delves deeply into the mindset shift required for career transition, and the strategies Xinran employed to gain experience and bu…
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