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Product Success Management Issues: Video Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with experienced product managers and product marketing managers the key issues that affect product success. David Fradin, one of the most experienced product managers in the world…

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Key Factors That Differentiate High Performance Product Teams Webinar Recording

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020


What is it that high performance product teams have that other teams lack? Successful product development is complex. It relies upon purposefully melding people, processes, and tools to deliver results. Given the complexities, organizations often lack data about what leads to a successful outcome or the factors that can aid organizations to be more successful.…

#LearnToWin Webinar Building an Insanely Great Product Strategy by David Fradin

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020


“Special webinar (#LearnToWin Webinar Building an Insanely Great Product Strategy by David Fradin) marks the launch of the IIM Lucknow Wylie Data-driven Product Management Executive Program which is offered in partnership between IIM Lucknow and Wylie Next. Product management is probably one of the most in-demand skills or job role today and only increasing in…

Strategic Talent Development

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 5:39


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. In this section, I will discuss the impact of the Perfect Storm on the tremendous need for strategic talent development, how university alliances can help in that development, the importance of succession planning and mentoring. The Perfect…

Reimagining Support Functions

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 10:54


With the coming "Perfect Storm," the staffing or support functions in the organization like Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Marketing Communications, Operations, Business Process improvements, and IT are being reimagined. With technology-driven automation and digitization, these functions can become more productive, expand their scope, and contribute to the success of the organization. In this section, I will discuss how each area can be reimagined.

Product Managers for the Digital World

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 3:49


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. The role of the product manager is expanding due to the growing importance of data in decision making, and increase in customer and design focus, and the evolution of software development methodologies like agile according to McKinsey…

Organizing for Innovation

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 18:18


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. It is the Culture The Organization Organizing for Innovation Leadership Organizational Structure The Impact of Digital Who is the decider? Metrics for Innovation Summary Organizing for Innovation In this section, I will discuss how to organize for…

Organizing & Managing Information Security in Product Enterprises

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 9:04


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. Hardly a day passes without reading about a data breach/ cyber attack in some business enterprise or the other.  It is believed that more than 75% of the companies with any digital presence across the world have…

Organizing the Corporate Performance Management Function in Product Enterprises

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 11:10


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. We have already seen the strategic role of IT in the business functions of an enterprise.  As enterprises embrace decentralized operations in different geographical regions, many business support functions move closer to local decision-makers.  This helps business…

Organizational Structure Considerations

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 14:58


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. The key to overall company and product success is focusing the entire business on the customer and the customer’s experience.  If done well, the profits will follow.  How the organization is structured is key to that success.…

Making Fact Based Decision, Enterprise-wide

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 8:22


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Every product enterprise, no matter whether they are organized as a hierarchy, networked or matrix structure, will have executive making decisions every day.These decisions could be central to their role/ responsibility or associated with business support functions…

Innovation management

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 18:51


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad In this section, I will discuss how to manage innovation, the cost of advanced technology, change oriented innovation, and all of the strategic management options.   Innovation is solving real problems fast, better, and perhaps at a…

How to Organize Roles Focused on Partnerships and Alliances

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 2:54


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. How to Organize Roles Focused on Partnerships and Alliances Channel Partner Affiliate Pricing Summary In this section, I discuss distribution channels, partners, affiliates and pricing strategy. The objective of using distribution channels, partners, and affiliates is to…

How to Manage HR/ HCM Role for Talent Edge

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 13:03


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. Talent management includes: Digital Technologies Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) Top HR Challenges Major Disruptions Annual Reviews Coaching Corporate Universities Summary In this section I discuss what talent management includes, the impact of digital technologies and more data,…

How to Organize the Product Success Leadership Team

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 2:20


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Developing Strategic Leadership The greatest limitation on success and growth is the availability of leadership talent. The good thing is that leadership skills can be learned. Leadership builds on the company’s vision, values, and mission plus its…

How to Organize Information Technology (IT) & Digitization Roles

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 3:50


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Digital teams are responsible for developing, testing, and implementing a strategy to reach and engage target audiences through digital channels like web, mobile, and social.   Organizational Structure To operate more effectively, organizations should be structured like…

Achieving Business Process Agility in Product Enterprises

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 4:48


An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Every product enterprise, no matter what products and/or services they deliver to their markets, face one common business challenge – CHANGE.  The ambition of every product enterprise is to be flexible to meet the changing requirements and…

Product Success Management Issues – Albert Cheng – Episode – PSMI009

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2019 19:13


Here is the final episode of our podcast series “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode, we are featuring Albert Cheng, Director of Product at SoFi. Also available as a Videocast at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzBgndtgCSetzHJ5IqVoqLvy4lMh2_6nj Product Success Management Issues: Video Podcast Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with experienced product managers and…

Product Success Management Issues – Hans-Bernd Kittlaus – Episode – PSMI008

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 26:32


  Here is another episode of our podcast series “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode, we are featuring Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, founder and CEO of InnoTivum Consulting (www.innotivum.com) and he works as a consultant, interim manager and trainer for software organizations, in particular in the areas of software product management, SaaS, IT strategy and business process…

Product Success Management Issues – Raja Mulpri – Episode – PSMI007

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 26:09


This is the latest episode of our podcast series “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode we are featuring Raja Malpuri, he is currently the Associate Vice President of Product Management and Solutions, AS Pvt Ltd. Product Success Management Issues: Video Podcast Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with…

Product Success Management Issues – Clarence Hempfield – Episode – PSMI006

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 32:49


This is the sixth episode of our podcast “Product Success Management Issues”. In this episode we are featuring Clarence Hempfield, he is currently the Vice President of Product Management, Location Intelligence at Pitney Bowes. Product Success Management Issues: Video Podcast Channel sponsored by Wiley and hosted by David Fradin and explores in depth with experienced product…

Product Success Management Issues – Mike Locy – Episode – PSMI005

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 14:48


This is the fifth episode of our Product Success Management Issues podcast. In this episode we are featuring Mike Locy, he is currently the Director of product management at Viasat.  

Product Success Management Issues – Raghu Ramanujam – Episode – PSMI004

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 36:01


This is the fourth episode of our Product Success Management Issues podcast is with Raghu Ramanujam. He is currently Vice President of Tambora Systems. LinkedIn                

Product Success Management Issues – Márcio Spínola – Episode – PSMI003

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 19:29


This is the third release of our Product Success Management Issues podcast is with Marcio Spinola. He is currently the Vice President of Product Management at OutSystems. LinkedIn

Product Success Management Issues – Akshay Mahajan – Episode – PSMI002

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 18:59


This is our second episode of Product Success Management Issues Podcast. In this episode, David Fradin talks with Akshay Mahajan, Vice President of Product Management at Cosential. Linkedin

Product Success Management Issues – Philip Roybal – Episode – PSMI001

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 48:12


The first release of our Product Success Management Issues podcast is with Phil Roybal. He was Apple’s first product marketing manager.  He is currently Vice President of Marketing for MaiaLearning Inc. LinkedIn          

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