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In this week's conversation on The Product Experience podcast, we speak with Radhika Dutt about various product diseases that can hinder effective management and the need for organizations to adopt a more systematic approach to product development. Radhika shares insights on implementing this mindset within teams and the significance of balancing long-term vision with short-term survival needs. Featured Links: Follow Radhika on LinkedIn | Buy Radhika's book'Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter' | Radical Product website | Sign up here to participate in Radhika's next book'Radically Rethinking Metrics' !Our HostsLily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She's currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She's worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath. Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury's. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group's Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He's the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager's Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon's music stores in the US & UK.

Radhika Dutt is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, product leader, and the author of the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Her expertise in building radical products has led her to advise a broad range of organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies in industries such as broadcast, media and entertainment, telecom, advertising technology, government, consumer apps, robotics, and even wine. Radhika is an advisor on product thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank and financial regulator. She also sits on the board of the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler. She earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Radhika speaks nine languages fluently, underscoring her talent for bridging cultural divides and fostering collaboration across global teams.   Today, Radhika joins me to discuss her book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter and how you can apply the principles of her work to your own company. She shares the process she followed to develop the Radical Product Thinking framework and how that discovery led her to write a book. She diagnoses some common product diseases plaguing companies today and reveals how emphasizing culture can help you innovate. She describes the tools that teams use to successfully innovate and what leaders can learn from Steve Jobs. Radhika also offers advice to company leaders on shifting their company's culture and mindset and adopting a vision-driven product mindset.   “Traditionally, we've always thought about product as a physical or digital thing. What I've realized is product is really a way of thinking, and it's really high time that we change or rethink what product itself means.” -Radhika Dutt   This week on Innovation Talks:   ●     What a Silicon Valley mindset can tell us about testing hypotheses ●     How Radhika developed the Radical Product Thinking framework ●     How Radhika came to write her book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter ●     Signs you may have obsessive sales disorder or feature-itis ●     The importance of culture in innovation ●     A new way to view culture ●     What a clear vision for your culture can do for teams ●     The benefits of giving teams more autonomy and decision-making power ●     Radhika's framework for decision-making ●     The perfect balance for company leaders  ●     What leaders today can learn from the launch of the iPhone ●     Why understanding pain points is fundamental to innovation ●     How to translate strategy into everyday decision making ●     How to shift your organization's mindset to a vision-driven product mindset   Resources Mentioned:   ●     Book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805) by Daniel Pink   Connect with Radhika Dutt:   ●     Radhika Dutt Website (https://www.radicalproduct.com/) ●     Book: Radical Product Thinking: The New MIndset For Innovating Smarter (https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Product-Thinking-Mindset-Innovating-ebook/dp/B08ZNV7SW4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=radical+product&qid=1624988263&sr=8-1) ●     Radhika Dutt on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-dutt/) ●     Radhika Dutt on Twitter (https://twitter.com/radhikadutt?lang=en) ●     Radhika Dutt on Medium (https://rdutt.medium.com/)   This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon   Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-talks/id1555857396) | TuneIn (https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/Innovation-Talks-p1412337/) | GooglePlay (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbm5vdmF0aW9udGFsa3MubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D) | Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=614195) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1dX5b8tWI29YbgeMwZF5Uh) | iHeart (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-innovation-talks-82985745/)   Be sure to connect with us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SopheonCorp/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/sopheon) , and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sopheon/) , and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners, like you.   For additional information around new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com (https://www.sopheon.com/) and click here (https://info.sopheon.com/subscribe) .  

Radhika Dutt, autrice di Radical Product Thinking, condivide la sua storia e il suo approccio per costruire prodotti in modo sistematico. Parla dei 'product diseases' e di come il Radical Product Thinking possa aiutare a evitarli, sottolineando l'importanza di avere una visione chiara e dettagliata, in modo che possa essere comunicata e allineata con il team. Durante l'intervista poi, Radhika Dutt evidenzia l'importanza dei compromessi tra obiettivi a lungo e a breve termine nella gestione dei prodotti e introduce il concetto di pensiero radicale del prodotto, in cui le priorità vengono valutate in base al loro adattamento alla visione del prodotto e al loro impatto sulla sopravvivenza. Radhika Dutt è autrice di Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Laureata al MIT di Boston, Radhika Dutt è un'imprenditrice e leader di prodotto che ha partecipato a cinque acquisizioni, due delle quali di aziende da lei fondate.Attualmente lavora come consulente per il Product Thinking dell'Autorità Monetaria di Singapore e fa parte del consiglio di amministrazione dell'editore indipendente Berrett Koehler. Nel corso della sua carriera, Radhika ha realizzato prodotti in settori molto diversi tra loro, tra cui broadcast, media e intrattenimento, telecomunicazioni, tecnologia pubblicitaria, governo, applicazioni per i consumatori, robotica e vino. (00:00) In un team un solo visionario non basta… (00:37) Sigla di Product Heroes (03:07) Presentazione Radhika Dutt(05:34) Non sono errori, forse è il prodotto che è “malato”…(08:00) Hai mai preso la "pivotite"?(09:05) Qual è la cura?(11:50) Come trasmettere la vision per renderla applicabile(14:35) obsessive sell disorder(15:25) La visione nel Radical Product Thinking(21:15) Strategia: quali sono gli errori più comuni quando si passa all'execution(30:21) L'errore da cui Radhika ha imparato di più(38:50) La skill più importante per un Product Manager secondo RadhikaIl(45:50) consiglio di Radhika per i wannabe Product Manager(48:19) Sigla finale di Product HeroesProduct Heroes è il punto di riferimento per il Product Management in Italia.⭐️ Abbiamo riaperto le liste d'attesa per la Product Heroes Conference 2024, se non l'hai già fatto, iscriviti alla lista d'attesa per accedere al biglietto in Super Early Bird, al prezzo più basso possibile! ℹ Chi siamo: https://bit.ly/3D8wSz7

This is the third episode of season 15 of the Productized Podcast. We are featuring speakers and partners of Productized Conference 2023. In this episode, Margarida Cosme talks with Radhika Dutt, a seasoned professional in product management and entrepreneurship, and takes listeners on a captivating journey. From her early interests and studies in electrical engineering at MIT to their experiences as a founder and lecturer, Radhika Dutt shares valuable insights. She delves into creating the Radical Product Thinking framework and its impact on product management, as well as discusses the challenges of balancing business goals with user well-being. Exploring the ethical responsibilities of the tech industry, including the impact of AI technology and the need for a Hippocratic oath for product managers, Radhika Dutt offers thought-provoking perspectives. Join the podcast to gain unique perspectives, practical knowledge, and actionable strategies for success in product management and technology ethics.

In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, we speak with Radhika Dutt, the author of 'Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter.' Radhika shares her unique approach to shaping culture for innovation, based on her Radical Product Thinking framework. We delve into the importance of a shared sense of purpose, autonomy, and psychological safety in teams, and explore a model for understanding and improving organizational culture. Listen in for Radhika's insightful take on creating an environment where employees can do their best work, leading to more successful products and a better world. Find the transcript and the references in the companion blog posts: https://emergingleadership.network/2023/06/12/radical-product-thinking-a-conversation-with-radhika-dutt/

Radhika Dutt is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, product leader, and the author of the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Her expertise in building radical products has led her to advise a broad range of organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies in industries such as broadcast, media and entertainment, telecom, advertising technology, government, consumer apps, robotics, and even wine. Radhika is an advisor on product thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank and financial regulator. She also sits on the board of the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler. She earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Radhika speaks nine languages fluently, underscoring her talent for bridging cultural divides and fostering collaboration across global teams.  Today, Radhika joins me to discuss her book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter and how you can apply the principles of her work to your own company. She shares the process she followed to develop the Radical Product Thinking framework and how that discovery led her to write a book. She diagnoses some common product diseases plaguing companies today and reveals how emphasizing culture can help you innovate. She describes the tools that teams use to successfully innovate and what leaders can learn from Steve Jobs. Radhika also offers advice to company leaders on shifting their company's culture and mindset and adopting a vision-driven product mindset.  “Traditionally, we've always thought about product as a physical or digital thing. What I've realized is product is really a way of thinking, and it's really high time that we change or rethink what product itself means.” -Radhika Dutt This week on Innovation Talks: ●     What a Silicon Valley mindset can tell us about testing hypotheses ●     How Radhika developed the Radical Product Thinking framework ●     How Radhika came to write her book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter●     Signs you may have obsessive sales disorder or feature-itis●     The importance of culture in innovation ●     A new way to view culture●     What a clear vision for your culture can do for teams ●     The benefits of giving teams more autonomy and decision-making power ●     Radhika's framework for decision-making●     The perfect balance for company leaders ●     What leaders today can learn from the launch of the iPhone ●     Why understanding pain points is fundamental to innovation ●     How to translate strategy into everyday decision making●     How to shift your organization's mindset to a vision-driven product mindset Resources Mentioned: ●     Book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink Connect with Radhika Dutt: ●     Radhika Dutt Website●     Book: Radical Product Thinking: The New MIndset For Innovating Smarter●     Radhika Dutt on LinkedIn●     Radhika Dutt on Twitter●     Radhika Dutt on Medium This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | iHeart Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners, like you. For additional information around new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com and click here. 

Listen now as my guest Radhika Dutt President of Radical Product, discusses the Role Of Leaders In Creating Visionary Products and why doesn't the free market address the problem of ethics. Radhika wrote Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. #Innovation #Leadership Visit Radical Product here - https://www.radicalproduct.com/Schedule an appointmentJim WoodsPresidentWoods Kovalova GroupDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisors4610 S. Ulster St. Suite 150Denver, CO 80237LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Spotify Podcast#diversity #hr #humanresources #CHRO #HRCI #leadership #podcast #inclusion

We talked with Radhika Dutt in this week's episode of the Human Insight Podcast. Radhika is an engineer, entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies she founded. She has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's central bank and financial regulator.  She is also the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter.  Among the topics discussed included:  Why do you think iterative product design is a bad thing? How can product team leaders best mitigate risk in developing products? What are the challenges with Lean and Agile with product development? What are the seven diseases of product strategy & development? What are Three Pillars of Radical Product Thinking?

We talked with Radhika Dutt in this week's episode of the Human Insight Podcast. Radhika is an engineer, entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies she founded. She has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's central bank and financial regulator.  She is also the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Among the topics discussed included: Why do you think iterative product design is a bad thing?How can product team leaders best mitigate risk in developing products?What are the challenges with Lean and Agile with product development?What are the seven diseases of product strategy & development?What are Three Pillars of Radical Product Thinking?Hello podcast listeners. Want to get more insights on how to improve your customer's experience? Registration is open for UserTesting's The Human Insight Summit taking place October 17th thru the 19th in New Orleans! You can expect two full days of presentations by some of the world's best researchers, designers, digital product leaders, and marketers. You can also sign up for deeper, hands-on learning with our half-day University Live pre-conferen

In this episode, I talk with Radhika Dutt, Author of Radical Product Thinking, about the elements of what a practical strategy is and the common pitfalls that organisations have when developing it. This approach sets operations up for success when strategy is clearly articulated and enables greater alignment and autonomy within teams. Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter which is being translated into several languages including Chinese and Japanese. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's central bank and financial regulator. Radhika has built products in a wide range of industries including broadcast, media and entertainment, telecom, advertising technology, government, consumer apps, robotics, and even wine. She graduated from MIT with an SB and M.Eng in Electrical Engineering, and speaks nine languages. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/product-ops-people/message

In this episode, I talk with Radhika Dutt, Author of Radical Product Thinking, about the elements of what a practical strategy is and the common pitfalls that organisations have when developing it. This approach sets operations up for success when strategy is clearly articulated and enables greater alignment and autonomy within teams. Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter which is being translated into several languages including Chinese and Japanese. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's central bank and financial regulator. Radhika has built products in a wide range of industries including broadcast, media and entertainment, telecom, advertising technology, government, consumer apps, robotics, and even wine. She graduated from MIT with an SB and M.Eng in Electrical Engineering, and speaks nine languages. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/product-ops-people/message

Radhika Dutt, author of "Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter" joins me on this episode to discuss the topic. Join us! Order her book here: https://amzn.to/3543SeI --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ctrappe/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ctrappe/support

Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. An entrepreneur and product leader, she has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. Dutt cofounded Radical Product Thinking as a movement of leaders creating vision-driven change and is a frequent speaker at business events and conferences around the world. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Product Diseases with Radhika. We cover how to identify when your organization is suffering from one, and how to avoid such problems. We also take a look at companies like Apple, Slack, and Twitter and what people get wrong about their success stories.

A startup marketing veteran, Radhika Dutt is the author of the new book Radical Product Thinking. Her experience has taught her that we don't need more products—we need radical products that create change. Our conversation this week covered everything from the overuse of pivots to avoiding digital pollution. Radhika Dutt Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. An entrepreneur and product leader, she has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. Dutt advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change instead of optimizing the status quo. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. Dutt cofounded Radical Product Thinking as a movement of leaders creating vision-driven change and is a frequent speaker at business events and conferences around the world. She graduated from MIT with a bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and speaks nine languages, currently learning her tenth. Episode Highlights What makes a product radical? We had to start here. “A radical product is a product that creates change.” While some overuse pivots (which the market doesn't always bear as Radhika notes), she advocates starting with a series of questions. First up? “Who's world are we trying to change?” Avoid Hypometricemia. While we have a wealth of metrics available today, Radhika suggests marketers focus on what matters most. “Who are you optimizing for? Is it local or global?” Are you contributing to digital pollution? In Radical Product Thinking, Radhika notes that all of the products and media today add up to a lot of noise. “It's the collateral damage to the world from our products. It's fraying the fabric of society.” And it's not just big tech. Because many fail to see nuance, big tech is blamed as the only digital polluter. But it's all of us. That's why we have to be responsible with our innovation, vision, products, and marketing. What brand has made Radhika smile recently? Radhika shared one of the coolest smiles I've heard in a while. “It's probably a brand you've never heard of—Lijjat.” The India-based poppadum lentil cracker company is owned by 45,000 women who are all equal partners. “They're vision-driven—they wanted to create a dignified living for themselves and other women.” To learn more, go to the Radical Product Thinking book website and connect with Radhika on LinkedIn. As We Wrap … Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart, YouTube, and RSS. Rate and review the show—If you like what you're hearing, be sure to head over to Apple Podcasts and click the 5-star button to rate the show. And, if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review to help others find the show. Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you'd like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show. On Brand is a part of the Marketing Podcast Network. Until next week, I'll see you on the Internet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A vision-driven approach to product begins with a clear picture of the change you want to bring to the world. This vision must then permeate every aspect of the product's design." - Radhika Dutt, Radical Product Thinking.In this episode of Product Voices, host JJ Rorie chats with Radhika Dutt about her book, Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. We discuss the product diseases that can infect organizations and the elements of radical product thinking that can help avoid those diseases. You won't want to miss this conversation!

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next episode of... Product Mastery Now with host Chad McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode:  Today we are talking about radical product thinking, which is a mindset and process for innovating smarter. Our guest, Radhika Dutt, will help us understand radical product thinking. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies she founded. She has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising, technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University. She cofounded the Radical Product Thinking movement of leaders creating vision-driven change, along with authoring the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter.

We are on the verge of a new year, and with a new year comes new ideas about how we need to make changes in our lives. While individual will often make New Year's Resolutions about how to make a “new you”, what about organization? What resolutions can organizations make to change the way they have been doing things, and enter the new year with not only the best intentions, but the best outcomes?To help us explore how to make those radical changes in our individual and organizational lives, we have in the Experience by Design Studios Radhika Dutt. Radhika is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. In her book, she distills that wealth of knowledge into some clear elements that any individual or organization can use. In today's conversation we break down what radical product thinking is and can do. It's a skill for creating change in the world around you, and one of the most interesting aspects is that it can work for organizations, but also you as an individual, or even entities not traditionally considered products such as Singapore. One key element of radical product thinking we discuss is building out vision vs iterative product thinking, meaning how can we create guides and guardrails to foster growth in a desired direction, measure what matters, and create lasting change.

Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Learn more about Radhika's work at https://www.radicalproduct.com/

Strategy. Why is Strategy Important? Can you validate assumptions? My guest Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's financial regulator and central bank. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern's D'Amore McKim School of Business. Dutt co-founded Radical Product Thinking as a movement of leaders creating vision-driven change. She serves on the board of the Association of Product Professionals and the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler.  Today she again joins the podcast to talk about Strategy, The importance of validating our assumptions (the product disease Narcissus Complex), The importance of starting with a pain point rather than a technology, Measuring Success, and The 5 types of digital pollution. Find Radhika Dutt on the web: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we sit down with entrepreneur and product developer Radhika Dutt, Author of the new book, Radical Product Thinking. On this episode, we talk about the product diseases holding back good product development, as well as ways to develop and execute a more radical vision to build products that have impact in a changing world. Let's get started. Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast to help new innovators navigate what's next. Each week, we'll give you a front row seat into what it takes to learn, grow, and thrive in today's world of accelerating change and uncertainty. Join us as we explore, engage, and experiment with the best and the brightest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses. It's time to get started.Interview Transcript with Radhika Dutt, Author of Radical Product ThinkingBrian Ardinger: Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your host Brian Ardinger. And as always, we have another amazing guest. Today we have Radhika Dutt. She is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Welcome to the show. Radhika Dutt: Thanks so much for having me on Brian. Brian Ardinger: I am excited to have you on the show. I always love to have entrepreneurs and product folks on here to talk about what it takes to build in today's world. You've been in product development for a long time, and you help companies figure this out. What's the state of product development today? What's working and what's not? Radhika Dutt: I think the most important thing in terms of where we have landed today, right. Is we've learned that the way we build products is by iteration. The mantras have been, you know, fail fast, learn fast. We keep hearing that you really just have to keep iterating and pivoting until you hit this nirvana of product market fit. And here in lies the problem. Because Innovation it's like having a fast car, a fast car is great. It's good to have a fast car. But the problem is, if a fast car is just not that useful, unless you know where you're going. And the ability to iterate fast has often given us this illusion that you don't need to start with a vision, just set off on your journey, and you'll kind of discover a vision. And that is the piece that's really not working.So, if we think about the fact that Lean Startup, Agile, all of these methodologies have really become ubiquitous over the last decade, right? And yet fundamentally the number of startups who succeed or fail hasn't really changed. Right? So, we've really gotten this approach of innovating fast, but what we're really missing is a methodology that helps us set the direction and be able to navigate to it using this fast car. Meaning that our iterations have to be driven by a vision and strategy. And that's the piece that's been not working so far. Brian Ardinger: You talk about in the book, how folks in product and that, or they're building stuff, kind of run in to these product diseases that hold back good product development. Can you talk a little bit about what stops people from developing and maybe getting into this iteration rut? Radhika Dutt: These product diseases are things that we need to be able to speak openly about. Because regardless of the size of company or the industry that we're in, I keep seeing these same product diseases over and over. So, a few that I've run into or caught myself, right? One that I will admit to contributing to myself is obsessive sales disorder.This is where your salesperson comes to you and says, you know, if you just add this one custom feature, we can win this mega client. And it sounds mostly harmless as a product person. I was like, yes, let's do this. Right. And pretty soon, by the end of the year, you're sitting with a stack of contracts and your entire roadmap is driven by what you have to make good on. And that's one example. A really common one is Pivotitus. Pivotitus is where you know this idea that we have that you just pivot until you find product market fit, it leads us to just keep trying different ideas to see what works. And your team just feel demoralized, confused, even your customers, they don't know what you're about anymore. And that's Pivotitus. Brian Ardinger: I love those. And I think a lot of us in product can relate to that. And even more to that, I think it's not just product folks that are running into these particular issues. A lot has changed in the world of product development with things like no code and low code. And pretty much everyone these days has run into this ability to create something. You know, and it's democratized the product development process in general.And so, whether you are in product today and you've seen these things, the majority of folks are going to be running into these diseases, whether they know it or not. What can you talk about to the new product person, the person who maybe is new to this world and trying to understand what does it take to build something of value in this world?Radhika Dutt: Yeah, maybe first, I want to talk about what I mean by product. Because, you know, traditionally we've thought about product is a software or a hardware. A thing, basically, right. A digital or a physical thing. And that view has really become outdated is what I've realized. To me product is your mechanism to create change in the world.It's your vehicle for whatever that change is. And so, you know, whether you're a non-profit, you're working in a government agency, in a high-tech startup, or even freelance. You're creating change in the world. And as a result, you are building a product. And I think that's the first fundamental realization. Given that this is our new definition of product for every person who's entering this field, the question is then, you know, how can you create change very systematically? So, you're most likely running into these diseases and I list seven of them in the book. A few other examples are Hyper Metracina. Which is where we're all about analyzing data and optimizing for metrics, except that sometimes those wrong metrics. And things like Strategic Swelling. Which is where your, either your organization or your product just tries to do more and more and more, but it's just a very bloated product and you kind of lose your way.So, all of these diseases, like it's not just in your product itself, it's in your organization that you might be seeing it. And so, we need to think about product differently as a mechanism to create change. And then think about, are we experiencing these diseases in our organization? And then finally, if you're seeing it, then it's time for a new approach where you create change systematically and build the successful product systematically, which is what Radical Product Thinking is about as a methodology. Instead of taking this approach of let's just try what works, which is kind of evolved from the venture capital business model over the last decade. Brian Ardinger: And what I like about the book is you say all the stuff that we're doing when it comes to Agile or Lean or that, they're good tactical stuff to continue to do. But you almost have to have a layer above. That thinks about the vision and thinks about how does the vision fit into, you called it the Sustainability Matrix. Maybe can you talk a little bit more? Radhika Dutt: You know, one of the things that I've found is, we all know that we need a vision, and it's just that the way we've thought about a vision and what we've learned about, what's a good vision has been so flawed until now. For the longest time, we've heard that a good vision is a BEHAG or a big, hairy, audacious goal. For the longest time, you know, vision statements such as to be the leader in blah, blah, blah, or to be number one or number two in every market. We're touted as just visionary statements. That this is what you want in a vision. You know, stating your big aspirational goal. And the Radical Product Thinking way, what I realized is your vision should not be about you or your aspirations at all. And so, your vision has to be about the change you want to bring about.That's really the starting point of a Radical Product Thinking approach. And so, what I mean by good vision is thinking about questions like whose world are you trying to change? What is their problem? Why does that world even need changing? Because maybe it doesn't. And then you can talk about what the world would look like when you're done. And how you'll bring about this world.And so this is the Radical Product Thinking Approach, where instead of the short slogan you're writing, well, there's this fill in the blank statement that I use for writing such a vision statement. That really makes it easy to do this and answer those profound questions. And once you have a vision, then you can use this vision versus survival.The Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSponsor Voice: The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private, nonpartisan foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri, that seeks to build inclusive prosperity through a prepared workforce and entrepreneur-focused economic development. The Foundation uses its $3 billion in assets to change conditions, address root causes, and break down systemic barriers so that all people – regardless of race, gender, or geography – have the opportunity to achieve economic stability, mobility, and prosperity. For more  information, visit www.kauffman.org and connect with us at www.twitter.com/kauffmanfdn and www.facebook.com/kauffmanfdn. Brian Ardinger: Yeah. I'd like to talk a little bit about this Radical Vision Worksheet that you have in the book. It's really almost a Mad-Libs way to fill out and fill in the blanks to get you thinking about what your vision really is and who does it serve and how does it work? And I've heard you talk about this before. Like it almost creates, what you said is that the source code of your vision. And then that's not what you necessarily have to portray to the world as far as the marketing around it. But it gives you that guiding force when you're in a product meeting, working with your teams. To look back at that source code and say, hey, are we on track.Radhika Dutt: Exactly. And you know, this idea that your vision statement has to be what you tell the world, is really the marketing vision statement, which, you know, you can figure out the marketing aspect afterwards. But first for your own team, what you really need is the blueprint. If I think about this as a house construction analogy. If your team is actually building that house, would they need is the blueprints of the house.It's not the 3D renderings that look pretty that you start with. Right. And a good vision statement, gives them a clear blueprint of what exactly are we trying to solve? Why are we trying to solve it? And then how are we going to bring about that before? Brian Ardinger: In the book, you also talk a lot about this trap that we fall into of iteratively building products and that. And so specifically like big companies and that, fall into this trap of they've been building a car the same way forever, and they don't necessarily think about, are there different ways to do that? Can you give me some examples? I read in your book about Tesla and Volt, for example. And the two approaches that they had to developing an electric car. Can you talk about some of that? Radhika Dutt: One of the fundamental differences between a Vision Driven Product versus an Iteration Led Product is in an iteration led approach, your iterations are driving where you're going. Where as when you're Vision Driven, right, it's your vision that drives those iterations. So, the example of Tesla versus Volt. Specifically, the Model 3 versus the Chevy Volt. You know, there was this really well-known auto expert, Sandy Munro, and so he took five of these cars and he was looking at these cars under the hood to really evaluate, you know, which car is better. And he had a profound reaction to the Model 3. It was like, wow, this car is revolutionary. It's not inching up. And whereas on the Chevy Volt, he said, well, this is a good little car, and you know, it's value for your money kind of thing. But the Tesla Model 3, like he was just raving about it. But if you look under the hood, like you really get to the why. The Tesla, it has a 40% more efficient engine, and it had this hall effect that Sandy Munro says, you know, I've only ever heard about it. I never seen an engine being built using this approach. And he couldn't even figure out how they manufactured some of the elements that made this engine. Whereas he looked at the Chevy Volt, he was like, you know, I'm very familiar with all of these pieces. This looks pretty much like a gas car except in an electric format.And then if you look at why Tesla built this transformative product versus Volt was just an evolutionary thing. It all comes down to their vision. The Chevy Volt was built with this vision of beating Tesla Model 3 to market with a car that had a range of over 200 miles. On the other hand, the Model 3 was built with a more transformative vision, a radical vision, which was about the change that they wanted to bring about. Which was to make it no compromise and give an affordable car to a driver who wanted to go green.And so, the two visions lead to very different products and being vision driven means taking the transformative vision and systematically just infusing it in every aspect of your product. And that's why the end product is so different. And so, in the Radical Product Thinking, right, the idea is not just that you start with a vision, but it's a step-by-step approach. So that, that vision is very systematically translated into every aspect of your product, into your everyday activities. So, your everyday activities become connected to a vision. Brian Ardinger: I'd love to get your input on some of the new trends that you're seeing when it comes to product development. Again, a lot of the stuff that used to be new as far as Lean and Agile has, there's a lot been written about. 10 years ago, it was tough to get tactical in that particular space because it was so new. You know, now we've seen a lot of folks that have executed on that particular format. What are some of the new trends that you're seeing and how do you see the world of product development playing out? Radhika Dutt: You know, we're still getting better at doing more testing, more AB testing, optimizing, right. And fundamentally the trends that I keep seeing, they aren't that different. It's more that our tactics have improved in terms of how we're doing this. If I think about product management, maybe 10 years ago, we didn't have all these tools to be this data driven. Now, there are just so many tools to be able to know how well your product is working.Is your user going through the right journeys? What all are they clicking on? What are they doing on your products? Like we've become more data-driven and have more insight into what our users are doing. We capture every piece of data and work on analyzing it. So those are more of the trends that I keep seeing. Right. But what I haven't seen is a fundamentally big shift in how are we thinking about the data? What exactly are we trying to learn from these insights? So that's one thing. The second trend, this one I'm excited about. I'm starting to see the first kernels of product people realizing that, you know, we're building products that affect society, and we have to take responsibility for what we're building.There's a chapter in my book, where I talk about Digital Pollution. And the chapter after that is the Hippocratic Oath of Product. It's fascinating to me that these two chapters are so polarizing. There are people who love the fact that I included that in the book. Because this gives you the superpower for building successful products and it has to come with the responsibility of building products that don't create collateral damage to society. But there's also, an equally large faction of people who say, you know, that had no place in your book. You should just talk about how to build successful products. You shouldn't be talking about, you know, digital production and this Hippocratic oath of product.Brian Ardinger: Well, it is interesting because you do see a lot more discussion around what it is that we build and the effects of that. And I think 10 years ago, a lot of the product building was I need to build an app because that's the new technology out there. And we've gotten to a place where a lot of that low hanging fruit of product development has been picked. And so now it's really about, we're having to tackle harder problems. And whether it's climate change or social media injustice or, or whatever, they're hard problems out there. And I think it takes more radical thinking around what type of products we produce to try to solve this particular problem.So, I found it interesting that you included that in the book as well. Primarily to get people thinking about, it's not just about solving a particular customer pain point. It's like the larger vision that you need to be including as you develop products out there. Radhika Dutt: Exactly. And my goal was to provide a framework so that we can think about, you know, how are we affecting society with our products. And ways to identify digital pollution that we might be contributing to as only if we have that awareness that we can actually do something about it. But I want to go back to something you just said in terms of trends. What you talked about, you know, it's basically that we seem to be commoditizing the skillset. When you said we've picked all that low hanging fruit, all that I was saying about, you know, we've gotten better at doing data analytics and AB testing, et cetera. I think that is really like to articulate that trend, it's that those skill sets are becoming commoditized. And what's really going to set people apart is doing that next level, which is what you are just saying. Brian Ardinger: If there are people listening, they're maybe working in an existing company, iterating through their products and that, but they want to be more radical. They want to be more transformational with what they do. Are there tips or tricks that they can start introducing into their team or into the product development that can help start moving that needle? Radhika Dutt: I'll share two types. One is, you know, if you are working in a larger organization, it's always hard to bring change. When you bring a radical new idea, it's like you're introducing a foreign body into this organization and you'll see organizational immunity that tries to attack this foreign body.And so, the first start that you need is to be able to talk about why are you even introducing this new body, so there's more acceptance. So, start with a discussion around product diseases. Very often, like the way I've even approached this, and sort of this slightly sneaky way is, you know, you do a book club where people start to think about these product diseases and kind of like, oh, that's what we're suffering from. So that gives you this first entry point to start talking about, you know, maybe we need a new, radical way of thinking about this. That's one step. The second is with your world, where you have control, you can start to develop a radical vision and start to use that with your team. You had talked about vision versus sustainability. Maybe, you know, in the book, I call it Vision versus Survival to make it really much clearer in terms of what we're trading off. So having a vision is good, but using your vision in everyday work, that's where the real power comes in. And so the way you use your vision is if we think about our own intuition, what we're really doing is we're balancing the long time against the short term. Which means that we're thinking about vision versus survival in the short term, where vision is the longer-term picture. And so things that are both good for the vision and survival they're of course ideal.But if we always focus on just the ideal, then we're just still being short-term focused. And so sometimes you have to invest in the vision where it's good for the vision, but not good in the short term. For instance, if you're refactoring code for three months or working on technical debt, you're investing in the vision. And the other quadrant, right, is Vision Debt. Basically, if you're finding this Obsessive Sales Disorder disease, it's because you have too much vision debt. It's where you're doing things that are good for survival in the short term, but it's not good for the vision. And so the way you can infuse your vision in everyday actions is you start to talk about your decisions on this two by two matrix of Vision versus Survival. If you find yourself taking on a lot of vision debt, then you know that, okay, maybe something needs to change here. And talk about your decisions so that everyone is aligned on what are the right trade-offs for your particular company. There aren't any right answers, but those discussions are what really are most important.The tips that I have for our listeners is you start with product diseases and a discussion of why you need a new approach. Then work on a vision and then use that vision and making decisions as you trade off long-term against short term.For More InformationBrian Ardinger: I love that. And I encourage anybody who's listening to grab the copy of the book, because it does walk you through the process. It gives you some great frameworks. Some exercises and a lot of great examples as well. So, if people want to find out more about yourself or about the book, what's the best way do that? Radhika Dutt: So, the book is on Amazon. It's Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. The free tool kit is also available on the website. It's radicalproduct.com. And then finally, if people want to reach out to me on LinkedIn, I'm easy to find there. And I always love to hear stories of how people are applying Radical Product Thinking in their innovation journey. Brian Ardinger: Radhika, thank you very much for coming on Inside Outside Innovation, to talk about the book and all the new things that you're seeing out there. I'm excited to see where the world is going when it comes to product development and appreciate your time today. Radhika Dutt: Thanks so much for having me on this has been such a pleasure.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. Until next time, go out and innovate.FREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER & TOOLSGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. 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Radhika Dutt is an Entrepreneur and Product Leader, who is most recently the author of "Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter". She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's financial regulator and central bank. In this episode, Radhika speaks to Vignesh and Swami about setting the right Product Vision, the similarities between Vision Statements and APIs, and how to think about Ethics in the realm of Product Management. Quick Connect Radhika Dutt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-dutt/ Vignesh S.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vigneshs1994/ S. Swaminathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-swaminathan-9856501/ Radical Product Thinking Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3n2oquq Download the Toolkit: https://bit.ly/3kLZYw7 Become a ContraMind LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/contraminds/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/contraminds Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contraminds/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/30ewrDO Website: https://contraminds.com/

Join us on Be Brave at Work as we speak with Radhika Dutt. Radhika is the author of "Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter." She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. Radhika is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's financial regulator and central bank. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern's D'Amore McKim School of Business. She serves on the board of the Association of Product Professionals and the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler. She graduated from MIT with an SB and M.Eng in Electrical Engineering, and speaks nine languages, currently learning her tenth. Links of Interest LinkedIn Twitter Website Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter A special thank you to our sponsor, Cabot Risk Strategies. For more information, please visit them at CabotRisk.com Please click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information about Ed, visit Excellius.com © 2021 Ed Evarts

Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. An entrepreneur and product leader, she has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. Dutt advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change instead of optimizing the status quo. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business.

In today's episode of the As Told by Nomads Podcast, join me and my guest, Radhika Dutt, as we talk about the five elements of a radical product. Radhika is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. Radhika is also the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Feel free to check it out!For a Better SocietyIn whatever we build, we must think of how it impacts society, as told by Radhika. Looking back to when she was living in South Africa and saw the shift from apartheid to democracy, Radhika was interested in Nelson Mandela's nuanced message to the whole population. It was not about getting revenge but about figuring out what went wrong. Today in the digital age, Radhika thinks that the rise of social media is polarizing because it has eroded nuance in society. She wrote in her book that society must be at the forefront of whatever product we build since everything affects people – the basic unit of society. But, in a much simpler sense, we have to think about the change we want to create. Radhika says that when we build products, we often make digital pollution. To avoid creating that collateral damage, we must take a vision-driven approach. Whether it is about South Africa's transition to democracy or building a product, there must be a clear picture of the world we envision at the end of what we have built.Equitable WorldIn creating an equitable world, Radhika has four questions that need to be answered. First, who is coming to you and what is their problem? Second, what is the solution to their problem? Third, how will we enable or power that solution? And lastly, how do we deliver the solution? But Radhika says that the first question is really the most crucial of them all. To create an equitable world, we have to think equitably, not in a limited perspective. If we do, then we are only solving the problem of a small group of people and not considering how it affects the larger group. That is the piece we are often missing out on. We have to put into consideration how our product affects different kinds of people.About Radhika Dutt:Radhika Dutt is the author of the upcoming book, Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change.Outline of the episode:[02:56] What shaped Radhika's career?[04:34] Things seen from the big picture that changed people's mindsets and worldviews[08:08] The strategy that a product can be applied to everyone in an equitable format[30:29] How to deal with resistance and people who do not share the same worldview[37:24] About Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating SmarterResources:Website: https://www.radicalproduct.com/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Product-Thinking-Mindset-Innovating/dp/1523093315/Connect with Tayo Rockson and the As Told By Nomads Podcast on:Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcastPersonal Website: https://tayorockson.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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When we build products without thinking about the change we want to create in the world, we inflict collateral damage to society. ~ Radhika Dutt Businesses have become increasingly more short-term-oriented since the 1980s. Our approach to innovation has increasingly become short-term driven - we optimize for business results in the near term and it leads to an iteration-led approach to building products. (The example of Boeing's 737Max illustrates the point).  An iteration-led approach leads to product diseases that are often fatal to innovation. My guest Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. She is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's financial regulator and central bank. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern's D'Amore McKim School of Business. Dutt co-founded Radical Product Thinking as a movement of leaders creating vision-driven change. She serves on the board of the Association of Product Professionals and the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler.  Find Radhika Dutt on the web: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

In this wide ranging conversation, we host Radhika Dutt, who is the author of the upcoming book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. We speak about what is Radical Product thinking and why this is not just about products but a way of life and an approach to thinking. She also shares the story of Lijjat Pappad and a few other case studies that explain her thinking, with respect to Radical Product Thinking. She also shares the importance of being vision led in building a product and the challenges that one ends up facing when we are […]

Episode 87 features a great conversation with Radhika Dutt, Author of Radical Product Thinking, The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. We highly recommend this book. You can buy the book at: https://www.radicalproduct.com/ Podcast music by www.bensound.com

With all due respect to Facebook and other so-called business change agents, the methods they use to innovate are really outmoded. That's the premise of Radhika Dutt, a teacher of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University. Dutt is a critic of the prevalent method used by most companies of rapidly launching a new product into the marketplace and then tweaking it time and again until they get it right. In her forthcoming book, Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter, she maintains that shotgunning products out of R&D and then repeatedly tweaking them is akin to driving a fast car without having a roadmap or a destination. As Radhika tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, it's the destination — i.e., which customers the product serves and why it will radically change their world — that needs to precede the development of innovative products.     [Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart's new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg's Store.]    Photo: Radhika Dutt, Radical Product Thinking Posted: August 23, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 39:42

Is your organization suffering from “pivotitis”? While pivoting in itself is not bad, pivoting without a clear vision in mind can be unproductive and can result in a product that lacks function or impact (or both). In this episode of Innovation Storytellers, Radhika Dutt, Co-Founder of Radical Product Thinking, joins us to talk about what ‘radical product thinking' means and how we can apply this kind of agile method in product development to our own products and services. She also gives us some advice on how to know when you need to pivot, creating product iterations with a purpose, and tapping into early adopters for your product or service. Radhika Dutt is currently Advisor on Product Thinking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's financial regulator and central bank. She serves on the board of the independent publisher, Berrett Koehler, and the Association of Product Professionals. She also teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern's D'Amore McKim School of Business. Radhika co-founded Radical Product Thinking as a movement of leaders creating vision-driven change and is a frequent speaker at business events and conferences around the world. Radhika is also the author of the upcoming book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change.