The Secrets of Product Management Podcast by Nils Davis: tips for product managers, covering storytelling, go to market,innov

163: Chad McAllister – Unveiling the PDMA Body of Knowledge

Unveiling the PDMA Body of Knowledge with Chad McAllister This episode my guest Chad McAllister introduces us to the Product Development and Management Association’s (PDM

162: Chris Mason on Product Management Jobs and the PM Job Market

Chris Mason on Product Management Jobs My guest on this episode is Chris Mason, the co-founder and leader of Intelligent People, a recruiting firm in the UK that focuses

161: Clifton Gilley on What The Data Shows About Product Leaders and Product Laggards

Clifton Gilley of Gartner’s Tech Product Management team In this week’s episode my guest is Clifton Gilley, a long time product manager, and now a VP Analyst with Gartner

160: Seize the Customer Conversation And Other Advice With Mike Smart

Embracing Change and Customer Engagement in Product Management In this episode Mike Smart, an old friend and longtime product management leader, instructor, and consultan

159: Ryan Gottfredson on The Transformative Power of Mindsets in Life and Leadership

The Transformative Power of Mindsets in Life and Leadership In this episode, an engaging conversation about mindsets with Ryan Gottfredson, a renowned leadership and mana

158: Steve Johnson Shares His Wisdom

Steve Johnson, OG product management thinker Steve Johnson is my guest on this week’s episode. I’m sure you know of him already. And if not, you will after this episode.

157: Looking Back, Leaping Forward: 2023 Retrospective

Looking Back, Leaping Forward: 2023 Retrospective In the last episode of 2024, I go through a retrospective of the show for 2023, and share some of my plans for 2024. A f

156: Chris Butler on Why Meetings Are Great And Other Projects

Welcome back Chris Butler! My guest on this episode is Chris Butler, whom we first heard from in episode 107! It’s great to have him back, sharing some of his new project

323: The Secret Product Management Framework (Rerun)

This episode is a rerun of episode 323: The Secret Product Management Framework. Use that link to visit the show notes page. This episode is a rerun of episode 323: The S

155: The PM’s Guide to Cognitive Biases

Product Manager’s Guide To Cognitive Biases That sounds funny, doesn’t it? I’m not giving you cognitive biases in this episode. I’m giving you information about cognitive

154: Storytelling Deconstructed

Deconstructed storytelling can be your secret weapon I talk about “telling a story” and “using stories” all the time on this podcast. But I don’t mean sitting everyone ar

153: There Are No Rules – On Product Management Gatekeeping

There are no rules that define who will make a great product manager This episode was inspired by a “rant” (actually, a well-reasoned post) from Graham Reed on LinkedIn,

152: Mental Models for Product Managers

Mental Models for Product Managers – fundamental tools for creating impact Mental models are like tools in a toolbox. If you have only a few tools, you can only solve a f

86: Data-Driven Product Management (Rerun)

86: Data-Driven Product Management (Rerun) This episode is a rerun of episode 86: Data-driven Product Management. Use that link to visit the show notes page. 86: Data-Dri

151: Antifragility – A Preview

Antifragility is the word of the day! The idea of antifragility kept coming up today and yesterday (more on that in the episode itself), so I thought I’d do a quick episo

150: Product Bible Part 2 – What Is It?

The Product Bible In the previous episode I made a lot of complaints about PRDs, and then I made some claims that they could be better. In this episode, how you might act

149: Product Bible Part 1 – PRDs Are Problematic

PRDs are problematic Among other things, PRDs have problems like this: “They go stale fast” “No one reads them” “They are about what and not why” At the beginning of a re

148: How To Improve Your Fundamental Product Management Skills

What’s the first skill you should teach a new product manager? Carl Vellotti asked this question on LinkedIn a few months ago. (I can’t actually find the post, unfortunat

147: Manan Modi on His New Book “The Startup Product Manager”

Manan Modi, author of The Startup Product Manager My guest on this episode is Manan Modi, author of The Startup Product Manager, just published and available on Amazon. M

146: You’re Amazing! Make Sure Your Resume Shows It

How to show up as the amazing unicorn you are in your resume and job interviews This episode was inspired by a LinkedIn post from Jason Knight, in which he gave product m