Amazon’s true power lies in its internal operating system. Bill Carr, co-author of Working Backwards, reveals how shifting mindsets and prioritizing customer inputs created a scalable engine for innovation.
Coda CPO Lane Shackleton reveals how to turn ambiguity into clarity using a "first principles" approach. Discover the specific rituals high-performing teams use to redesign meetings, handle feedback, and drive velocity without corporate inertia.
Google Plus failed due to opinion-based development, while Gmail's Tabbed Inbox succeeded through evidence. Former Google product leader Itamar Gilad explains how to stop relying on HiPPOs and start validating ideas with rigorous testing and evidence-gathering.
Typeform CPO Oji Udezue breaks down his mental models for product success. From identifying "sharp" problems to mastering PLG and engineering virality, discover how to move beyond rigid science and use intuition to build category-defining unicorns.
Deel went from $0 to $295M ARR in three years, beating Slack's record. Head of Growth Meltem Kuran Berkowitz reveals how focusing on basics—like site speed and helpful content—drove this success. It’s a B2B playbook prioritizing utility over sales pitches.
Slack CPO Noah Weiss joins Lenny Rachitsky to deconstruct the 10 traits of elite PMs. Discover Slack's "Complaint Storm" ritual, their pragmatic AI strategy, and the metrics that drive enterprise utility with consumer-grade delight.
LinkedIn has evolved from a digital rolodex into a dynamic skills-based hiring engine. VP of Product Hari Srinivasan reveals how algorithms are rebalancing the hiring market and shares frameworks for building and managing complex digital ecosystems.
Product leadership often requires navigating rooms filled with stakeholders who have decades more experience. Asana Product Lead Paige Costello explains why effective leaders don't rely on tenure to win arguments—they rely on a deep, empirical understanding of the customer to build trust.
Former Webflow and Dropbox growth leader Melissa Tan shares her playbook for scaling revenue and talent. Learn how to hire for first principles, drive aggressive targets without burnout, and build high-performing growth organizations that people refuse to leave.
How did Cash App succeed against Venmo? Ayo Omojola, who co-created the Cash Card, shares his frameworks for effective product differentiation, building "startups within a startup," and applying first-principles thinking to create products users genuinely love.
Miro CPO Varun Parmar pulls back the curtain on how the company builds product for 50M+ users. Discover the unique philosophies, frameworks, and rituals that power one of the world's most successful product-led growth companies and maintain its competitive edge.
Trello & The Knot product leader Nikita Miller shares her playbook for building successful teams. Learn how to drive alignment with a "Responsibility Contract," differentiate work-life balance from optimization, and navigate the changing PM landscape. Actionable insights for any leader.
OKRs aren't a fix for broken culture; they're a vitamin for healthy ones. Stanford's Christina Wodtke breaks down how to move beyond spreadsheet fatigue. Learn to prioritize outcomes over outputs and master the weekly cadence essential for radical focus and alignment.
Former Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson reveals how she scaled the company from 160 to 7,000 employees. In this deep dive, she argues that operational structure fuels speed and explains why effective management requires deep self-awareness.
Calendly changed how we schedule time. Behind the simple link lies a complex strategy balancing mass adoption with enterprise growth. CPO Annie Pearl details how they scale product teams and transition from PLG to sales-led motions while maintaining rigorous strategic focus.
Is Product Ops a band-aid or a strategic necessity? Based on insights from Pendo's Christine Itwaru, explore how this function bridges strategy and execution, synthesizes customer data, and when your organization is ready to scale its product operations.
