The Product Science Podcast

Mar 04 2025 117 ep. 44 mins 84
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The Product Science Podcast is for startup founders and product leaders building high-growth products, teams, and companies. Listen in on real conversations with the people who have tried it and aren’t afraid to share the lessons they’ve learned (and the mistakes they’ve made) along the way.

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The Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles Hypothesis: Product Operations Provide Infrastructure for High-Quality Product Decision-Making

Mar 04 2025 46 mins  
Meet Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles, the dynamic duo behind the groundbreaking book “Product Operations: How Successful Companies Build Better Products at Scale.” Melissa's expertise spans from founding Produx Labs, a product management training and consulting company, to spearheading product strategies at esteemed companies like Insight Partners, Capital One, Vanguard, an

Season 6 Announcement & Company Update

Dec 14 2023 4 mins  
In this mini-episode of the podcast, Holly introduces team members Dina Levitan and Mark Enache, who share some stories about working with Product Science Group clients. Holly also tells us about changes coming for Season 6 of the Product Science Podcast - video, shorter episodes, and a new Lab Notes section.Subscribe for the full episode on Apple, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, an

Season 5 Highlights: The Product Discovery Loop

Jun 13 2023 19 mins  
Holly Hester-Reilly is the Founder and CEO of H2R Product Science, a product management coaching and consulting firm that teaches the principles and practices of high-growth product development, and the host of the Product Science Podcast. Holly is a former Columbia University research scientist and has spent over 15 years leading product initiatives at startups, high-growth compan

The Jeff Patton Hypothesis: Successful Teams Focus on the Who Before the What

May 30 2023 40 mins  
Jeff Patton helps companies adopt a way of working that’s focused on building great products, not just building stuff faster. Jeff blends a mixture of Agile thinking, Lean and Lean Startup Thinking, and UX Design and Design Thinking to end up with a holistic product-centric way of working. Jeff is author of the bestselling O’Reilly book User Story Mapping which describes a simp

The Christian Idiodi Hypothesis: Great Product Management Starts With Admitting “I Don’t Know”

May 09 2023 48 mins  
Christian is a partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. Christian has been a product leader for over 15 years, building teams and developing enterprise and consumer products that have shaped companies such as CareerBuilder and Merrill Corporation as well as clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Squarespace. Christian teaches product management and innovation at Virginia Commonw

The Peter Voss Hypothesis: We Will Soon Need to Embrace AI to Be Effective in the World

May 02 2023 37 mins  
Peter Voss is a Pioneer in AI who coined the term ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ and the CEO and Chief Scientist at Aigo.ai. For the past 15 years, Voss and his team at Aigo have been perfecting an industry disruptive, highly intelligent and hyper-personalized Chatbot, with a brain, for large enterprise customers. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover care

The Matt LeMay Hypothesis: Great Product Managers Never Have to Say Yes or No

Apr 25 2023 45 mins  
Matt LeMay is the author of Product Management in Practice (now in its second edition) and product leader and consultant who has worked with companies like Google, Spotify, Mailchimp, and Audible. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover how constraints can be helpful in product, the effects of getting promoted without being ready, and why great product managers don

The Risa Stein Hypothesis: Trust is a Crucial Component of a Successful Product

Apr 18 2023 37 mins  
Risa Stein is a Director of Product, Integrity leading teams focused on protecting customer safety, privacy, and security. Risa and her team are responsible for setting and enforcing policy, investigating and stopping bad actors who try to abuse Slack, and developing new product features to protect Slack's customers. Prior to joining Slack, she led Transparency and Safety Exper

The Paul Orlando Hypothesis: Great Product Strategy Answers The Why Now Question

Apr 11 2023 29 mins  
Paul Orlando helps organizations unlock new revenue and partnership opportunities, getting companies to solve problems that they couldn't in other ways. He has built startup programs around the world (Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Rome, and remote). Paul also teaches at the University of Southern California. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover how to know when to

The Nils Davis Hypothesis: A Good Story Comes From Solving A Real Problem For Real People

Apr 04 2023 40 mins  
Based on more than two decades of enterprise product management experience, including a stint managing a product for product managers, Nils Davis has lots of knowledge and wisdom. In his podcast, the Secrets of Product Management he shares powerful ways for product managers to create more value by ensuring every product is a solution to a meaningful market problem. And that every t