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CPO Rising Series: How Treasure AI CPO Is Rewriting the Rules of Product Leadership
5 juni 2026 · 35 min
What if the biggest bottleneck in your product organization is no longer engineering capacity or even go to market speed, but change management? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Jay Patel, Treasure AI CPO Rafa Flores speaks on how the role of product leadership has fundamentally changed, why the "ship perfect" mindset is now a liability, and what it actually looks like to build an AI native product culture that keeps human judgment at the center. From his journey immigrating from Honduras to leading product at a global agentic AI platform, Rafa brings a rare combination of personal conviction and technical fluency to one of the most honest conversations we have had about what great product leadership looks like right now. Lees meer
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CPO Rising Series: How Aliaswire CPO Is Betting on the Future of Payments
3 juni 2026 · 25 min
What if the biggest constraint on your product organization is no longer engineering capacity but the speed and quality of your decisions? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Jay Patel, Aliaswire CPO Nirmal Kumar speaks on how the CPO role has fundamentally shifted in the age of AI, what a disciplined layered bets framework actually looks like in practice, and why the future of payments is invisible, embedded, and intelligent. Drawing on nearly two decades at a Boston fintech he helped found, Nirmal brings a rare combination of engineering depth and product leadership to a conversation about building platforms that multiply, making calculated bets with real kill criteria, and transforming a team without leaving anyone behind. Lees meer
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CPO Rising Series: The Product Manager Will Cease to Exist by 2030
1 juni 2026 · 26 min
What if the role that has defined a generation of tech careers disappears within five years? In this inaugural episode of the fifth year of the CPO Rising Series, Products That Count Founder & Managing Partner SC Moatti and Resident CPO Renee Niemi make their boldest prediction yet: the product manager as we know it will be replaced by the product builder by 2030. Drawing on conversations with over 1,500 CPOs this year alone, Renee unpacks what is driving the shift, what separates good CPOs from great ones from the best, and why for companies that do not get ahead of this transition, the risk is not just competitive. It is existential. Lees meer
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How AI Is Reshaping Enterprise Product Leadership
29 mei 2026 · 32 min
Is your organization losing 7% of its annual revenue to complexity? In this podcast hosted by Boston New Technology CPO Shweta Agrawal, Freshworks Chief Product Officer Srini Raghavan will be speaking on how AI-native tools are transforming IT and customer service operations, and what it really takes to scale AI responsibly in the enterprise. Drawing on his experience leading product at Freshworks, RingCentral, and Five9, Srini shares the frameworks, real customer stories, and mindset shifts that separate product leaders who scale from those who stall. Lees meer
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Are You Actually Getting Better at AI? Talent.com CPTO Built a System That Tells You the Truth
20 mei 2026 · 37 min
Everyone is using AI, but almost no one can tell you if they are actually getting better at it. In this episode of Product Talk hosted by Hoda Mehr, Co-founder and CEO of Up My Mojo and Board Member of Products That Count, Talent.com CPTO Navya Rehani Gupta speaks on the self learning system she built to make AI capability development measurable and self improving at the executive level. Navya walks through exactly how she went from using AI as a learning tool to building a full operating system called Synergy that scores her weekly across five dimensions, catches mistake patterns before they compound, and delivers the signal she needs every morning to lead product, engineering, and go to market teams without becoming the bottleneck. Lees meer
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Speed Without Breaking Trust: AI Transformation at Scale
18 mei 2026 · 26 min
What happens when speed and trust collide in fintech? In this episode of Product Talk, hosted by CentralSquare Technologies CPO Denise Hemke, Intuit Director of Product Rosa Gonzalez Welton speaks on how AI is transforming product development inside one of the most high stakes software environments in the world. When you are shipping into payroll, tax, and workforce management, moving fast is only half the equation. Rosa breaks down how Intuit is putting rapid prototyping tools in everyone's hands, raising decision velocity, and still protecting reliability through risk rubrics and controlled rollouts. Lees meer
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How AI Super Analysts Are Changing the Way Product Leaders Think
15 mei 2026 · 39 min
Are your dashboards giving you visibility or understanding? In this episode of Product Talk hosted by Digitalzone CPO Sonjoy Ganguly, AskEnola CEO Piyanka Jain speaks on how AI is transforming the way product leaders interpret data, make decisions, and ultimately build products. This conversation goes beyond tools and demos to focus on something more fundamental: judgment, interpretation, and what it really means to lead with data in an era where insights can be instant but wisdom still has to be earned. Lees meer
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From Game Dev to Google: Agentic AI, Zero to One, and the Future of Product Management
13 mei 2026 · 46 min
What does it actually take to build a product when no one believes it's possible? In this episode of Product Talk, hosted by Thomson Reuters Director of Product Vinay Aradhya, Google Group Product Managersoftware development, and what separates great product managers from the rest. Drawing from his journey as a game developer, FinTech CTO, and the lead PM who helped build Google Stadia from scratch, Pawel brings rare perspective on the craft of building and leading in an era where everything is changing fast. Lees meer
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Deploying Nuclear at Software Speed to Achieve Energy Abundance
6 mei 2026 · 45 min
How can nuclear energy be deployed at software speed to meet the urgency of climate change? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, host Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing Everstar Founder & CEO Kevin Kong to discuss leveraging AI and software to deploy nuclear power, building the right product with the right people, and the importance of grit and empathy in product development. Lees meer
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The PM's Second Brain: How AI Becomes Your Personal Chief of Staff
27 april 2026 · 40 min
What if your AI knew your meetings, your goals, and your patterns, and had everything ready before you even opened your laptop? In this episode of Product Talk hosted by Denise Hemke, Rise2.AI Founder Vikash Rungta will be speaking on how product managers can build a "second brain", an AI-powered knowledge system that acts as a personal chief of staff. Vikash shares the exact framework for getting started, the most common mistakes PMs make, and why ingestion matters far more than generation. Lees meer
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What AI Still Can't Do
24 april 2026 · 43 min
Can AI truly be your co-founder, or is that a role only a human can fill? In this podcast hosted by Hoda Mehr, Co-founder and CEO of Up My Mojo and a Board Member at Products That Count, KC Advisors Executive Leadership Coach Keith Cowing will be speaking on what AI still can't do when it comes to building companies and teams. Drawing on his experience as a former CPO at LinkedIn, Twitter, and Flatiron Health, Keith shares a framework for what makes a great co-founder and whether AI, or an alternative profile, could ever step into that role. Lees meer
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How To Measure Productivity Gain From AI
22 april 2026 · 44 min
How can product and engineering leaders actually prove the ROI of AI adoption when everyone is being asked to justify the investment but few teams have a clear measurement playbook? In this podcast hosted by Hoda Mehr, Co-founder and CEO of Up My Mojo and a Board Member at Products That Count, Pensero AI Co-Founder Bernardo Hernandez will be speaking on how to measure productivity gains from AI in a way that is rigorous, practical, and useful for annual planning cycles. As tools like Cursor and Claude Code promise 3 to 10× productivity gains in engineering, leadership teams are moving quickly to allocate budgets and set expectations, while product leaders are being asked to benchmark progress and quantify impact without clear precedents. This conversation explores how experienced operators are approaching that challenge and what it takes to turn AI productivity claims into measurable results that teams can confidently use for planning and decision-making. Lees meer
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The AI-Native Product Team: How CPOs Are Rebuilding Their Org Charts
20 april 2026 · 49 min
How are Chief Product Officers redesigning their org charts and ways of working to build truly AI-native product teams? In this podcast hosted by Hoda Mehr, Co-founder and CEO of Up My Mojo and a Board Member at Products That Count, Monumental Chief Product Officer Pawan Gaargi will be speaking on how product leaders are transforming their teams to operate in the AI era. As organizations move beyond using AI as a feature-level tool and begin rethinking how products are built, shipped, and managed, product leaders are being asked to reshape processes, decision-making, and collaboration across their teams. Drawing from his experience scaling teams and rebuilding workflows through acquisitions at Monumental and from his early product leadership roots at Zynga, Pawan shares how experimentation, hypothesis-driven thinking, and hands-on leadership are helping teams become AI-native while keeping core product fundamentals like retention, player motivation, and growth metrics firmly in focus. Lees meer
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Conative AI Founder on Connecting Marketing, Inventory, and Operations with AI Forecasting
17 april 2026 · 33 min
How can companies stop losing revenue because marketing, inventory, and operations are working from disconnected data? In this podcast hosted by EY Chief Platform Officer Justin Leibow, Conative.ai Founder Mike Le discusses how AI-driven demand forecasting helps organizations align teams, improve decision-making, and increase cash-flow efficiency. He also explores why clean, connected data matters more than models alone, and how AI agents are reshaping the way product, marketing, and inventory teams collaborate to act faster and smarter. Lees meer
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Producing Feedstock Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing
15 april 2026 · 44 min
How can sustainable feedstock materials reshape manufacturing while accelerating climate progress? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, host Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing Mothership Materials CEO & Co-Founder Jo Marini to discuss producing sustainable feedstock materials, the importance of customer discovery and building stakeholder relationships and finding joy in product development. Lees meer
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Polygraf AI Head of Product on Securing Enterprise AI Adoption
13 april 2026 · 30 min
How can enterprises unlock AI adoption while keeping sensitive data secure? In this podcast hosted by Boston New Technology CPO Shweta Agrawal, Polygraf AI Head of Product Anar Bayramov discusses how organizations can manage AI risk, protect data flows, and build governance into their AI strategy from the start. He shares lessons from building in regulated environments, explains why visibility into AI usage is the foundation of trust, and explores how product leaders can shift the conversation from fear-driven security to enabling responsible AI at scale. Lees meer
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Level AI Head of Product on Building Trusted Agentic AI for Customer Experience
10 april 2026 · 38 min
How do product leaders decide what AI should automate and what should stay human-in-the-loop? In this podcast hosted by Mphasis VP of Products Chenny Solaiyappan, Level AI Head of Product Sirisha Machiraju will be speaking on how teams move AI from experimentation to strategic priority while balancing trust, adoption, and risk in enterprise environments. She also shares a practical playbook for evaluating assistive vs. agentic workflows and explains how conversation intelligence is reshaping customer experience across industries, including healthcare. Lees meer
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Former Amazon & PayPal Leader on the Biggest Mistakes in AI Product Building
8 april 2026 · 1 uur 7 min
How can product leaders cut through AI hype to build products that actually deliver value? In this podcast hosted by Boston New Technology CPO Shweta Agrawal, Former Amazon, PayPal & Target Product Leader West Stringfellow will be speaking on how to apply AI with a product-first mindset. Drawing from decades of experience scaling global platforms, he shares how to balance innovation with discipline, avoid overestimating AI capabilities, and focus on what truly drives customer impact and business growth. Lees meer
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Unit21 Sr Product Lead on Building AI Products Customers Actually Trust
6 april 2026 · 30 min
What does it take to build AI-powered products that customers actually trust? In this podcast hosted by EY Chief Platform Officer Justin Leibow, Unit21 Sr Product Leader Dhiraj Bhat will be speaking on how product leaders can design systems that leverage AI effectively. Drawing from his experience building fraud prevention products, Dhiraj explores the shift from feature-driven PM to systems thinking, and why implementation and trust will define the winners in AI. Lees meer
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The 4-Step AI Prompt Framework Every Product Manager Should Know
3 april 2026 · 42 min
What does it mean to prompt AI the product manager way? In this podcast hosted by Hoda Mehr, Co-founder and CEO of Up My Mojo and a Board Member at Products That Count, Ridge Ventures Venture Partner Akriti Dokania will be speaking on how product leaders can approach AI prompting with a product mindset. Akriti brings a rare perspective, having worked as an engineer and product manager at Amazon and Microsoft and now serving as a venture partner and board member to several successful B2B startups. Lees meer
The conversation was sparked by an article Akriti recently published on how to prompt AI models the product manager way, an idea that reframes the current AI conversation. While much of the industry focuses on what AI models can do, Akriti argues that the real variable is the person using them: how the problem is framed, how the conversation is structured, and whether the user knows what kind of help they are actually looking for.
Together, they go deep on practical frameworks product builders can use immediately, the mindset shifts that separate those who get real value from AI from those who stay in the shallow end, and what Akriti's experience across engineering, product management, and venture investing reveals about the difference between product builders who are truly AI-native and those who are simply using AI.
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Tavant Associate Director of Product on Transitioning from Product to Platform-Centric Strategies and Leveraging AI for Enhanced User Experience and Trust
1 april 2026 · 31 min
How can product leaders navigate the shift from product-centric to platform-centric strategies in financial services? In this podcast hosted by EY Chief Platform Officer within the Financial Services Organization Justin Leibow, Tavant Associate Director of Product Management Sandeep Shivam discusses the evolution of lending experiences through a platform approach. They explore the role of user research in product development, the impact of AI on customer expectations, and the importance of building trust in AI systems. Sandeep shares insights on optimizing operational efficiency, the challenges of regulatory compliance, and the significance of creating real value for users. This episode offers practical guidance for product leaders aiming to enhance user experience and leverage AI effectively in their strategies Lees meer
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AI Is Turning Product Managers Into Builders Again: Laurel CPO
30 maart 2026 · 46 min
How can AI eliminate one of the most frustrating parts of knowledge work: tracking and reporting time? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP Product & Engineering Nacho Andrade, Laurel Chief Product Officer Jiaona Zhang discusses how AI can automatically capture and classify how professionals spend their time, turning everyday activity into structured insights. The conversation explores how AI agents can automate tedious workflows like timesheets while helping product teams move faster, stay grounded in user problems, and rethink leadership in an AI-native organization. Lees meer
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Giggso Co-Founder on Responsible AI Governance at Scale
27 maart 2026 · 42 min
How can enterprises harness powerful AI responsibly? In this podcast hosted by Mphasis VP of Products Chenny Solaiyappan, Giggso Co-Founder Ravi Venugopal speaks about operationalizing AI safely and responsibly in regulated industries. He shares how governance, security, and observability form the guardrails for enterprise AI, why "AI must be farmed, not left to run wild," and how leaders can balance experimentation, innovation, and compliance while upskilling their workforce in an AI‑native world. Lees meer
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Microsoft Product Lead on Building AI-Powered Customer Service That Actually Works
25 maart 2026 · 36 min
What does it take to build AI for customer service that improves real customer outcomes instead of just sounding intelligent? In this podcast hosted by Boston New Technology CPO Shweta Agrawal, Microsoft Product Lead Madhuri Somara shares how her team is building AI-powered case management solutions that automate routine work while keeping humans in the loop for judgment and empathy. She discusses designing AI systems that increase resolution speed, surface transparency in decision-making, and elevate the overall customer experience in complex service environments. Lees meer
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Automating Every PM Tasks: What We Learned (Descript CEO Laura Burkhauser)
23 maart 2026 · 43 min
Can product management be fully automated with AI, and what happens if you try? In this podcast hosted by Hoda Mehr, Co-founder and CEO of Up My Mojo and a Board Member at Products That Count, Descript CEO Laura Burkhauser shares how her team experimented with automating nearly 100% of the product management workflow using AI. She discusses the surprising results of that experiment, how AI is changing the role of product managers, and why the future of product work may look very different from the processes teams rely on today. Lees meer
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PolyGone Systems CEO & Co-Founder on Removing Microplastics and Improving Planetary Health with Design Thinking
18 maart 2026 · 43 min
Can design thinking and partnerships accelerate climate solutions at the pace the world now demands? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, host Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing PolyGone Systems CEO & Co-Founder Nathaniel Banks to discuss the use of design thinking and partnerships to remove and recover microplastics across bodies of water, the balance of product iteration and customer testing, and and importance of education of a problem and relevant solutions to facilitate adoption Lees meer
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AI Isn't Breaking Work, We Are
16 maart 2026 · 38 min
AI isn't breaking work, we are. So what actually needs to change? In this episode of the Product Talk podcast, host Denise Hemke sits down with product leader Sriram Iyer to explore why today's workplace crisis has less to do with AI and more to do with culture, trust, and leadership clarity. Drawing on decades of experience across platforms, AI products, and scaling organizations, Sriram unpacks how product roles are collapsing, why durable careers now require lifelong learning and generalist skills, and how a growing trust deficit is undermining teams. From the "70/70/70" career framework to practical ways leaders can rebuild trust and clarity, this episode is a must-listen for product managers and leaders navigating change without losing their humanity. Lees meer
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Walmart Principal Product Lead on AI, Innovation & Outcome-Driven Strategy
9 maart 2026 · 34 min
What does it really take to shift from shipping features to driving measurable outcomes at global scale? In this podcast hosted by EY Platform Operations Lead Justin Leibow, Walmart Principal Product Manager Parul Jain shares how she approaches product strategy, innovation pipelines, and AI-enabled product operations. She unpacks how outcome-based planning reshapes team behavior, how to structure innovation as a repeatable system rather than a one-off event, and where generative AI can meaningfully elevate product decision-making without replacing human judgment. Lees meer
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How to Avoid Being Another Failed AI Project: AI Architect & Strategy Lead
23 februari 2026 · 56 min
Why do 85% of AI projects fail, and how can product leaders beat the odds? In this episode of the Product Talk podcast, host Denise Hemke sits down with Greg Nudelman, product and UX leader and creator of the Snowball Sprint, to unpack why AI initiatives break down and what it really takes to build AI products that succeed. Drawing on real-world examples from cybersecurity, enterprise AI, and IoT, Greg shares practical frameworks for framing the right use cases, thin-slicing real data, escaping POC purgatory, and redefining success beyond accuracy. A must-listen for product managers and leaders navigating AI-driven product strategy. Lees meer
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Terrament Co-Founder on Leveraging Existing Technologies to Scale Long Term Energy Storage
18 februari 2026 · 41 min
How can product leaders turn today's climate urgency into scalable hardware and software solutions that attract capital, unlock long-term energy storage, and build the diverse teams needed to make it all work? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, host Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing Terrament Co-Founder & COO Eric Chaves to discuss leveraging existing technologies to generate sustainable energy and enable a long-term storage solution, as well as the importance of diverse experiences to identify a co-founder and future hires. Lees meer
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Decision Alpha CEO on Behavioral Economics and the Future of Pricing in the AI Era
16 februari 2026 · 31 min
How should product leaders rethink pricing in an AI-driven world where value, speed, and automation are constantly shifting? In this podcast hosted by EY Platform Operations Lead Justin Leibow, Decisionalpha CEO Etinosa Agbonlahor speaks on behavioral economics and the evolving psychology of pricing. She explores how companies can move beyond cost-plus models, design pricing as a strategic feature, and adapt monetization strategies as AI reshapes outcomes, efficiency, and customer expectations. Lees meer
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Apollo.io CPO on Why What Got You to $40M Won't Get You to $200M
30 januari 2026 · 1 uur
What really breaks when a company scales and why do proven playbooks suddenly stop working? In this podcast hosted by Boston New Technology CPO Shweta Agrawal, Apollo.io CPO Bela Stepanova speaks on what it takes to scale from $40M to $200M ARR and beyond. Drawing from her experience scaling multiple high-growth companies, Bella unpacks the mindset shifts, product strategy changes, and organizational decisions required to navigate hypergrowth without losing focus, quality, or customer trust. Lees meer
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Inside An AI Acquisition: How Yana Welinder Built & Sold Kraftful To Amplitude
26 januari 2026 · 53 min
How do you build an AI product that delivers real value long before AI becomes a buzzword? In this podcast hosted by Products That Count CEO Hoda Mehr, Amplitude Head of AI and former Kraftful Founder Yana Welinder speaks on building AI-native products, staying relentlessly focused on real customer problems, and navigating the journey from startup to acquisition. Drawing from her experience taking Kraftful from early experimentation with large language models to being acquired by Amplitude, Yana shares practical lessons on product focus, founder-led growth, and what it truly takes to scale AI inside a large organization. Lees meer
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Meta Product Leader on Driving Clarity in Complex Product Organizations
19 januari 2026 · 36 min
What if the most important part of product management has nothing to do with roadmaps, features, or technology? In this podcast hosted by Rachel Owens, Meta Product Leader Rick Sanchez speaks on why clarity is the most critical responsibility of a product manager. Drawing from a career spanning media, gaming, consulting, and AI-driven products, the conversation explores how great product leaders create alignment, unlock creative execution, and navigate complex problem spaces without relying on rigid frameworks. Lees meer
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American Express VP of Product on Building a Scalable B2C Growth Engine
14 januari 2026 · 44 min
How do you move from shipping features to building a product vision that actually drives growth? In this podcast hosted by Huntress Director of Product Nisarg Desai, American Express Vice President of Product Management Jose Quesada shares how he approaches product vision and strategy for one of the world's most scaled B2C platforms. Jose breaks down the difference between vision and strategy, how to ground ambitious north stars in execution, and what it takes to turn product thinking into a durable growth engine. Lees meer
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Datycs CEO on Transforming Unstructured Clinical Data into Real-Time Healthcare Intelligence
12 januari 2026 · 48 min
How do you turn messy, unstructured healthcare data into real-time intelligence that actually improves care? In this podcast hosted by Mphasis Vice President of Products Chenny Solaiyappan, Datycs CEO Dr. Srini Rao shares how his career spanning AI at IBM, global telecom infrastructure, and healthcare data engineering led him to tackle one of healthcare's hardest problems: making unstructured clinical data usable at scale. The conversation explores interoperability, NLP versus GenAI in regulated environments, and why real progress in value-based care depends on transforming clinical notes into actionable, standards-based data. Lees meer
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Calectra CEO & Co-Founder on Decarbonizing Manufacturing with Thermal Battery and Sustainable Heat
9 januari 2026 · 42 min
How do you decarbonize the world's most emissions-intensive industries at the speed climate science demands? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, host Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing Calectra CEO & Co-Founder Pauliina Meskanen to discuss decarbonizing heavy industries' manufacturing processes with thermal batteries to store high temperature heat, the role of customer discovery to building and scaling a product, and the importance of choosing the right partners and building relationships with trust and value creation. Lees meer
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Cognizant Senior Director on Building Responsible AI Gateways for Healthcare at Scale
7 januari 2026 · 38 min
How do you scale generative AI in healthcare without sacrificing trust, transparency, or governance? In this podcast hosted by Mphasis Vice President of Products Chenny Solaiyappan, Cognizant Senior Director Elliot Papadakis shares how Cognizant is building and operationalizing an AI gateway that sits at the center of its responsible AI strategy. Elliot discusses embedding generative AI into payer workflows, designing human-in-the-loop guardrails, and using AI orchestration to unlock productivity gains across complex healthcare systems while keeping accountability and patient impact front and center. Lees meer
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The 3-Part Framework That Made Grammarly a Great Product | Grammarly & Superhuman CPO
5 januari 2026 · 57 min
What does it take to create an AI product that becomes part of someone's workflow for good? In this podcast hosted by Products That Count CEO Hoda Mehr, Grammarly/Superhuman Chief Product Officer Noam Lovinsky breaks down the company's bold shift from a writing assistant to a multi-product ecosystem spanning agents, email, documents, and more. He shares the product frameworks, organizational structures, and leadership philosophies behind this transformation, offering a candid look at what it means to build deeply retentive AI products at scale. Lees meer
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Walmart Fmr CPO on Transforming Retail with AI
2 januari 2026 · 39 min
How do product leaders think big enough to compete in an AI-native world? In this podcast hosted by Sid Shaik, Walmart U.S. former Chief Product Officer John Alferness joins us again and speaks on scaling AI at retail and enterprise scale. He breaks down how CPOs can separate core AI capabilities from applications, choose the right moonshots, and use AI to unlock personalization, efficiency, and growth in low-margin businesses. Lees meer
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Walmart Fmr CPO on Thinking Big in the AI Era
30 december 2025 · 50 min
What does it take to think bigger when your products already operate at massive scale? In this podcast hosted by Sid Shaik, Walmart U.S. former Chief Product Officer John Alferness breaks down how product leaders can push beyond incremental gains to unlock true step-change growth. He explores the mental models behind moonshots, the discipline required to manage risk at scale, and why AI is accelerating the pace of change for every product organization. Lees meer
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Nutanix VP & GM on Building Differentiated Infrastructure Products
29 december 2025 · 38 min
What does it take to build products that stand out in one of the most technical spaces in the industry? In this podcast hosted by Cassio Sampaio, Nutanix Vice President & General Manager Dan Ciruli speaks on how product leaders can guide customers through complex infrastructure decisions and stand out in ecosystems dominated by hyperscalers. He explores the realities of legacy systems, the skills PMs need to thrive in deeply technical environments, and the opportunities emerging across the evolving infrastructure stack. Lees meer
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Walmart Sr Product Lead on Transforming Enterprise Portfolio Systems
22 december 2025 · 35 min
What happens when a fragmented internal tool becomes the strategic backbone of a multibillion-dollar enterprise? In this podcast hosted by EY Platform Operations Lead Justin Leibow, Walmart Sr Product Lead Sangita Raj shares how she rebuilt an overlooked portfolio system into a high-impact engine for clarity, alignment, and productivity. She traces her journey across T-Mobile, Microsoft, Amazon, and Walmart, and reflects on the product thinking, leadership lessons, and human-centered mindset that shaped her approach to scale and transformation. Lees meer
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Google Product Lead on Building AI Products That Actually Work
19 december 2025 · 39 min
How do you build an AI product that's powerful, reliable, and grounded in real user needs? In this podcast hosted by Qventus Product Director Mark Bailes, Google Product Lead Alankar Agnihotri discusses what it really takes to build impactful AI and LLM-driven products. He shares the hidden complexities behind model behavior, the shift from deterministic to probabilistic design, and what product managers must do to deliver AI experiences that scale. You'll hear firsthand insights from someone shaping Gemini in Android Automotive and building the future of in-car intelligence. Lees meer
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Pendo CPO on What the Best CPOs Get Right When Scaling Enterprise Software
17 december 2025 · 51 min
What separates the CPOs who scale with confidence from those who get stuck? In this podcast hosted by Sid Shaik, Pendo Chief Product Officer Trisha Price breaks down how top product leaders think, operate, and make decisions that move entire organizations forward. She shares hard-earned lessons from scaling complex enterprise software, leading both vertical and horizontal product portfolios, and shaping product strategy in a fast-moving AI era. Lees meer
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Retool Head of Technical Customer Experience on Enabling Highly Complex Products and Driving Adoption and Expansion.
15 december 2025 · 33 min
What challenge separates teams that ship real customer impact from those that just ship features? In this podcast hosted by Cassio Sampaio, Retool Head of Technical Customer Experience Chris Harry explores how customer-facing teams and product teams can partner to drive meaningful adoption, credibility, and long-term trust. He shares practical insights from two decades of working with deeply technical products and demanding enterprise environments, offering a grounded perspective on what it takes to translate product vision into real-world value. Lees meer
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Outshift by Cisco CPO & VP of Product on Building Breakthroughs Inside a $60B Enterprise
12 december 2025 · 47 min
What does it take to build something genuinely new inside a $60B Enterprise? In this podcast hosted by Sid Shaik, Outshift by Cisco VP & CPO Papi Menon breaks down how product leaders can drive meaningful innovation inside massive enterprises, and why the future depends on incubating bold bets like agentic AI and quantum networking. He shares how to identify ideas worth pursuing, how to navigate internal pressure from sales and the board, and how to create strategic optionality that reshapes a company's trajectory. This is essential listening for product leaders looking to understand what high-stakes innovation actually demands. Lees meer
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Propel VP of Product Marketing on Building Products for High-Stakes Industries
10 december 2025 · 43 min
What happens when product teams operate in markets where failure isn't an option? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP of Product Nacho Andrade, Propel VP of Product Marketing Tom Shoemaker explores how teams build high-quality physical products in complex, high-stakes environments. He digs into the realities of PLM, quality management, commercialization, and the rising role of AI across hardware and medtech. The conversation offers a grounded look at collaboration, learning, and delivering reliable products when the margin for error is razor thin. Lees meer
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How to Build an AI Startup on Easy Mode (Moonshot AI's CEO Reveals How)
9 december 2025 · 33 min
What if a single platform could turn any online store into a self-optimizing growth engine? In this podcast hosted by Products That Count CEO Hoda Mehr, Moonshot AI Co-Founder and CEO Aviv Frenkel will be speaking on how AI-driven experimentation is transforming conversion optimization for ecommerce brands. Drawing from his founder journey, he explores what it takes to automate CRO, build user trust in AI-generated decisions, and scale a product that continuously learns. He also shares the broader vision for applying autonomous optimization across all digital experiences and the mindset required to build in today's AI-driven market. Lees meer
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GoodRx Fmr VP of Product on Leading and Thriving as a Product Leader in the Age of AI
8 december 2025 · 44 min
What does it take to lead and excel as a product leader in the age of AI? In this podcast hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, GoodRx former VP of Product Sandy Huang speaks on people sense, discovery, execution, and the judgment required to build great products in an AI-accelerated world. She shares insights from two decades across Amazon, GoodRx, Flipboard, Minted, and Shutterfly, offering a grounded look at how product leaders can stay sharp, adaptable, and customer-obsessed as the pace of building accelerates. Lees meer