Design Your Thinking Podcast: Product Management, User Experience & Design

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I walk you through Google’s HEART Framework to help you measure your product’s user experience. What will you learn about Product Presentation? You will learn to understand the HEART framework and how you can use it to measure your product user experience. Refer to this article by Kerry Rodden: https://library.gv.com/how-to-choose-the-right-ux-metrics-for-your-product-5f46359ab5be Related […] The post DYT 077 : HEART Framework for Measuring User Experience | Karthik appeared first on .

In this episode that I speak with Rich Mironov, Roman PIchler, Steven Haines, Chad McAllister and Cindy Alvarez about the biggest mistakes product managers make. What will you learn – Biggest Mistakes!! You will learn about the biggest mistakes Product Managers make from these 5 successful product management experts. Orchestrate executive management Executive level roadmap clarity Disconnection between […] The post DYT 076 : Biggest Mistakes Product Managers Make appeared first on .

In this episode that I call Success Factors, I speak with David Fradin, a classically trained Product Manager & author, Janna Bastow who is the Co-founder of ProdPad, Lulu Cheng who is a product Manager at Pinterest, Jeff Lash who heads Product at SiriusDecisions and Tristan Kromer who is a Product Manager & Lean Expert. […] The post DYT 075 : 6 Success Lessons for Product Managers | Medley appeared first on .

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I share 6 ways you can organize your presentation content to deliver a well organized presentation that your audience will remember and recollect. What will you learn about Product Presentation? You will learn 6 simple ways of organizing your presentation content such that the audience can understand clearly and also recollect […] The post DYT 074 : 6 Ways to Organize Your Presentation Content | Karthik appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Christina Wodtke, product designer, design thinker, teacher and author about the product mindset and the future of product management and design. Who is Christina Wodtke? Christina has helped grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, the New York Times and numerous startups throughout Silicon Valley. She’s the author of […] The post DYT 073 : Evangelism, Politics & Art of Product Management | Christina Wodtke appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Christina Wodtke, product designer, design thinker, teacher and author about her secrets to success, productivity and creativity. She speaks of productivity hacks, coaching and more. Who is Christina Wodtke? Christina has helped grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, the New York Times and numerous startups throughout Silicon […] The post DYT 072 : Productivity Hacks from a Curious Human | Christina Wodtke appeared first on .

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I share 7 ways you can hold your audience’ attention till the end of your presentation using simple, yet powerful techniques that will make your product presentation stick. What will you learn about Product Presentation? You will learn 7 simple techniques to to hold your audience’ attention till the end and […] The post DYT 071 : 7 Ways to Make Your Product Presentation Stick | Karthik appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Melissa Perri, the CEO of Produx Labs and Product Institute, to talk about success metrics, goals, mistakes Agile / Scrum teams make and the future of products and product management. Who is Melissa Perri? Melissa Perri is the founder and CEO of Produx Labs and Product Institute. […] The post DYT 070 : Success Metrics, Goals & Future of Products | Melissa Perri appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Melissa Perri, the CEO of Produx Labs and Product Institute, to talk about her success and the Product Mindset. She talks about the Experimental Mindset and much more. Who is Melissa Perri? Melissa Perri is the founder and CEO of Produx Labs and Product Institute. Melissa coaches […] The post DYT 069 : The Experimental Mindset & Product Management | Melissa Perri appeared first on .

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I share 6 techniques to supercharge your presentation opening such that you have your audience engaged from the very first word. What will you learn? You will learn 6 simple ways to open a presentation that will get your audience focus their attention on you and also pike their interest […] The post DYT 068 : 6 Ways to Supercharge Your Presentation Opening | Karthik appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Indi Young, a freelance problem space researcher and empathy consultant, to talk about Product Mindset, mental models, undertanding other people and the future of products. She was co-founder of the UX agency Adaptive Path. Who is Indi Young? Indi Young is a freelance problem-space researcher and empathy […] The post DYT 067 : Understanding People using Mental Models | Indi Young appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Indi Young, a freelance problem space researcher and empathy consultant, to talk about Mental Models and her success. She was co-founder of the UX agency Adaptive Path. Who is Indi Young? Indi Young is a freelance problem-space researcher and empathy consultant in the technology world. She helps […] The post DYT 066 : Researching the Problem Space | Indi Young appeared first on .

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I share 5 exercises that will boost your curiosity levels and help you discover ideas and inspirations to make better products. When practiced consciously, these exercises will help you discover new experiences everyday. What will you learn? You will learn 5 simple and easy exercises that will supercharge your user interviews, face-2-face […] The post DYT 065 : 5 Exercises to Boost Your Curiosity | Karthik appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I continue speaking with Donna Lichaw who is a consultant, speaker, writer, and educator. She speaks about the Storytelling Mindset and storytelling as a tool for creating products users love. She is the author of the book The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love. Who is Donna Lichaw? Donna Lichaw brings almost two […] The post DYT 064 : The Storytelling Mindset | Donna Lichaw appeared first on .

In this Focus Forty episode, I speak with Donna Lichaw who is a consultant, speaker, writer, and educator. She speaks about her success and storytelling as a tool for creating products users love. She is the author of the book The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love. Who is Donna Lichaw? Donna Lichaw brings […] The post DYT 063 : Filmmaking to Storymapping Products | Donna Lichaw appeared first on .

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I share a technique that will help you increase your intelligence called Model Thinking from The Einstein Factor, a book by Win Wenger. This routine will help you supercharge your thinking and problem solving skils. What will you learn? You will learn a procedure as described by Win Wenger, to […] The post DYT 062 : Model Thinking Procedure to Boost Your Creativity | Karthik appeared first on .

In this episode I speak with successful product managers and makers including Ash Maurya, author of Running Lean and the man behind Lean Canvas, Arvind Mishra, Head of Product at Dollar Shave Club, Daniel Zacarias, Product Management Consultant & Expert, Joe Cotellese, Head of Product at AWeber, Marc Abraham, Head of Core Product at World […] The post DYT 061 : 6 Successful Product Managers and Makers – Medley appeared first on .

In this Ferris Wheel episode, I speak with Cindy Alvarez who runs the research team at Yammer, a Microsoft company. She talks about Slack, understanding users and suggests an alternative to coming up with ideas – ask customers. Who is Cindy Alvarez? Cindy Alvarez runs the research team for Yammer (a Microsoft company), and helps […] The post DYT 060 : Don’t Ask Customers What They Want | Cindy Alvarez appeared first on .

In this Friday Fifteen episode, I introduce you to a a technique that will help you increase your intelligence called Model Thinking from The Einstein Factor, a book by Win Wenger. I describe a routine that will help you get started with Model Thinking. Introduction to Model Thinking – What do you learn? Introduction to […] The post DYT 059 : Introduction to Model Thinking | Karthik appeared first on .

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with Babu Vittal, Head of Human Resources at ShopClues, about Organizational Design and the learnings from managing digital transformation and working with Indian product startups. Who is Babu Vittal? Babu has about 2 decades of HR professional experience and specializes in start-up industry, organisation design and leadership coaching. […] The post DYT 058 : Organizational Design & Learnings from Indian Startups | Babu Vittal appeared first on .