Best John Cutler Podcasts (2024)

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71: John Cutler - How to structure a product organization 1:18:08

2h ago1:18:08

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John Cutler on the challenges of scaling and operating a collaborative product organization. We discuss different mental models for how different functions work together as teams and why it’s important to clarify and document the operating model, especially during times of growth, turnover, or changing strategies. John talks about the concept of sc…

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E69: How Product Thinking Can Help Your Game with John Cutler 43:23

7d ago43:23

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Welcome to another episode of Building Better Games! Today, we are thrilled to have John Cutler, a capable and experienced product leader with a background in tech (with some game development and music thrown in). John will share his insights on fostering a healthy product culture, maintaining vision, and avoiding common pitfalls in the industry. K…

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72: Rand Fishkin - Why paid advertising sucks in 2024 47:17

1h ago47:17

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If you spend money on paid ads, chances are that you’re being taken advantage of. The biggest providers do it to you because they can and they optimize their systems more and more towards it. Rand Fishkin and me discuss the challenges and limitations of paid advertising, the role of AI in marketing, the importance of organic initiatives and why you…

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Rina Alexin's Hot Take - Our Stakeholders Are Just Doing Their Jobs & Product Managers Need To Understand Them Better (with Rina Alexin, CEO @ Productside) 24:31

2h ago24:31

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Rina Alexin is the CEO of Productside, a leading product training and consulting company (formerly known as The 280 Group). Rina is passionate about furthering the craft of product management around the world. Her hot take? Product managers complain about stakeholders, but they're just doing their jobs and we need to spend some of our energy on und…

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Challenges to the EU EV Tariffs, Prospects for Congressional Trade Action, and Diversification from China 28:17

2h ago28:17

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On this week's episode of the Trade Guys, we check in on the EU’s electric vehicle tariffs after a Chinese WTO challenge, opine on whether congressional action on trade should be expected before the new administration, and explore a recent study on U.S. diversification away from China by the Rhodium Group.…

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#204 Founder and Former CEO Blue Bottle, James Freeman: After the Exit 1:07:13

14m ago1:07:13

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Guest: James Freeman, Founder and Former CEO of Blue Bottle Coffee In the six or so years since he sold his last shares of Blue Bottle Coffee to Nestlé, James Freeman has had a lot of time to ruminate — about how he succeeded in creating a unique café experience, and also the ways he failed his workers as a manager. But he’s already thinking about …

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Music In My Soul. Chapter Seventeen. Georgie Fame, The High Numbers, Count Suckle. 9:24

4h ago9:24

9:24

Flamingo Club, Soho, London. All NIghters. Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames The High Numbers, before thery became The Who. Long John Baldry gets his head shaved in a drinking contest.By Graham Wood

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#0108 - Wiring the Winning Organisation with Gene Kim 45:24

2h ago45:24

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Gene Kim, leader of the Enterprise Technology Leadership Conference and author of the Phoenix and Unicorn Projects. Gene describes how DevOps research shows that excellent socio-technical leadership is critical to team success and failure. He explains how technical leaders can dramatically inc…

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U.S. Presidential Candidates and Trade, ACCTS, and the Commerce Department’s Vietnam NME Ruling 24:27

16h ago24:27

24:27

In this episode of The Trade Guys, we talk about the presidential candidates views on trade policy, a recent climate deal that could impact trade policy, and Vietnam’s new NME status by the Department of Commerce.By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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#203 CEO Niantic, John Hanke: Buried Ships 1:09:17

1d ago1:09:17

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Guest: John Hanke, CEO of Niantic When Pokémon Go launched, Niantic CEO John Hanke was enjoying a tranquil walk through a bamboo forest near Kyoto with his son. When he got back, it was all hands on deck: Building on a platform Niantic had developed for its previous game, Ingress, Pokémon Go was a runaway success story, earning $100 million dollars…

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70: Pedro Goés - Building for enterprise customers in an oversaturated market 42:37

2d ago42:37

42:37

Summary Pedro Góes, the founder and CEO of InEvent, discusses with me the challenges and strategies of selling to enterprise clients in the event tech industry. Why in-person interactions and relationship-building can’t be beat by pure self-serve. The value of certifications and how they contribute to higher retention rates. He shares insights on t…

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Music In My Soul. Chapter Sixteen. The Ivy League, Acker Bilk's Bilk Marketing Board, Art Garfunkel Drops By. 10:25

3d ago10:25

10:25

Ivy League recording with Terry Kennedy. Booking major R& B acts at the 100 Club, Oxford St, London. Joining Acker Bilk's Bilk Marketing Board. Art Garfunkel visits. David Bilk's Capricorn Club.By Graham Wood.Enter

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Andy Walters' Hot Take - We’re Soon Going to be Living in an AI-Assistant-First World (with Andy Walters, CEO @ Emerge Haus & Generative AI Expert) 15:56

7d ago15:56

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Andy Walters is a long-time consultant who has recently focused his consulting work on supporting companies with GenAI adoption with his new firm, Emerge Haus. His hot take? Within the next few years, we're going to be moving to an AI-assistant-first operating model, and we can't stop it. There are too many financial incentives, but it might actual…

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AGOA Forum, APEP Ministerial, and E-Commerce JSI 27:54

12d ago27:54

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On this week's episode of the Trade Guys, we dissect the recent African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum, the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP) trade ministerial in Quito, and the WTO Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on Electronic Commerce.By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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#202 Chairman of Qualcomm, Mark McLaughlin: The Right Pitch 1:13:24

8d ago1:13:24

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Guest: Mark McLaughlin, chairman of the board at Qualcomm When he was 24, Mark McLaughlin thought his career was over. Since childhood, he had dreamed of attending West Point and joining the Army, but a helicopter crash left him unable to serve, with a medical discharge. However, the crash also let him stay closer to his then-girlfriend Karen. They…

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69: Janna Bastow - The challenges and opportunities AI brings to Product Management. 51:18

9d ago51:18

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What is the role of product managers in the age of AI and the potential impact of AI on roadmapping and expectation management? Janna Bastow, CEO & Co-Founder ProdPad / Co-Founder of Mind the Product, shares her perspective on how AI is just another tool that can help product managers synthesize feedback and speed up certain aspects of their job. W…

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Music In My Soul. Chapter Fifteen. "Winchester Cathedral" and "Somewhere They Can't Find Me stories. 8:59

20d ago8:59

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Recording Paul Simon's rocked up version of Wednesday Morning 3am with UK duo Justin & Karlsson. Putting together a real group to make TV and live shows as The New Vaudeville Band.By Graham Wood.

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Bjarte Rettedal's Hot Take - AI Models Should Be Under Public Ownership or Completely Transparent (with Bjarte Rettedal, UX Designer) 16:30

11d ago16:30

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Bjarte Rettedal is a photographer-turned looking to take his interest in behavioural economics and systems thinking and pursue a career in UX design. His hot take? AI models should be under public ownership or at the very least fully transparent. We don't let people release supplements or medicines without extensive testing, so why are we OK with s…

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#0107 - The Buurtzorg Model with Arnold Stroobach 46:09

14d ago46:09

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Arnold Stroobach about the Buurtzorg organization, which decentralized its management and administration to small cross-functional self-managed teams that deliver in-home medical care. Buurtzorg is the Netherlands largest provider of home care with 16,000 clinical staff in more than 1500 local…

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Defending the Dollar with Mark Sobel 29:28

13d ago29:28

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On this week's episode of the Trade Guys, we are joined by Mark Sobel, a longtime veteran of the U.S. Treasury Department and expert on monetary policy. We discuss the global dominance of the U.S. dollar and potential challenges to its status. To learn more, check out the new video series on Defending the Dollar produced by CSIS.…

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E68: How to Create an Effective Game Vision with Graham McAllister 42:51

23d ago42:51

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Graham McAllister Returns! We dive deeper into the challenges of vision alignment in game development, helping you improve vision at your studio. Discover practical advice for game dev leaders, the impact of misaligned visions, and strategies to foster better communication and unity within teams. Whether you're a developer or a publisher, this epis…

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#201 CEO Lyft, David Risher: The Ride 1:16:25

15d ago1:16:25

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Guest: David Risher, CEO of Lyft David Risher can measure his career in phone calls, from the one that introduced him to Jeff Bezos in 1995, to the call from the Lyft board in 2023, asking him to vie for the CEO job. But initially, he believed his life’s legacy might be the nonprofit Worldreader, which has brought books to more than 22 million read…

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Greg Prickril's Hot Take - AI is going to change everything for Product Managers (with Greg Prickril, B2B Product Management Coach, Consultant & Trainer) 16:48

16d ago16:48

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Greg Prickril is a B2B Product Management coach, consultant and trainer who has gone all-in on AI and is bullish about the impact that he thinks it'll have on product management. His hot take? AI is going to change everything about product management. It's going to mean fewer jobs are required to deliver products, but it also opens up opportunities…

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68: Vijay Iyengar: Unbundling PLG and why BI tools are not good for analysis 53:26

16d ago53:26

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When is PLG just a fad? Vijay Iyengar, Senior Director of Product at Mixpanel discusses with me about the misconceptions around PLG and the role of analytics in driving business growth and why first principles is in our field the only thing we have. Do PM’s really need to have a basic understanding of data and how it is stored and analyzed with LLM…

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Music In My Soul. Chapter Fourteen. Al Stewart, Adge Cutler, Dave Van Rink. 7:11

20d ago7:11

7:11

Sumon & Garfunkel leave for USA. Recording early Al Stewart. Adge Cutler songs. Dave Van Ronk at The Gatehouse, Hoghgate Hill, London.By Graham Wood.r

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Live at US-PECC with Wendy Cutler 34:30

24d ago34:30

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On this week's special episode of the Trade Guys, the Asia Society Policy Institute's Wendy Cutler joins to discuss post-election trade policy, IPEF, and USMCA review in front of a live audience at the U.S. Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (US-PECC) Policy Forum. This event was recorded on July 17th.…

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#200 CEO and Co-Founder Together AI, Vipul Ved Prakash w/ Bucky Moore: Super Cycle 55:29

22d ago55:29

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Guests: Vipul Ved Prakash, CEO and co-founder of Together AI; and Bucky Moore, partner at Kleiner Perkins No one knows for sure whether the future of AI will be driven more by research labs and AI-native companies, or by enterprises applying the technology to their own data sets. But one thing is for sure, says Together AI CEO and co-founder Vipul …

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67: Laura Schaffer: Layering self-serve into a Sales-led gig at Amplitude 58:40

23d ago58:40

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Laura Schaffer, VP Product Growth @ Amplitude shares her experience of launching a self-serve paid plan and a free plan at Amplitude, a sales-led organization. We discuss the changing landscape of selling, the power of self-serve product experiences, and the expectations of users. The conversation also delves into the tensions between sales and sel…

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May Wong's Hot Take - Product Management is a Team Sport (with May Wong, Product Operations Consultant & Coach) 16:50

24d ago16:50

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May Wong is a product operations consultant and coach who also runs ProductTO, an in-person product management meetup in Toronto. Her hot take? Product management is a team sport, and too much product management literature focuses on what the product manager should do, not what the team should do. If you'd like to appear on Hot Takes, please grab a…

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#0106 - Transforming to the Product Model with Chris Jones 41:34

1M ago41:34

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Chris Jones from the Silicon Valley Product Group about the product operating model, emphasising the importance of cross-functional agile product teams. He shares insights on transitioning to a product model. The value of rapid experimentation, product leadership and common pitfalls. And he di…

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Music In My Soul, Chapter thirteen. 9:05

1M ago9:05

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The Paul Simon Songbook Story. I Am A Rock recording. Art Garfunkel arrives in the UK.By Graham Wood

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E67: The #1 Reason Game Dev Fails with Graham McAllister 42:11

28d ago42:11

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In this episode, Ben Carcich and Dr. Graham McAllister explore the concept of vision in game development, highlighting the common challenges and misalignments that teams face. They discuss the importance of a unified vision, how it impacts the final product, and the friction that arises when vision is unclear or miscommunicated. Join us as we delve…

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The Canadian Digital Service Tax, DMA Actions Against Apple and Meta, and Speaker Johnson's Trade Agenda 31:48

1M ago31:48

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On this week's episode of the Trade Guys, we dive into the implications of the new digital service tax in Canada, unpack the latest news on EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) enforcement, and examine Speaker Mike Johnson's recent remarks on trade.By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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#199 CEO & Co-Founder Klaviyo, Andrew Bialecki: High Slope 1:00:23

29d ago1:00:23

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Guest: Andrew Bialecki, CEO of Klaviyo Whenever the marketing platform Klaviyo is hiring, says CEO Andrew Bialecki, “we sort of don't care so much what skills you have.” Instead, the company looks for “high slope” individuals who are curious and able to continually learn new things. “A big turnoff for me is [when] somebody says, ‘Oh, well, I was ne…

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66: Henrique Cruz - AHA! How to define and reach User activation 47:09

1M ago47:09

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Summary Activation and aha moments in product growth with Henrique Cruz, Head of Growth at Rows.com. How to find the right activation metric that predicts retention and how to iterate on the onboarding flow to improve activation. Examples of activation metrics and the challenges of tracking and improving activation. The importance of branding, the …

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Untrapping Product Teams and Getting Rid of Bullsh*t Management (with David Pereira, Author "Untrapping Product Teams") 44:17

1M ago44:17

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David Pereira is a product leader, speaker and regular blogger who loves to contribute to the wider Agile and Product communities with insights from his own career, including some of the mistakes he's made and not just the successes. David was recently tempted into writing a book, the newly released "Untrapping Product Teams" where he provocatively…

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#198 CEO and Co-Founder Wayfair, Niraj Shah: Homeward 54:42

2M ago54:42

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Guest: Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder of Wayfair Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah caught the entrepreneurship bug in his mid-20s, when he and his longtime co-founder Steve Conine sold their first company just a few years out of college. They left the acquirer and independently realized “we absolutely wanted to start something else,” Niraj recalls. “Once you’…

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65: Guillaume "G" Cabane - The Future of Marketing in an AI-Dominated Landscape 57:48

2M ago57:48

57:48

Summary Guillaume Cabane and I discuss the future of marketing and the role of humans in a landscape dominated by AI and automation. We’re talking about what does drive marketing and sales teams, and how their future will look like. The conversation touches on topics such as product-led growth, market penetration, and the role of content marketing …

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E66: How to Optimize Game Development with Patric Palm, Founder of Favro 36:10

1M ago36:10

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Welcome to another episode of "Building Better Games." In this episode, Ben sits down with Patric Palm, CEO and founder of Favro, to delve into the intricacies of game development and how modern tools and practices can revolutionize the process. Patric shares his vast experience and provides insights on improving game production, enhancing collabor…

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The View from the Hill with Rep. Suzan DelBene 24:13

1M ago24:13

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On this week's episode of the Trade Guys, we are excited to host Representative Suzan DelBene from Washington's 1st District to get a congressional perspective on a prospective U.S. CBAM, the Taiwan trade deal, the administration's trade agenda, and more.By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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The Paul Simon Songbook. Homeward Bound Story. Art Garfunkel arrives in UK. 7:40

1M ago7:40

7:40

With the release by CBS REcords, UK of the extended player version of WEdnesday Morning 3am I finally had some decent promotional material that I could use to advance Paul's career and eventually Simon & Garfunkel to another level. Shortly after Paul's return to the UK. in January 1965 he had recorded some his his original material for the BBC whic…

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#197 CEO, Chairman & Founder Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry: No Attachment 43:17

1M ago43:17

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Guest: Jay Chaudhry, CEO, chairman, and founder of Zscaler Much of the media coverage of Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry is quick to identify him as the wealthiest Indian-American person, with a net worth of $10.8 billion. But to hear Jay himself tell it, that number has never been very important to him: “My family had no money,” he says of his childhood …

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64: Kristen Berman - Behavioral science and product growth 54:37

1M ago54:37

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Summary Kristen Berman, the Co-Founder of Irrational Labs discusses with me the psychology behind decision-making, the importance of understanding human behavior in product design, and the limitations of traditional research methods. We are exploring the challenges of balancing friction and value in user experiences, the role of context in shaping …

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