Best John Cutler Podcasts (2024)

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Music In My Soul. Chapter Nineteen. A Day with Richard Harris and Ann Margaret. 10:23

37m ago10:23

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My fabulous day spent with Actor/Singer Richard Harris and Movie Star Ann-Margaret. Cetainly a day to remember.By Graham Wood.

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#208 CEO & Co-Founder Patreon, Jack Conte: Crowd Surfer 1:09:11

10m ago1:09:11

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Guest: Jack Conte, CEO & co-founder of Patreon For many YouTube video creators, getting millions of views on your videos may seem like the goal. But when Jack Conte and his wife Nataly Dawn became YouTube stars through their band Pomplamoose, they didn’t automatically find gold at the end of the rainbow. “You check your ad revenue and you make 48 b…

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75: Kevan Lee & Shannon Deep - Understanding Brand beyond visuals 52:05

4h ago52:05

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Summary The branding experts Shannon Deep and Kevin Lee dig into exploring the multifaceted nature of brand measurement and strategy. Misconceptions surrounding brands and risks associated with brand decisions, the importance of aligning brand strategy with business goals, and the challenges faced by founder-led brands in maintaining their identity…

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#0110 - The Haier model with William Malek 42:37

5d ago42:37

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with William Malek about the Haier operating model. Haier, a Chinese appliance giant, transitioned from a failing state-owned enterprise to a highly profitable publicly owned organisation with over 5,700 micro enterprises and $50 billion in revenue. We explain how Haier uses an internal marketplace…

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E71: How Baldur’s Gate 3’s Story And Cinematics Were Built with John O’brien and Greg Lidstone 40:53

3d ago40:53

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Welcome to the BBG podcast! Today, we venture into the heart of Larian Studios, the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate 3. John O'Brien and Greg Lidstone unveil the culture and processes behind the game’s cinematic development, offering insights into adapting to an evolving story and nurturing a collaborative environment. K…

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#207 Co-Founder & Chairman Zynga, Mark Pincus: Speed of Play 1:13:49

4d ago1:13:49

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Guest: Mark Pincus, founder & chairman of Zynga, and managing member & co-founder of Reinvent Capital Before Zynga and Facebook made social gaming mainstream, the video game industry was “extreme on this being about art and crafting,” recalls Zynga founder Mark Pincus. He believes his winning instinct was the realization that games were “at least 5…

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74: Ami Vora - Unconventional Lessons in Senior Leadership 52:33

5d ago52:33

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Ami Vora, CPO at Faire, brilliantly lays out a lot of concepts about how she views senior leadership: How to build a strong bench of performers, balancing authenticity and urgency. How do you make yourself care about boring topics and find joy in work? Why feedback loops and building team connections become more important as an organization scales.…

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Music In My Soul. Chapter 18. The Guitar Gods, Clapton, Beck, Frampton and Davy Graham. 7:36

10d ago7:36

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1960's Rise of the Guitar Gods. Clapton, Beck, Frampton, Peter Green etal and The Davy Graham Story.By Graham Wood.

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73: Austin Hay - BS Marketing, Dogfooding and the future of CRMs 1:03:09

10d ago1:03:09

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Cringe Marketing, Dogfooding, and the limitations of Hubspot and Salesforce with Austin Hay, the Co-Founder of Clarify (CRM). I talked with Austin on the rise of superficial marketing tactics and what they do to the importance of building a strong brand. We discuss why Product Managers cannot ignore Marketing anymore and the value of good dogfoodin…

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#206 CEO & Founder Rivian, RJ Scaringe: Electrified 57:01

11d ago57:01

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Guest: RJ Scaringe, CEO and Founder of Rivian “I’m very comfortable with things not being in their end state,” says Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe. The company’s challenging mission — to help make 100% of the world’s cars electric — will take a long time, and a lot of willingness to build the metaphorical plane in midair. As Rivian has grown fr…

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#0109 - High performance organisations with Steve Spear 42:03

20d ago42:03

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Steve Spear, author of a High Velocity Edge, Wiring the Winning Organization and Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System. We discuss how good leaders create a system that makes it easy for people to do quality work when and where it's needed by continually asking, what's the problem a…

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E70: How to Move Faster With Flow in Game Dev with Kevin Scheepers 39:24

17d ago39:24

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Welcome to the BBG podcast, episode 70! In today’s episode, Ben dives deep into the concept of flow with Kevin Scheepers, founder of FlowMade and GameWell. If you’ve ever wondered how to enhance collaboration in your dev teams or struggled with balancing a chaotic calendar, this episode is for you. Kevin shares his passion for creating high-functio…

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#205 CEO Snowflake, Sridhar Ramaswamy: Visibility 1:07:14

23d ago1:07:14

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Guest: Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake “People underestimate what it is to go through a complete reset,” says Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy. And he knows it: After an incredible 15-year run at Google, he started over from zero with an AI search startup, Neeva. And in hindsight, he regrets not trying to port over more of the skills that had ma…

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

19d 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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#204 Founder & Former CEO Blue Bottle, James Freeman: After the Exit 1:07:13

25d 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

26d ago9:24

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

26d 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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#0108 - Wiring the Winning Organisation with Gene Kim 45:24

1M 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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E69: How Product Thinking Can Help Your Game with John Cutler 43:23

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

1M 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

1M ago42:37

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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

1M ago10:25

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

1M 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

1M 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

1M 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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#0107 - The Buurtzorg Model with Arnold Stroobach 46:09

2M 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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E68: How to Create an Effective Game Vision with Graham McAllister 42:51

2M 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

2M 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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68: Vijay Iyengar: Unbundling PLG and why BI tools are not good for analysis 53:26

2M 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

2M ago7:11

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

2M 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

2M 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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#0106 - Transforming to the Product Model with Chris Jones 41:34

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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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#199 CEO & Co-Founder Klaviyo, Andrew Bialecki: High Slope 1:00:23

2M 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

2M 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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#198 CEO & 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

3M ago57:48

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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

3M 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 Paul Simon Songbook. Homeward Bound Story. Art Garfunkel arrives in UK. 7:40

3M ago7:40

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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

3M 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

3M 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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#0105 - Mob Programming and Software Teaming with Woody Zuill 49:39

3M ago49:39

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Woody Zuill about mob programming. Woody explains the concept of mob programming where a cross-functional software development team focuses on completing one feature at a time. Woody describes how mobbing has increased the effectiveness of development teams he's worked with by 10 times while r…

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#196 CEO & Co-Founder Braze, Bill Magnuson: Principles of Change 57:12

3M ago57:12

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Guest: Bill Magnuson, CEO and co-founder of Braze The deployment of smartphones around the world was more impactful than any other technology to date, says Braze CEO Bill Magnuson — and that has big implications for emerging fields like generative AI. “If we get to the point where they [LLMs] really can be useful, human-like companions ... they wil…

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63: Kyle Pursell - Paths into Growth with the Head of Growth Optimization at Shopify 1:10:31

3M ago1:10:31

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Summary Kyle Pursell, the Head of Growth Optimization at Shopify, talks about impactful business strategies for growth. What is the challenge of moving upmarket, and the role of product-led growth in driving this success. And why cross-functional collaboration in growth initiatives is often undervalued. We also talk about the different paths to get…

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E65: How To Do Game Design During Ideation with Greg Street 42:42

3M ago42:42

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In this episode of "Building Better Games," Benjamin Carcich and Greg Street, also known as Ghostcrawler, delve into the intricacies of game design during the ideation phase. Greg shares his extensive experience from his time working on League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Age of Empires, and his current venture at Fantastic Pixel Castle. Key Disc…

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#195 CEO Salesforce AI, Clara Shih: Above the Clouds 45:02

3M ago45:02

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Guest: Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI In 2020, Clara Shih quit Hearsay, the company she founded and ran for 11 years; in hindsight, she says “I probably should have quit a little bit sooner.” But at the time, she cared a lot — too much — about what everyone else thought. “There's a lot of guilt around leaving initially and feeling bad for feeling…

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62: Kieran Flanagan: The state of AI in 2024 in Tech 1:01:46

3M ago1:01:46

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Summary In the second conversation with Kieran Flanagan, SVP Marketing at Hubspot we talk about how we see AI really being used in tech and not just being a flashy thing you use once. From Sales, to Marketing to Product. Where are we today and where is all of this going? The conversation explores the role of AI in strategy, the potential for AI-dri…

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#0104 - The Dojo with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart 49:13

3M ago49:13

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart about Dojo's. Dojo's are a six week immersive learning experience where teams learn and practice new ways of working on real work with skilled coaches. We discuss the structure and implementation of Dojos, chartering, coaching dynamics, and frequent feedback loops. W…

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