250 — Documentary Special: What can L&D learn from product management?

The Mind Tools L&D Podcast

We're trying something new! For five years, The Mind Tools L&D Podcast (formerly The Good Practice Podcast) has enjoyed a conversational format. Today, for this anniversary special, we thought we'd try emulating the documentary-style podcasts we love: This American Life, Freakonomics and Radiolab.

So this week we're asking: What can L&D learn from product management?

We're speaking to independent consultants Myles Runham and Sukh Pabial, as well as Venndorly founder Danny Seals and Legal & General's Gemma Paterson.

We discuss:

• what product management is
• what L&D can learn from product management
• what 'the product' is in L&D - is it L&D itself?

Show notes

Myles has written extensively on product management on his blog, at: mylesrunham.com/tag/product-management/

Sukh also wrote about the role of a product manager in L&D at: pabial.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/the-role-of-a-product-manager-in-ld/

The product that Danny's working on is Venndorly: venndorly.com/

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Connect with our speakers

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, you can chat to us on Twitter using the hashtag #MindToolsPodcast. Or connect with our speakers:

• Ross Dickie - @RossDickieEW
• Ross Garner - @RossGarnerEW
• Owen Ferguson - @OwenFerguson
• Myles Runham - @MylesRun
• Sukh Pabial - @SukhPabial
• Gemma Paterson - @GemStGem
• Danny Seals - @TheDannySeals