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Product Agility

Ben Maynard

282 episodes

4 days ago

Send us a text -Product Agility Podcast — Live from Productized Lisbon We’re recording from the brilliant Productized conference in Lisbon — a must-attend for product leaders, designers and builders. Productized consistently delivers thoughtful programming, real-world case studies and a welcoming community. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon series possible. In this short Talk in Ten episode, we speak w...

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Send us a text -Product Agility Podcast — Live from Productized Lisbon We’re recording from the brilliant Productized conference in Lisbon — a must-attend for product leaders, designers and builders. Productized consistently delivers thoughtful programming, real-world case studies and a welcoming community. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon series possible. In this short Talk in Ten episode, we speak w...

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Product Agility

Preyash Shah: Designing Products for a Few: Navigating Enterprise Constraints & Customisation - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text -Product Agility Podcast — Live from Productized Lisbon We’re recording from the brilliant Productized conference in Lisbon — a must-attend for product leaders, designers and builders. Productized consistently delivers thoughtful programming, real-world case studies and a welcoming community. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon series possible. In this short Talk in Ten episode, we speak w...

4 days ago

10 minutes

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Antonia Landi: Product Ops Masterclass: From Inertia to Impact - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Productized Lisbon is exceptional - and we’re honoured to partner with them for the third year running. Welcome to a special Talk in Ten from the Product Agility Podcast, recorded live at Productized in Lisbon. In this rapid-fire conversation, we sit down with Antonia Landy about her workshop, Delivering Results: a product operations masterclass for leaders designed to help people draft a practical Product Ops strategy. Key topics discussed What a Product Ops strategy looks l...

5 days ago

10 minutes

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Alex Howard: From Founder to Product Leader: The Series A Blueprint & Why Outcomes Matter in the AI Era - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Productized Lisbon is world-class - inspiring sessions, brilliant community and hands-on conversations. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year in a row. Welcome to a special Talk in Ten from the Product Agility Podcast, recorded live in Lisbon at Productized. In this rapid-fire episode, Alex Howard walks us through his Series A Blueprint, the idea of a fractional (and fractionalised) CPO, and why founders need product leadership skills now more than ever...

6 days ago

11 minutes

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Chris Compston: Making the Product Shift: From Project Thinking to Organizational Capabilities - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Product Agility — Live from Productized, Lisbon We're thrilled to record at the excellent Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal - a world-class gathering that consistently brings together the sharpest product minds. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for this series and grateful to our sponsor, Bobcats Coding, for making these Lisbon conversations possible. In this Talk-in-Ten episode, we sit down with Chris Compston to unpack the real work behind shifting from a ...

1 week ago

11 minutes

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Tobias Lichtenstern: Designing AI Service Experiences: Co-creation, Jobs-to-be-Done & Organisational Impact - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Live from Productized Lisbon 2025 - Episode Snapshot Productized in Lisbon is a genuinely exceptional conference for product thinkers - energetic, practical and future-focused. We're honoured to partner with Productized for this live series, bringing short, sharp conversations from the workshop floor. In this 10-minute conversation, we talk with Tobi Lichtenstern (Leeep) and Gábor from Bobcats Coding about designing AI service experiences, why co-creation matters, and how desi...

1 week ago

11 minutes

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Ayushman De Lang-Talwar: Stitching Systems and Sanity: Generative AI in Logistics and Mindful Product Leadership - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Live from Productized, Lisbon — a conference we think is exceptional. Productized brings together the sharpest product thinkers in a city built for ideas, and we're honoured to partner with them again for this live series. In this short Talk in 10 episode, we sit down at Productized to explore how generative AI is changing logistics, what product leaders should automate (and what they should keep), and how mindfulness and Buddhism can shape better product leadership. Key topi...

1 week ago

12 minutes

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Jason Knight: Product Management Isn’t Like the Books — and That’s Okay - Productised 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Live from Productized Lisbon: The Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal is one of the most energising gatherings for product leaders — insightful, practical and human. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for this series and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making our Lisbon episodes possible. Welcome to a concentrated Talking 10 from Lisbon: we sit in the Cloudflare offices with Jason Knight and Barbara (co‑host and CEO of Bobcats) to unpack why product management ra...

1 week ago

10 minutes

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Tamas Kokeny: Designing for Token Economics: Practical AI Cost Strategy and Experimentation - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Product Agility Podcast — Live from Productized, Lisbon We're delighted to be back at the outstanding Productized conference in Lisbon — a world-class event that brings together product leaders, designers and builders to share the latest thinking in product strategy and org design. We're honoured to partner with Productized and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon mini-series possible. This short episode features a rapid-fire conversation about token economics, A...

2 weeks ago

13 minutes

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Bruce McCarthy: Connecting the Dots: Product Leadership & Managing Uncertainty - Productized 2025 TalkInTen

Send us a text Live from Productized Lisbon - a world-class conference for product people. Productized is one of the best product conferences in Europe: thoughtfully run, intensely practical and full of senior product leaders sharing real-world tactics. We're honoured to partner with Productized in Lisbon, it's an exceptional event for learning, connecting and rethinking how product leaders shape outcomes. This short episode features a live conversation about the strategic role of product l...

2 weeks ago

11 minutes

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AI Revolution: The Journey of Bobcats Coding (with Barbara Varga-Baráth & Barbara Fazekas)

Send us a text In this episode, Ben Maynard is joined by Barbara Varga Baráth CEO and Barbara Fazekas Chief Delivery Officer of Bobcats Coding, the AI-first product studio born from a coding bootcamp network and market testing. From Taekwondo mats and finance spreadsheets to context engineering pipelines and lightning-fast MVPs, the Barbaras share how they have navigated the AI wave without the hype goggles. Together, they explore the difference between AI features and AI-enabled delivery, wh...

1 month ago

43 minutes

Product Agility

Agility over Agile (with Jag Johal)

Send us a text In this episode, Ben Maynard is joined by Jag Johal, Director of Agile Transformation at Jaguar Land Rover, for a refreshingly candid conversation on what it really takes to move the needle in a complex, scaled business—and why it’s time to focus on agility, not just Agile. With a background in HR and deep experience navigating change in global environments, Jag brings a grounded, human-centric view to transformation. Together, they explore how humility, curiosity, and systems ...

4 months ago

39 minutes

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The Sriracha Sauce of High-Performance Teams: Adam Josephs on Risk Up Front

Send us a text In this episode, host Ben Maynard is joined by Adam Josephs, the co-author of Risk Up Front, to explore the gritty truth behind high-performance teams and why rigour, not ruthlessness, is the key ingredient in complex, high-stakes environments. If you’ve ever wondered why your team’s best intentions still lead to delays, late changes, or misaligned delivery, this conversation offers a refreshing and practical dive into the principles of execution discipline. Adam shares his “S...

5 months ago

56 minutes

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Stop Trying To Fixing Teams. Start Coaching for Meaning

Send us a text In this solo episode, host Ben Maynard explores a shift in thinking that many coaches and leaders need to make: moving away from trying to fix teams and instead focusing on coaching for meaning. If you're involved in organisational change—whether as a product leader, agile coach, or transformation lead—this episode offers practical insight into why team-level improvements often fall short. Using the story of Jack Phillips, the Titanic's senior radio operator, Ben reflects on wh...

6 months ago

19 minutes

Product Agility

Agile Coaching is Dead!

Send us a text In this no-holds-barred solo episode, host Ben Maynard delivers a searing obituary for agile coaching — or at least, the version of it we’ve come to know. If you’re a senior leader investing in agile or a coach trying to stay relevant, this episode is for you. Ben doesn’t just diagnose the decline of agile coaching — he traces its evolution, exposes the industry dynamics that killed it, and calls on both leaders and coaches to fundamentally rethink their approach. From certific...

6 months ago

21 minutes

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Stop Worshipping the Roadmap: Start Building Real Relationships

Send us a text In this episode of the Product Agility Podcast, host Ben Maynard challenges one of the most pervasive and damaging habits in product organisations: treating roadmaps like contracts. Ben explores why our obsession with polished timelines and rigid plans can undermine trust, limit learning, and stall product progress — and offers a radical reframe: what if your roadmap isn’t a document, but a relationship? Drawing on insights from David Pereira and his own coaching experience, Be...

6 months ago

10 minutes

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Scaling Without Chaos: Creating Product-Tech Harmony

Send us a text In this episode of the Product Agility Podcast, host Ben Maynard tackles one of the most misunderstood and overlooked challenges in scaling product organisations: the persistent misalignment between product and technology teams. Ben explores how chaos at scale is often a design flaw, not a team flaw — a consequence of mismatched incentives, unclear operating models, and siloed roadmaps that leave engineering and product pulling in opposite directions. Through personal experie...

6 months ago

15 minutes

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Helping People Grow Beyond Their Job Titles

Send us a text In this episode of the Product Agility Podcast, host Ben Maynard shares a practical approach to helping people grow beyond their job titles—an approach that improves collaboration, accelerates delivery, and supports meaningful development without adding unnecessary bureaucracy. At the centre of the conversation is the concept of a “Market of Skills.” Originally introduced by Lisa Adkins in Coaching Agile Teams, the Market of Skills encourages individuals to share the skills the...

7 months ago

20 minutes

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How to Predict Success Before It’s Too Late – The Power of Leading Metrics

Send us a text In this episode of the Product Agility Podcast, host Ben Maynard explores the role of leading and lagging metrics in product strategy, OKRs, and business impact. Many teams rely on lagging metrics to measure success, but when the results are in, it’s often too late to make meaningful changes. Leading metrics provide an opportunity to adjust course earlier, yet they are frequently misunderstood or overlooked. This episode examines the difference between leading and lagging metr...

7 months ago

22 minutes

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Beyond User Stories: How Jobs to Be Done Unlocks Real Customer Value (with Jim Kalbach)

Send us a text In this week’s episode of the Product Agility Podcast, Ben is joined by Jim Kalbach, an expert in design, innovation, and the Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) framework. Together, they tackle one of the biggest blind spots in product development—our over-reliance on user stories and how shifting our focus to customer jobs can unlock real value. This episode also marks the start of Season 3, and we’re excited to continue bringing you insightful conversations that bridge the gap between ag...

7 months ago

47 minutes

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Stop Worshipping Canvases & Start Thinking for Yourself

Send us a text In this week’s Product Agility Podcast, host Ben Maynard takes the mic solo once again, tackling an issue that has taken over the world of Agile and Product Management: our over-reliance on templates and canvases. From Vision Canvases to Lean Product Discovery Templates, we’ve been sold the dream that structured frameworks make our lives easier. But do they? Or are they actually making us lazy thinkers, stifling creativity, and holding us back from true innovation? The Trap o...

8 months ago

19 minutes